2-Day Tikal & Yaxha Overnigh Tour from Antigua Guatemala

Itinerary

Day 1: Yaxha Archaeological Site

Pass By: Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala
You will be pick you up from your hotel and take you to Airport La Aurora

Stop At: Mundo Maya International Airport, Flores, Guatemala
You will then board a flight to Flores, Peten ( AIR TICKET INCLUDED)
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Yaxha, National Park, Peten Guatemala
Upon arrival at Mundo Maya Airport you will be meet your local guide an expert in the área and be transfer to to Yaxha Archaeological Park, sometimes your transfer will be via Island of Flores.

It is a Mesoamerican archeological site located in the northeast of the Petén Basin region within the Department of Petén. It is approximately 30 km southeast of Tikal, between the Yaxha and Sacnab Lake.

Yaxha is the third largest ruin in Guatemala, with only Tikal and El Mirador being larger. The centre of the city consisted of a number of plazas and architectural groups, with outlying groups and the lake shore linked by causeways. The main architectural groups are the Maler Group to the north, linked to the central area by the Blom Causeway, the South (or Main) Acropolis, the West Group, the Northeast Acropolis, the East Acropolis and a number of plazas and lesser groups make up the site core. The city was linked to the shore of Lake Yaxha by the Lake Causeway.

Yaxha is notable for the unique survival of its toponym from the classical period. The name of the city is of ancient origin, literally meaning blue-green (Yax) water (ha). A thriving ceremonial center in it´s heyday, it has over 500 structures, including 40 stelae, 13 Altars, 9 Temple Pyramids, and 2 Mesoamerican ball courts.

At the end of the tour, you will have time to have a traditional Guatemalan lunch.

Duration: 7 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Lodging: Flores

Day 2: Tikal National Park

Stop At: Peten, Tikal National Park Guatemala
You will be Pick up in the meeting point in Flores and transfer to the Tikal.

At your arrival to the park we will meet with our local guide and expert in the área to start the walking through the jungle to admire the many species of local flora and fauna. Here, discover the impressive splendor of Tikal, which means “place of voices”. The park, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1979, spans 576km squared.

Continue to The Major Plaza of the Archaeological Park of Tikal, surrounded by impressive buildings such as Temples I and II, called the North and Central Acropolis. Also, there is a range of wakes and altars that play a part of the dynamic history of the Mayan Civilization in Tikal.

The Temple of the Grand Jaguar (Temple I) and the Temple of the Masks (Temple II) loom like a pair of colossal bookends on opposite sides of the Great Plaza, a vast expanse ringed by terraces, palaces and ball courts.

Temple I rise some 50 meters above the plaza's eastern end. A stone stairway leads up the pyramid's nine tiers, corresponding to the nine levels of the Mayan underworld.

The central part of the ancient city alone contains 3,000 buildings and covers about 16 square kilometers. Tikal is also part of the one-million-hectare Maya Biosphere Reserve created in 1990 to protect the dense forests of the Petén.

At the end of our adventure through the jungle we will have time for lunch (Included).

Duration: 8 hours

Stop At: Mundo Maya International Airport, Flores, Guatemala
At the end of your excursion you will be transfer to the Airport to flight back to Guatemala City
Duration: 1 hour

Pass By: La Aurora International Airport, Central America, 9 Av 14-75, Guatemala 01013, Guatemala
Pick up you at the airport and transfer to your hotel

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.