Treasures Of The Maya Tour
Treasures of the Maya Tour is an 11-day cultural adventure exploring the rich Maya history and culture through Guatemala and Honduras. This tour offers a unique immersion into Maya customs, with visits to colorful landscapes, ancient sites, and vibrant markets, providing an unforgettable experience of the Mayan World.
Maya Treasures Tour Package
This fascinating 11-day tour offers the best Mayan World, Live Culture, and Maya History of Guatemala and Copan in Honduras.
This is an active cultural adventure through incredibly colorful landscapes, villages, Maya sites, churches, museums, colonial cities, and multicolored markets. It is also a unique opportunity to immerse yourself in the customs of the enigmatic Maya people.
Discover the secrets of Lake Atitlan, enjoy the genuine art of Naif painters, learn about the different techniques natives use to produce unique textiles and be surprised by the spiritualism and beliefs of the T’zutujil Maya.
Explore the Mayan world, visiting renowned archaeological sites, which are declared as cultural and natural world heritage sites by UNESCO, and Mayan ruins surrounded by exuberant tropical forests that inhabit abundant wildlife.
Duration:11 Days, 10 Nights
Difficulty: Moderate
Group Size: Minimum 2
Comfort Level: Standard to Luxury
Pick up / Drop off locations
Transportation
La Aurora International Airport
Minibus | Boat | Plane
Physical demand
Trip may include activities like walks, flights and boat rides
Destination
- Antigua Guatemala
- Chichicastenango
- Lake Atitlan
- Copan
- Flores
- Tikal
Highlights
- History
- Live Culture
- Culture
- Nature
- Archaeology
- Birdwatching
Tour Plan
This itinerary idea can be customized to suit your and your family’s interests. Contact us; we are pleased to hear your comments, wishes, and expectations and are ready to design the trip to suit you.
Day 1: Arrival | Antigua Guatemala
Meet and greet at La Aurora International Airport and transfer to the City of Antigua Guatemala, (1 hour).
Lodging in Antigua Guatemala.
Day 2: Cultural Walking Tour In Antigua Guatemala
Cultural walking tour in Antigua Guatemala, a smooth walking experience through the ruins, museums, monasteries, markets, art galleries and plazas of this colonial city.
Lodging in Antigua Guatemala.
Day 3: Chichicastenango – Lake Atitlan
After breakfast, around 8:00 a.m. we will head to Chichicastenango (2.5 hours) to enjoy the multicolored ethnic market, where the scent of incense and the people’s mysticism promises a unique atmosphere, bargaining of prices, and a church with mixed Mayan and Catholic traditions.
Chichicastenango is a market that every Thursday and Sunday appears and disappears as one of the ancient commercial traditions of the Guatemalan highlands and that now delights the visitors.
In the afternoon, transfer to Panajachel. (1 hour)
Lodging in Panajachel.
Day 4: Lake Atitlan's Cultural Adventure
A day tour in Lake Atitlan to live an immersion into the Tzutujil Mayan people, its markets, traditions, spiritualism, and beliefs.
After we finish our visit to these beautiful villages, we will transfer back to the hotel.
Day 5: Lake Atitlan – Antigua Guatemala
Morning on your pace and transfer.
Optional Morning Activities:
- Kayaking
- Birding
- Hiking
- Biking
Then continue to Antigua Guatemala to your hotel or the airport if you extend your visit to the Maya Lowlands.
Lodging in Antigua Guatemala.
Day 6: Antigua Guatemala – Copan, Honduras
7:00 a.m. We will depart for Copan through the east part of the country, through a changing landscape with the mild weather of Antigua and Guatemala City, and arrive in dry and warm Chiquimula province.
We will then head towards El Florido, crossing the border to enter Honduras, and head to our hotel to rest a while (5 hrs. Approx.). In the afternoon, we will tour Copan, accompanied by our expert guides, who will lead us through the ceremonial center, the ball court, the hieroglyphic stairway, and the Acropolis.
Lodging in Copan.
Day 7: Copan |Quirigua | Rio Dulce
After breakfast, we will head to Rio Dulce. En route, you will visit the UNESCO Archaeological Site of Quirigua. After this cultural experience, you will continue to your hotel in Rio Dulce.
Lodging in Rio Dulce.
Day 8: Rio Dulce – Livingstone – Peten
After breakfast, you will get aboard the boat for a trip on the Rio Dulce River, visiting El Castillo de San Felipe de Lara, the island of the birds, the canyon, and the Garifuna village of Livingston (approx. 2:30 hrs)
After the tour, you will board the boat and return to Rio Dulce, where you will take the minivan and head to the Island of Flores (3.5 hrs. approx.).
Lodging in Flores Island.
Day 9: Tikal National Park
After breakfast, we depart for Tikal National Park, where you will be guided along the paths of the City of the Voices. Tikal is one of the most beautiful Mayan sites and a natural open laboratory of flora and fauna representative of the tropics.
Day 9: El Mirador by Helicopter| Flight to Guatemala City
Embark on an exhilarating helicopter journey that will take you soaring over the lush jungles of Guatemala to the breathtaking El Mirador archaeological site, where ancient Mayan secrets await your discovery. As you hover above this, marvel at the vast landscapes that once thrived with a vibrant civilization. Once you land, immerse yourself in a guided exploration of the monumental structures, intricate carvings, and remnants of a past civilization that tell stories of ingenuity and mystery.
After this archaeological adventure, return to Mundo Maya Airport to fight back to Guatemala City.
Day 11: Back Home
On time transportation to the airport. Your Adventure in the Country of the Eternal Spring finishes.
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