Overview & Highlights
This short holiday in Guatemala, a deeply traditional Mayan country with a stupendous variety of landscapes, is based around the epic Easter celebrations in Antigua. Also visit indian markets and the jungle-swathed Mayan ruins at Tikal.
- Walking tour of Antigua
- Easter processions in Antigua
- Boat excursion to Santiago de Atitlán and San Antonio Palapó
- Chichicastenango market
- Guided tour of Tikal ruins
In just a week, you are invited to enjoy a holiday which not only embraces the pageantry of the world-famous Easter celebrations in Antigua, but manages to squeeze in the country’s main highlights.
You’ll be amazed by the variety in such a small geographical area: volcanoes, smoking or stifled by vegetation, glass-clear shimmering lakes, treeless grasslands and valleys choked with orchards and kitchen gardens.
Across all this the wonderful culture, a blend of Mayan, and Spanish colonial; pre-Columbian religion and ritual blended with Christianity – see it in the market at Chichicastenango, the pocket-sized rural communities on the fringe of Lake Atitlán, the long abandoned jungle-stifled Mayan temples and pyramids at Tikal. Imagine being able to do as much as this in 7 days at home...
Outline itinerary
Day 1
Arrive in Guatemala City, transfer to your hotel in Antigua.
Day 2
Walking tour of colonial Antigua.
Day 3
Attend the Easter processions in Antigua.
Day 4
Visit Iximché ruins en route to Lake Atitlán.
Day 5
Guided tour of Chichicastenango market.
Day 6
Boat trip across Lake Atitlán to Santiago.
Day 7
Explore Tikal ruins on a guided tour.
Day 8
Transfer to the airport for international flight.
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If anything, Tropicbird was undersold: it is a vibrant, colourful & exhilarating tour. It would appeal to those who visited and loved countries such as Vietnam, Cambodia & Laos, as well as South America, for their people's capacity for optimism, looking forward, valuing their heritage and welcoming curious travellers, regardless of the ravages of recent wars or current poverty. Just go!!
FP, Edinburgh
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