Specially designed for the adventurous, and socially conscious travelers with a refined taste for the Mayan lands and its finest destinations, with a sense of adventure, lovers of mother nature, indigenous cultures, beach relaxation and the peaceful and healing experience of visiting Mayan sacred sites.
Available all-year-round.
Guatemala & El Salvador.
GUA (arrival & departure).
08 days – 07 nights.
Leisure.
Nature, adventure, beach relaxation, sacred sites, culture and community.
Nature, adventure, beach relaxation, sacred sites, culture and community.
Van / microbus & boat.
Day 01: Guatemala city & Antigua Guatemala (World Heritage Site).
Welcome (GUA airport) – drive to Antigua – free & easy time – Boutique Hotel Antigua.
Day 02: Lake Atitlan.
Drive to Lake Atitlan – Iximche visit – boat ride – San Juan La Laguna visit – boat ride – Boutique Hotel Atitlan.
Day 03: Lake Atitlan & Antigua Guatemala.
Paddle board – boat ride – fire and cocoa ceremony – boat ride – drive to Antigua – Boutique Hotel Antigua.
Day 04: Joya del Ceren (World Heritage Site) El Salvador.
Drive to El Salvador – border crossing – Joya del Ceren sacred site visit – Lake Coatepeque visit – drive to San Salvador – San Salvador city visit – Boutique Hotel San Salvador.
Day 05: El Tunco beach.
Drive to Tamanique – Tamanique waterfalls visit – drive to La Libertad – El Tunco Beach visit – night tour – Boutique Hotel El Tunco Beach.
Day 06: El Tunco beach.
Free & easy day – Boutique Hotel El Tunco Beach.
Day 07: El Salvador and Antigua Guatemala.
Drive to Guatemala – border crossing – Antigua visit – Boutique Hotel Antigua.
Day 08: Antigua Guatemala and Guatemala city.
Goodbye – drive to GUA airport – Buen Camino
Welcome by your team at the Aurora International Airport (GUA) and transportation to the cosmopolitan and colonial City of La Antigua Guatemala (UNESCO World Heritage Site), a “pueblo magico” full of charm and probably the most visited one in the country.
Free and easy time to explore your colonial surroundings (try to arrive before noon to enjoy the sunset in Antigua with tea, coffee, or drinks), begin to connect with the local people and international community, and prepare yourself for your upcoming transformative journey.
Meals: None.
Lodging: Boutique Hotel in Antigua.
Activities: Welcome transfer and sightseeing.
Morning typical breakfast and the beginning of your journey through the Mayan highlands, most known as the sectors of the indigenous Mayan culture alive. Areas surrounded by beautiful landscapes of mountains, volcanoes, indigenous communities, and all kinds of crops until Iximche (Ixim = Corn & Chee = Tree).
A very important and energetic sacred site where the ancient Mayans founded their last capital, and your exploration of its palaces, plazas, ball game, its museum, and its fire ceremonial zone. A place full of history and mysticism.
Later on, continue your way to the town of Panajachel, located on the shores of one of the most beautiful lakes in the world, Atitlan, and the place where you are going to take a boat ride and cross its crystalline waters until the small, picturesque, and charming town of San Juan La Laguna.
Meals: Breakfast.
Lodging: Boutique Hotel in Lake Atitlan.
Activities: Iximche visit, boat rides (Lake Atitlan) and San Juan (tour & workshops).
Aldous Huxley described Atitlan as “too much of a good thing, it touches the limit of the permissibly picturesque” .
Early breakfast followed by paddle board and kayaking on the Lake’s crystalline and calm waters surrounded by its majestic 03 volcanoes (San Pedro, Atitlan, and Toliman).
Experience the day-to-day life of the Lake inhabitants, standing out among them their multiple farmers and fishers, and take a boat ride to visit the holistic town of San Marcos La Laguna, a small but charming shire where the international community and the local people converge for your immersion in the Mayan sacred fire and your connection with the spirit of the “kakaw” or cocoa also known by the ancient Mayans as the “flesh of the Gods” and consider pure medicine for your heart and soul.
Lunch followed by your boat ride back to Panajachel and your drive to Antigua.
Meals: Breakfast.
Lodging: Boutique Hotel in Antigua.
Activities: Paddleboard, Mayan sacred fire and cacao ceremony and boat rides (Lake Atitlan).
Morning breakfast and your transportation through the Salvadoran route until the friendly neighbor’s country of El Salvador (the savior).
Borders and customs formalities check, followed by your exploration of the one- of-a-kind Joya de Cerén (a World Heritage Site), with an outstanding universal value, and crucial Mayan sacred site because its vestiges revealed important information for the better comprehension of the everyday life of the ancient Mayans.
Admire a pre-classic Maya farming village preserved remarkably intact under layers of volcanic ash (because a volcano eruption buried the village).
It really is a unique place in all the Mayan lands and one of the most important sacred sites because it shows the remains of the best preserved pre-Hispanic village in Mesoamerica. Allowing you to observe the daily life of the indigenous settlements before the Spanish invasion by showing the remains of a small farm that includes some elements such as a bed, the food storage area, the sauna (or temazcal) and the shaman’s house (or timekeeper – religious leader), who could have been a woman.
Continue your way for lunch at the volcanic Coatepeque Lake (the Hill of Snakes).
