North America · Honduras
Ten days in the Maya world with a private Italian-speaking guide: Copán in Honduras, Quiriguá, the Río Dulce to Livingston, Tikal in the jungle, Chichicastenango market, Lake Atitlán and Antigua.
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Request informationMaya and colonial Guatemala, with a crossing into Honduras. It starts with Copán, famous for its stelae and the Hieroglyphic Stairway, then Quiriguá, with the tallest stelae in the Maya world, and the Río Dulce, to travel by boat down to Livingston, on the Caribbean coast, home of the Garifuna community.
From Flores you visit Tikal, the great Maya city in the Petén jungle, with temples rising above the trees. A flight takes you back to the capital.
In the highlands there is Chichicastenango market, then Lake Atitlán between three volcanoes, with the village of San Juan la Laguna, and finally Antigua, the old colonial capital, with baroque churches and cobbled streets.
A private trip with a driver and an Italian-speaking local guide, domestic flight included.
10 days in the programme
Welcome to Guatemala. Arrival in Guatemala City and private transfer to the hotel.
Into Honduras. Departure for the Honduran border and a visit to Copán: temples, plazas, the ball court and the Hieroglyphic Stairway, the longest known carved Maya text.
The stelae of Quiriguá. Back into Guatemala and a visit to Quiriguá, a UNESCO site, with its great carved stelae recounting its king's victory over Copán. On to the Río Dulce.
By boat to the Caribbean. A boat trip on the Río Dulce, between walls of forest, to Livingston, on the Caribbean coast, home of the Garifuna community. Then a drive north to Flores, in the Petén.
Tikal. A day in Tikal National Park, a UNESCO site: the great temples, plazas and acropolises in the jungle, among monkeys and toucans. In the evening, flight from Flores to Guatemala City.
Chichicastenango market. Up into the highlands to Chichicastenango, with its indigenous market and the church of Santo Tomás. On to Lake Atitlán, between the San Pedro, Atitlán and Tolimán volcanoes.
San Juan la Laguna. By boat across the lake to San Juan la Laguna, a village of weavers and painters. In the afternoon, transfer to Antigua.
The old capital. A tour of Antigua, a UNESCO site: the central square, the baroque churches, the ruined convents, the workshops and markets, with volcanoes in the background.
Farewell to Guatemala. Free time in Antigua, then transfer to Guatemala City airport and flight home. Night on board.
End of the trip. Arrival in Italy.
