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Best of Guatemala

Duration
8 days / 7 nights
Ages
Everyone
Type Tour
Private
Start/End
Guatemala City

Experience the highlights of beautiful Guatemala from touring Antigua, a charming colonial style city, Lake Atitlan, Chichicastenango, the largest live indigenous market in America and the history of Mayan civilization at Yaxha and Tikal.

Short Breaks
  • Description

    DAY HIGHLIGHTS OVERNIGHT
    Day 1 Welcome Guatemala Hotel - Posada Don Rodrigo
    Day 2 Pacaya Volcano Hotel - Posada Don Rodrigo
    Day 3 Antigua Guatemala Hotel - Porta Antigua
    Day 4 Lake Atitlán Hotel - Porta Antigua
    Day 5 Chichicastenango Market Hotel - Biltmore Express
    Day 6 Yaxha Sunset Hotel - Gringo Perdido
    Day 7 Tikal Hotel - Casona del Lago
    Day 8 Guatemala - OUT

    Inclusions:

    Meals
    7 breakfasts, 3 lunches
    Transport
    Private vehicle
    Boat
    Flight Flores – Guatemala
      Trip Staff
    Local guides, drivers, boat crew
    Accommodation
    Hotel (7 nights)

    Included activities:

    • Antigua Guatemala Walking tour
    • Pacaya Volcano
    • Atitlan Lake
    • Chichicastenango day market
    • Yaxha Sunset
    • Tikal full day tour

    Admissions at the parks
    According itinerary

    Does not Includes:

    Lunches and Dinners
    Gratuities to guides, drivers, porters
    Beverages
    Telephone calls
    Exit fees
    Travel insurance.

    To bring

    Comfortable clothes, sunscreen and sunglasses.

  • Itinerary

    Day 1 Arrive to Guatemala – Antigua Guatemala

    Meeting upon arrival, transfer to your hotel in the colonial city of Antigua Guatemala. (1hr) the country’s original capital, declared a World Cultural Heritage site by UNESCO in 1979.

    Meals Included: None
    Accommodations: Posada de Don Rodrigo or Similar

    Day 2 Pacaya Volcano B

    Free morning to explore for your own. Afternoon you will be picked up at your hotel lobby and be taken on an adventure to the most active volcano in Guatemala, with an altitude of 2500 mts. above sea level. With an impressive view of Laguna Calderas also Agua, Fuego and Acatenango volcanoes. If active, you will get to see the lava eruption from a safe distance.

    Meals Included: breakfast
    Accommodations: Posada de Don Rodrigo or Similar

    Day 3 Antigua Guatemala B

    Today you will take a half day walking tour of Antigua. (3-4hr). the tour takes in the main square, Palace, Cathedral, La Merced Church & San Francisco Church. Afternoon transfer to Atitlan Lake.

    Meals Included: Breakfast
    Accommodations: Porta del Lago

    Day 4 Lake Atitlan B L

    Today take a scenic boat ride across Lake Atitlan to the village of Santiago where you’ll be visiting the Maya god Maximon and learn about the spiritualism and beliefs of the T’zutujil Maya. Also visit San Juan La Laguna, a village famous for its attractive murals on every side of the streets.

    Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch
    Accommodations: Porta del Lago

    Day 5 Chichicastenango Market (Thursday and Sunday) B

    Morning transfer to Chichicastenango 1hrs approx. the colorful indigenous market and the church of Santo Tomás, where ancient Mayan rites and mysticism are mixed with traditional religion, afternoon transfer to hotel at Guatemala City.

    Meals Included: Breakfast
    Accommodations: Biltmore Express

    Day 6 Yaxha Sunset B L

    Fly to Flores, when arrival transfer to hotel, afternoon you will visit Yaxha National Park (approx. 1hr). Enjoy a guided tour of this atmospheric lakeside site ending with refreshments & wonderful views at sunset over the rainforest canopy from atop the main temples.

    Meals Included: Breakfast, Pic Nic Lunch
    Accommodations: Gringo Perdido

    Day 7 Tikal B L

    Explore the amazing Mayan Temple site at Tikal where huge Mayan temples rise above the jungle canopy and monkeys and tropical birds are abundant in the surrounding rainforest. After lunch, guests will fly back to Guatemala City and transfer to your hotel.

    Meals Included: reakfast, Lunch
    Accommodations: Biltmore Express or Similar

    Day 8 Guatemala - OUT B L

    This morning our driver will transfer guests to the airport in plenty of time to catch your international flight onwards.

    End Services!