This marvelous lake is around 50,000 years old and experienced a fierce period of mega-telluric activity that ended up with a massive explosion and leaving a huge gap of more than 20 kilometers radius and about two kilometers deep, which began a long process capturing rainy and underground waters to become a special lake.
Boat ride on its crystal clear waters and your drive to San Salvador city.
Meals: Breakfast and dinner.
Lodging: Boutique Hotel in San Salvador city.
Activities: Transportation to El Salvador, border crossing, Joya de Ceren visit, boat ride in Coatepeque Lake and San Salvador city visit.
Local breakfast and your transportation to Tamanique town, to visit the gorgeous landscape of the national park and its crystal clear waterfalls. Hyke through its rainforest area and be able to appreciate different types of wild flora and fauna. Be prepared for refreshing swimming and some adrenaline jumping from them.
Then continue with your trip to El Tunco Beach, one of the favorite destinations for those looking for fun, sun, sea, nightlife, and some of the best waves to surf in all of America.
Lunch on the beach, free and easy time in the afternoon to try the waves, and a bohemian night visiting the different bars and restaurants with live music.
Meals: Breakfast and lunch.
Lodging: Boutique Resort in El Tunco beach.
Activities: Tamanique waterfall national park, leisure time at El Tunco beach (free & easy) and night walking tour.
Morning typical breakfast and your free and easy day to explore one of the country’s most famous beaches and picture-perfect hot spots; El Tunco.
A unique rock and the mouth of a river make up the setting for some of the best beaches in the Pacific, so get out there and explore it, connect with its beautiful and local people, drink more cold coconuts.
Meals: Breakfast.
Lodging: Boutique Resort in El Tunco beach.
Activities: El Tunco beach free & easy.
Typical breakfast at the beach followed by your transportation back to Guatemala, borders and customs formalities check, and the continuation of your journey until Antigua for your walking tour on its famous cobblestone streets, visiting its central plaza, cathedral, jade stores (the sacred stone of the Mayans), its fantastic handicraft markets, and much more.
Visit a local cafe and try probably one of the best coffees you have ever tried, take photos of Antigua´s unique stores, the famous Calle del Arco (Arch street) and El Mirador El Cerro de la Cruz (with a fantastic panoramic view of the city).
Meals: Breakfast and dinner.
Lodging: Boutique Hotel in Antigua.
Activities: Transportation to Guatemala, border crossing, Antigua visit and goodbye dinner.
*Note: During this day you need to take an antigen test to fly back home on the next day, and your team is going to help you to coordinate that.
Morning breakfast and your final transfer to the Airport to be there 4 hours before your departure time. Goodbye from your team and until the next time! Buen Camino.
Meals: breakfast.
Lodging: none.
Activities: Exit transfer and sightseeing.
INCLUDED:
– 24/7 guest support.
– High profile tour leader in English and experienced local guides.
– All breakfasts.
– Day 5 lunch.
– Days 4 & 7 dinners.
– All activities.
– All transfers between hotels and activities.
– Border crossing (GUA – SAL & SAL – GUA).
– Boat rides.
– Plus way more thrills and surprises along the way.
– 07 Nights accommodation.
– 3 nights in Antigua at:
Hotel Convento Santa Catalina or Meson del Valle (in a double or twin shared room).
– 1 night in Atitlan at:
Hotel Lush or Casa del Mundo (in a double or twin shared room).
– 1 night in San Salvador at:
Hotel Nico Urban or Árbol de Fuego Eco Hotel (in a double or twin shared room).
– 2 nights in El Tunco Beach at:
Atami Escape Resort or Kayu Resort (in a double or twin shared room).
NOT INCLUDED:
– International flights and airport taxes.
– Day 1, 3 – 6 & 8 lunches.
– Day 1 – 3, & 5, 6 & 8 dinners.
– All the drinks at restaurants.
– Personal expenses of any kind.
– Gratitudes.
– PCR or antigen test for Covid-19 in Belize (to enter Guatemala).
– PCR or antigen test for Covid-19 in Guatemala (to take your flight back home).
– Departure taxes at the border from El Salvador to Guatemala.
– The not described services at our sample itinerary.
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– Travel with your heart and mind open and be receptive to all the lessons that these sacred lands have for you.
– No matter where you are, always travel with health & travel insurance.
-Tell all your friends, family, and community about it. We recommend having this experience with a group of your closest friends because it’s going to connect all of you on a more profound and higher level.
– Follow the instructions of your expert Tour leader / spiritual guide and local guides. They really know what they are doing. Ask them, question them, and also connect with them. They are going to surprise you.
– Be prepared for the tropics and pack multiple changes of clothes:
Clothing for warm and hot weather during the day: two pairs of pants, two pairs of shorts, three changes of shirts, a rain poncho, a swimsuit, and a sweater or jacket to wear at night. Walking shoes, hiking boots, sneakers, and sandals are all acceptable.
Quick-dry clothing (especially a pair of convertible pants that zip at the knee to convert into shorts) is recommended for your visit to the tropical areas.
Always bring a towel, and please don’t forget sunblock, bug spray, a flashlight, a sun hat, a lightweight raincoat or poncho, anti-diarrheal medicine, and wet wipes.
*Important reminder: Be conscious of what you pack, and always keep sustainability in mind.
If it catches your attention, leaves you dreaming about it, and makes you smile, just let us know, and we can begin the process of tailoring it.
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