Guatemala
With the Maya site of Copán, across the Honduran border
Guatemala
The Maya world in a group of 20 at most: the Copán site in Honduras, Quiriguá, the Río Dulce and Livingston, Flores and Tikal, Chichicastenango, a night at San Juan La Laguna and a boat trip on Lake Atitlán, Iximché and two days in Antigua. With three beach nights at Monterrico on the Pacific (15 days) from €4,577 per person.
When
November to April
Price
From 3 523€ excl. flights
(based on 2 people sharing)
How long
10 nights
Ideal length
Days 1-6
The Maya cities and the Caribbean coast.
Day 1
Arrival in Guatemala City
Flight to Guatemala City, welcome and transfer to the hotel.
Day 2
Guatemala City – Copán
Crossing into Honduras and the Maya site of Copán, famous for its stelae and its hieroglyphic stairway.
Day 3
Quiriguá – Río Dulce
The Maya site of Quiriguá and its carved stelae, the tallest in the Maya world, then the Río Dulce.
Day 4
Livingston
By boat along the Río Dulce and its gorges to Livingston, a Garifuna village on the Caribbean Sea.
Day 5
Río Dulce – Flores
Drive to Petén and Flores.
Day 6
Tikal – Guatemala City
Tikal, the largest Maya city, its temple-pyramids rising above the canopy of the Petén jungle, its monkeys and toucans. Flight back to the capital.
Days 7-12
Chichicastenango, Atitlán and Antigua.
Day 7
Chichicastenango – San Juan La Laguna
The Chichicastenango market, then San Juan La Laguna, a weavers' village on Lake Atitlán.
Day 8
Santiago Atitlán – Panajachel
Lake Atitlán, ringed by three volcanoes, and a boat trip to its Maya villages.
Day 9
Iximché – Antigua
The Kaqchikel Maya site of Iximché, then Antigua.
Day 10
Antigua
Antigua, the former colonial capital at the foot of the volcanoes, its cobbled streets, ruined baroque churches and the Santa Catalina arch.
Day 11
Antigua – flight home
Drive to the airport and fly to France, or leave for Monterrico.
Day 12
Arrival in France
Arrival in France during the day.
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