12-Day Mexico & Guatemala Discovery

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You will depart for the archaeological site of Teotihuacan, 50 kilometres northeast of Mexico City. Teotihuacan is one of the most fascinating and important pre-Columbian cities from the Aztec culture. After lunch in a restaurant, you will return to Mexico City and you will visit the National Museum of Anthropology which encompasses the pre-Columbian heritage not only of Mexico.

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At the scheduled time, you will get a transfer to the airport and fly to Tuxtla Gutièrrez, the capital of the state of Chiapas, where you will discover the magnificent Sumidero Canyon, where monkeys, crocodiles and many other typical animals of the area can be observed. You will have lunch in a restaurant and continue to San Cristobal de Las Casas. Upon your arrival, you will visit the town, of Cristobal, on foot. You will also visit the Chiapas mountains where the indigenous Tzotziles of San Juan Chamula and Zinacantan live. Upon return, you will have the rest of the afternoon free.

You will be picked up at the La Mesilla border and will get a transfer to Lake Atitlan to your accommodation in hotel.

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You will departure by boat to the village of Santiago Atitlán to admire the three volcanoes that surround one of the 10 most beautiful lakes in the world. In Santiago, you will visit the place of veneration of Santo Maximón. You will visit the villages of Santa Catarina Palopò, a very enchanting place, where you will see the local market and its church, where you can admire the daily life of women who proudly wear colorful traditional clothes. Then, you will continue to San Antonio Palopò, the nearby village, where many of the local families devote themselves to the development of ceramics.

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You will depart for the village of Chichicastenango, where every Thursday and Sunday the inhabitants of the region gather to buy and sell fruit, vegetables, flowers, seeds, fabrics and handicrafts, making it the most colorful and picturesque market in Guatemala. You will also visit the local church of Santo Tomás, a place where the Mayan-Quiché indigenous people celebrate their traditional rites. After lunch, you will continue to Antigua.

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After breakfast, you will leave to visit the wonderful city of Antigua. Walking in Antigua is like going back in time - stone streets, the bougainvillaea falling from ruined walls, and the three volcanoes: Water, Fire and Acatenango. These are some of the reasons that make Antigua one of the most beautiful colonial towns in the Americas and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. You will start the tour with a visit to the village of San Antonio Aguas Calientes. Then you will visit the Cultural Center "La Azotea" where there is a Finca of coffee, after trying one of the best Guatemalan coffees, you will walk through the historic centre of Antigua, visiting the main monuments.

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In the early morning, you'll get a transfer to Guatemala City airport to take the connecting flight to Flores. Upon arrival, you will get a transfer to the Tikal National Park, declared a UNESCO World Natural and Cultural Heritage Site. The majestic Mayan city is considered one of the largest and most monumental of all the sites discovered in the Mayan world. You will join a guided tour of the most important squares, monuments and temples, also admiring the tropical forest, habitat of hundreds of exotic birds and a wide variety of wild animals.

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At dawn, you will get a transfer to the Bethel border where after the migration procedures you will continue towards Corozal where your Mexican guide will wait for you, you will cross the Usumacinta river, bordered by the Petén jungle and the Lacandona jungle. During the journey, you can admire spider monkeys, tropical birds and crocodiles until you reach the archaeological site of Yaxchilán, an imposing Mayan city immersed in the thick vegetation of Chiapas. The site can only be reached by boat and has therefore been kept in excellent condition. Temple 33 stands out on all structures. After the visit and lunch included, you will depart for Palenque.

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In the morning, you will visit the archaeological site of Palenque. The site, of great importance for the Maya between 600 and 800 AD, is composed of more than 500 buildings in 15 square kilometres of which only a few have been brought to light. The whole thing is even more fascinating with the toucans and howler monkeys living in the jungle. After lunch, you will continue to the city of Campeche where we will make a short visit to the historic centre. You will visit the walls to defend it from pirate attacks during the seventeenth century; some of the ramparts are today very interesting museums.

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You will depart from Campeche to the archaeological area of ​​Uxmal, a UNESCO cultural heritage. The characteristic of the "Puuc" architectural style is that of having low and rectangular buildings with gardens in the centre surrounded by columns with inscriptions dedicated mostly to Chaac, the god of rain. After lunch, you will continue to Merida, the "white city" and capital of Yucatan, where we will take a short panoramic tour to admire the Paseo de Montejo, the Monumento alla Patria, the main square with the Cathedral and the government buildings.