Guatemala Travel Tour 60

1. Box Breakfast included

2. Transfer from hotel to Tikal. || 16.930009388956965, -89.892642280325

Entrance included.

3. Visit Tikal. || 17.226793853436636, -89.62138374250638 

Tikal is famous for its numerous pyramids. The ambitious pyramid construction projects were driven in part by the famous Maya calendar. Starting at least as early as A.D. 672, the city's rulers constructed a twin pyramid complex at the end of every K'atun (20-year period).

4. Transfer to Yaxha 

5. Visit Yaxha. || 17.176503339951555, -89.40539904169155 

The first settlement was built here by the Maya sometime between 1000–350 BC (known by Mayanists as the Preclassic period). The city prospered and grew, so that by AD 250 it was the largest city state in the region, and its size suggests it was a powerful influence in the area.

6. Lunch (Included)

7. Transfer to hotel. || 16.929855430980286, -89.89276029751828

8. Free time

9. Night in Flores

1. Breakfast at the hotel. || 16.93007097211238, -89.8928461282043

2. Visit Rio Dulce. || 15.732985021964106, -88.89501360610173 

Dulce River is a river in Guatemala, completely contained within the department of Izabal. It is part of a lake and river system that has become a popular cruising sailboat destination. The river begins at the point where it flows out of Lake Izabal.

3. Visit Finca Paraiso Hotspring

4. Free time

5. Night in Rio Dulce. || 15.672582157965262, -88.99290629054941

1. Breakfast at the hotel. || 15.673243273683962, -88.99282045986338

2. Transfer from Rio Dulce to Antigua

3. Antigua City Tour. || 14.558143749076384, -90.73356379739576 

Antigua is a small city surrounded by volcanoes in southern Guatemala. It’s renowned for its Spanish colonial buildings, many of them restored following a 1773 earthquake that ended Antigua’s 200-year reign as Guatemala’s colonial capital. Notable architectural examples include baroque La Merced church. It’s an integral part of the city’s famous Semana Santa, a holy week with parades and rituals.

4. Free time

5. Night in Antigua

1. Breakfast at the hotel

2. Visit Lago Atitlan. || 14.703332442473828, -91.19829184322121 

Lake Atitlán is a body of water in a massive volcanic crater in Guatemala’s southwestern highlands. Ringed by steep, verdant hills, it’s known for its Mayan villages and volcanoes with striking pointed cones. The busy town of Panajachel, where vendors sell traditional textiles, is a popular gateway to the lake. On a former coffee plantation, the Atitlán nature reserve offers trails and a butterfly garden.

3. Visit Panajachel. || 14.740436351971127, -91.15190175563708 

Panajachel is a town in the Guatemalan Highlands, west of Guatemala City. It is on the north shore of Lake Atitlán. Surrounding the lake are the San Pedro, Tolimán and Atitlán volcanoes. Cafes, bars and stalls selling handicrafts and textiles line Calle Santander, the main street. In the old town is the colonial San Francisco Church, with a stone facade. Boats connect Panajachel with lakeside Mayan villages.

4. Transfer to San Juan 

(Included)

5. Visit San Juan Laguna. || 14.694904260234782, -91.28622656579131 

San Juan La Laguna is a municipality on the southwest shore of Lago de Atitlán, Sololá, Guatemala. It consists of the village named San Juan La Laguna and three smaller aldeas in the nearby mountain. The population is approximately 95% Tz'utujil

6. Transfer to San Pedro 

(Included)

7. Visit San Pedro. || 14.689402915593886, -91.26980088187658 

San Pedro La Laguna is a Guatemalan town on the southwest shore of Lake Atitlán. For centuries, San Pedro La Laguna has been inhabited by the Tz'utujil people, and in recent years it has also become a tourist destination for its Spanish language schools, nightlife, and proximity to the lake and volcanoes

1. Breakfast at the hotel. || 14.597501613289921, -90.51919447428186

2. Transfer to Volcan Pacaya

3. Visit Volcan Pacaya. || 14.384052257846424, -90.60172194922409 

Pacaya is an active complex volcano in Guatemala, which first erupted approximately 23,000 years ago and has erupted at least 23 times since the Spanish conquest of Guatemala. It rises to an elevation of 2,552 metres

4. Cacao Tour

5. Free time

1. Back to USA. || 40.791174372242395, -111.97682002547894