FreeGate
Included Features
- Round trip economy class airfare from Los Angeles (other
US gateways are available)
- 11 nights hotel accommodation (Belize City 1, Cayo area
3, Flores 1, Guatemala City 3, Antigua 1, Panajachel 1,
Copan 1 ) with breakfast daily
- All transfers as per itinerary with assistance and baggage
handling
- Flores-Guatemala airfare
- 10 days escorted sightseeing as per itinerary
- All sightseeing by air- conditioned vehicles & English
speaking professional tour guides
- Entrance fees on included sightseeing
- Hotel service charges and taxes
- Meals as per itinerary B = breakfast (11), L = lunch
(7), D = dinner (4)
- FreeGate travel bag and document portfolio
Itinerary
 Day
1 : USA-BELIZE CITY
Depart USA to Belize City. Meeting and assistance upon arrival
and transfer to your hotel. Overnight.
Day 2 : BELIZE ZOO- XUNANTUNICH MAYA RUINS (B,L,D)
Today's full day tour includes a visit to the "Belize Zoo," Belize's natural
wildlife habitat. From there you depart via the western highway to the Maya
site of Xunantunich, on the
banks of the Mopan River. Among the partially excavated ruins
are 1,400 year-old stucco friezes, stone carvings, vaulted
buildings and El Castillo, a classic Mayan temple and the
second tallest building in Belize (127 feet). Overnight in
an inland hotel in the Cayo area.
Day 3: MOUNTAIN PINE RIDGE CARACOL RUINS (B,L,D)
Today you will visit the Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve.
During the tour you will visit Rio Frio caves, the 1,000 ft.
Hidden Valley Falls, and enjoy a chance to swim in the cool
waters of Rio On Pools. Continue to the ancient Maya City
of Caracol, Belize's most important archaeological site. Continue
to your inland hotel in the Cayo area for overnight.
Day 4 : PANTI MEDICINAL TRAIL- CHE CHEM HA (B,L,D)
This morning you will board a motorized canoe for a tour of
the Macal River en route to the Panti Medicinal Plant Trail;
there is a bounty of wildlife to observe. Later you will visit
Che Chem Ha Cave. Return to the hotel.
Day 5 : CAYO-TIKAL-FLORES (B,L)
Morning pick up and transfer overland to the border towns
of Belize's Benque Viejo and Guatemala's Melchor Village,
where you will pass through customs formalities and continue
to the Mayan ruins of Tikal. This site has been extensively
excavated and restored and is the most recognizable of all
the Mayan ruins. Picnic lunch is included. Early evening return
to your hotel in Flores for overnight.
Day 6: FLORES-GUATEMALA CITY (B,L)
Following an early breakfast, you will take a boat ride on
the Lake Peten Itza. Proceed to "El Mirador del Rey Canek",
a lookout point where King Canek had his main settlement.
Lunch at a local restaurant on the lake. Transfer to the
airport
for your flight to Guatemala City.
Day 7: GUATEMALA CITY-ANTIGUA (B)
Morning drive to Antigua. It was founded in 1541 by the Spaniards,
but it was destroyed by a series of earthquakes in 1773. Your
tour includes visits to the Capucinas Convent, la Merced Church,
Central Plaza, San Carlos University, Ciudad Vieja and Aguas
Calientes. Overnight.
Day 8: ANTIGUA-PANAJACHEL (B,L)
Early departure for the town of Panajachel on the shores of
Lake Atitlan. Atitlan is considered by many to be one of the
most beautiful lakes in the world, at an altitude of 1580
meters. Cross Lake Atitlan by boat to the picturesque town
of Santiago Atitlan. Return to Panajachel for lunch.
Day 9 : PANAJACHEL- CHICHICASTENANGO- GUATEMALA CITY (B)
Following breakfast, you will proceed to the town of Chichicastenango.
Here you will visit the famous open air market where the local
people gather to barter their handicrafts and agricultural
products. Continue to the Church of Santo Tomas, built on
the remains of a Mayan Temple. Return to Guatemala City for
overnight.
Day 10 : GUATEMALA CITY-COPAN (B,L,D)
Today you will drive east crossing Guatemala's desert area
to the border of Honduras to visit the impressive Mayan Ruins
of Copan. A Mayan capital from the 5th to the 9th centuries
AD, Copan is considered on of the largest and most impressive
of all the Mayan centers discovered to date. Here you will
visit the site and see the altars, stellaes, hieroglyphic
stairs, and more. Overnight in Copan.
Day 11 : COPAN-QUIRIGUA- GUATEMALA CITY (B)
This morning, you will return to Guatemala and continue to
Quirigua in the region of Izabal. Quirigua is a wonderful
example of a Mayan observation center. Here you will admire
the stellaes surrounding the small plaza as well as the temples
immersed in tropical forest. The tallest Mayan stellaes and
zoomorphics worked in sandstone can be discovered here. Return
to Guatemala City for overnight.
Day 12 : GUATEMALA CITY-USA (B)
After breakfast, you will be transferred to Guatemala City
Airport for your flight home.
| Accommodations |
Option A |
Option B |
| BELIZE CITY |
Princess |
Radisson |
| CAYO |
Windy Hills |
Duplooy's |
| FLORES |
Peten Esplendido |
Camino Real Tikal |
| GUATEMALA CITY |
Holiday Inn |
Marriott |
| ANTIGUA |
Posada Don Rodrigo |
Casa Santo Domingo |
| PANAJACHEL |
Posada Don Rodrigo |
Atitlan |
| COPAN |
Marina Copan |
Marina Copan |
Departure
Dates & Prices
DEPART
USA: TUESDAY/ SATURDAY
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