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Guatemala Highlights (8 days)

The best of Guatemala in one week

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This one week tour of Guatemala offers the opportunity to see the highlights of the country in a relatively short period of time.

Beginning in the colonial city of Antigua, we travel to the market of Chichicastenango, famous for it's colourful textiles and quality craft work, before continuing to Lake Atitlan, where we take scenic trips by boat to visit a textile cooperative, medicinal plant centre and local naif painter workshops in San Juan La Laguna. In the small lakeside village of Santiago, we hope to come face to face with the Maya God Maximon and to learn about the textiles, spiritualism and beliefs of the T’zutujil Maya.

We visit the colorful authentic market at Solola and the small Maya Archaeology site at Iximche, before returning to Antigua where we enjoy a half day walking tour of the colonial city before later travelling to the capital, Guatemala City.

The following morning, travellers fly to Flores, then visit Yaxha National Park, where we enjoy an atmospheric lakeside site ending with wonderful views at sunset over the rainforest canopy from atop the main temples. This sets the scene perfectly for our final day and highlight of the trip - the final morning will explore the amazing UNESCO protected Mayan Temple site of Tikal where huge Mayan temples rise above the jungle canopy and monkeys and tropical birds are abundant in the surrounding rainforest.

Finally, we return to Guatemala City, where this short but complete tour ends.

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Day	Itinerary	Night stop
1	Overnight in Antigua.	Antigua
	On arrival at Antigua you will be met and transferred to your hotel.
	Accommodation: Hotel.
	Included Meals: None.
2	Chichicastenango Market.	Lake Atitlan
	Today we travel for approximately 2 hours to the famous market at Chichicastenango. Time for shopping in this fabulous craft market and an opportunity to see Maya rituals being performed in the Catholic Church before continuing on to Lake Atitlan.
	Accommodation: Hotel.
	Included Meals: Breakfast and lunch.
3	Lake tour and visit to the surrounding villages.	Lake Atitlan
	This morning we will take a scenic boat ride across Lake Atitlan (30min) to the village of San Juan La Laguna to visit a textile cooperative, medicinal plant center and local naif painter workshops. Afterwards we will make our way to Santiago where we will have lunch in a local hotel followed by a tour of the village visiting the Maya God Maximon and to learn about the textiles, spiritualism and beliefs of the T’zutujil Maya. Transfer back to the hotel.
	Accommodation: Hotel
	Included Meals: Breakfast and lunch.
4	Solola Market & Iximche.	Antigua
	We will visit the colorful authentic market at Solola and enjoy a tour of the market. Lunch will be in a traditional restaurant on route back to Antigua. There will also be a short tour of the small Maya Archaeology site at Iximche.
	Accommodation: Hotel
	Included Meals: Breakfast and lunch.
5	Architecture and history tour.	Antigua
	We will take a half day walking tour of Antigua for 3-4 hours. The tour takes in the main square, palace, cathedral, La Merced Church & San Francsico Church. All entrances are included. The afternoon is free.
	Accommodation: Hotel
	Included Meals: Breakfast
6	Yaxha sunset tour.	Tikal area
	Transfer to Guatemala City (unguided) and take the morning flight to Flores. You will be met at the airport by your private driver for the transfer to your hotel followed by some time to relax. After lunch we will travel to Yaxha National Park (approx 1hr) to explore this atmospheric lakeside site ending with refreshments & wonderful views at sunset over the rainforest canopy from atop the main temples.
	Accommodation: Hotel.
	Included Meals: Breakfast.
7	Tikal.	Guatemala City
	Enjoy a tour to explore the amazing UNESCO protected Mayan Temple site of Tikal where huge Mayan temples rise above the jungle canopy and monkeys and tropical birds are abundant in the surrounding rainforest. After lunch we will transfer back to Flores airport and fly to Guatemala City. At the airport you will be met by your driver for an unguided transfer to your hotel in Guatemala City.
	Accommodation: Hotel
	Included Meals: Breakfast and lunch.
8	Tour ends.
	Today guests are met at their hotel by their driver for an unguided transfer to the airport in time for their international flight.
	Accommodation: None
	Included Meals: Breakfast

Dates	Travellers	Ccy	Adult	Child
03 Jan 09 - 19 Dec 09	1 - 1	USD	3995.00	N/A
03 Jan 09 - 19 Dec 09	2 - 2	USD	2314.00	N/A
03 Jan 09 - 19 Dec 09	3 - 3	USD	1826.00	N/A
03 Jan 09 - 19 Dec 09	4 - 4	USD	1813.00	N/A

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Visit the famous market at Chichicastenango.
Discover the amazing UNESCO World Heritage Site of Tikal.
Take a scenic boat ride across Lake Atitlan.

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8 days

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Antigua

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Guatemala City

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3 or 4 star hotels.

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