If you’re looking for a taste of history and culture, the Central American country of Guatemala is the perfect place to find it. A visit to this country will give you a chance to experience traditional Mayan culture and modern, bustling cities. The combination of ancient Mayan ruins with a country that’s becoming increasingly more industrialized makes for a thought-provoking trip.
This Central American country has more than 30 protected areas, including national parks and biological preserves. Many of these parks contain beautiful lakes, luscious forests and tons of wildlife. If you’d like to see some rare animals you can visit Guatemala’s wildlife refugees, Bocas del Polochic and Cerro San Gil.
Guatemala City, the capital, is the largest urban sprawl in Central America. This city is home to colorful and chaotic markets. All transportation lines meet in Guatemala City, so it’s good to spend a few days there.
Antigua is the most popular place to visit in Guatemala and is one of the oldest and most beautiful city in the Americas. It’s set against three volcanoes and is often more visited than Guatemala City.
Exito Travel can help you get the most out of Guatemala, whether it be helping you find cultural places to visit or getting you there without breaking the bank. We can arrange tours of the markets and Mayan ruins of Copan and Tikal, or let us give you suggestions about what to see and do while spending time in Guatemala.
This short tour includes some lovely tows with colorful, lively markets, the lakeside town of Panajachel, and one of the best-preserved colonial towns in Central America, Antigua. The tour ends in Guatemala City.
Destinations: Chichicastenango Market, Solola, Lake Atitlan, Santiago Atitlan & Antigua
Activities: Cultural exploration
Difficulty Level: Light
Spend the first seven days biking, hiking, kayaking and exploring magnificent highland scenery, volcanic craters and the crystal-clear Lago de Atlitlan. The last two days are spent around the Mayan ruins at Tikal.
Destinations: Antigua, Pacaya Volcano, Lake Atitlan, Alaska, Cerro Quemado, Tikal
Activities: Cultural Exploration, Hiking, Biking, Kayaking
Difficulty Level: Light
Six full days of biking in dramatic Guatemalan highlands around a volcano, to the pristine Atitlan Lake, through the colonial Antigua, and through a remote highland paradise of villages, followed by a trip to rain forest by the Mayan ruins at Tikal.
Destinations: Antigua, Pacaya Volcano, Lake Atitlan, Alaska, Cerro Quemado, Tikal
Activities: Cultural Exploration, Biking
Difficulty Level: Light
Go for a sightseeing tour of Antigua, one of the best-preserved colonial cities in Central America. On the way to the lakeside village of Panajachel, pass through the Archaeological Site of Iximche for a visit.
Destinations: Antigua, Iximche, Lake Atitlan, Quetzaltenango, San Francisco El Alto, San Andrés Xecul, Almolonga, Huehuetenango & Chichicastenango
Activities: Cultural Exploration, Biking
Difficulty Level: Light
Drive through the eastern part of Guatemala, via the states of El Progreso and Zacapa, to arrive at the border with Honduras. Visit one of the most fascinating Mayan ruin sites with beautiful stellae and majestic temples.
Destinations: Guatemala, El Progreso, Zapaca, Honduras, Copan, Quirigua
Activities: Cultural Exploration
Difficulty Level: Light
A relaxing tour of the highlights of Guatemala. Comfortable, private transportation to some of the best small towns in the highlands followed by a national flight to Flores, the island town closest to the Mayan ruins at Tikal.
Destinations: Antigua, Lake Atitlan, Santiago, Flores, Tikal, Aguateca, Petexbatun, Ceibal, Guatemala City
Activities: Cultural Exploration, Boating
Difficulty Level: Light
This tour combines tours of some of Guatemala's oldest spots, with modern day markets that follow in the same tradtions as their ancient ancestors. Visit several lively Guatemalan markets, see the Mayan ruins at Copan (Honduras) and Tikal.
Destinations: Guatemala, Antigua, Lake Atitlan, Panajachel, Santiago Atitlan, Quetzaltenango, Huehuetenango, Chichicastenango, El Progreso, Zapaca, Quirigua, Puerto Barrios, Livingston, Río Dulce, Flores and Tikal
Activities: Cultural Exploration
Difficulty Level: Light
We will bike through and around the colonial town of Antigua, kayak the pristine Lake Atitlan, which is surrounded by volcanoes. Then spend a few days in the rain forest near the border with Belize and a full day at the Mayan ruins at Tikal.
Destinations: Antigua, Lake Atitlan, Santiago Bay, Chichicastenango Market, Yaxha Maya Ruins, Tikal Maya Ruins
Activities: Cultural Exploration, Hiking, Biking, Kayaking
Difficulty Level: Light
Spend 14 incredible days exploring Guatemalan markets, Mayan ruins and the spectacular crater lake of Atitlan. This includes a short trip to Copan, Honduras to see the ruins there. Also includes Antigua and Mayan ruins at Tikal.
Destinations: Baul, Democracia, Chichicastenango Market, San Francisco El Alto, San Andrés Xecul, Almolonga, Lake Atitlan, Santiago Atitlan, Antigua, Copan, Quirigua, Puerto Barrios, Río Dulce, Flores, Ceibal, Yaxha & Tikal.
Activities: Cultural Exploration
Difficulty Level: Light