Guatemala with Tikal, Atitlan and Antigua

Meals: 9 breakfasts, 8 Lunches, 9 Dinners

All activities

All hotels

A great itinerary

All airport transfers, all transportation and excursions.

A professional tour director accompanies you for the entire tour.

Purified water at meals.

Free bottled water on motor coach.

Day 1 – Guatemala City, Guatemala
Travel in Guatemala is fun and exciting. Caravan welcomes you to a breathtaking land of magnificent lakes, towering volcanoes and ancient ruins. With its near perfect climate and Caravan’s spectacular hotels, Guatemala, “the land of eternal spring,” is an ideal vacation destination. Caravan provides a transfer from Guatemala City airport to your centrally located hotel, the Barcelo, for a two night stay. Rooms are available for check in after 4:00 p.m. Dine at your hotel.
Meals: D

Day 2 – Museum of Archaeology
After breakfast, join Caravan for a 9:00 a.m. welcome briefing. Then visit the National Museum of Archaeology. Learn about Guatemala’s pre-Columbian cultures and extensive archaeological sites. See a priceless collection of Mayan pottery and jewelry. Lunch. Next, a sightseeing drive of the historic center. See the Metropolitan Cathedral dating from 1782 and the French influence on the dramatic National Palace. The rest of the afternoon is at leisure. Enjoy the Barcelo’s large outdoor pool, jacuzzi, spa and scenic grounds. Dinner.
Meals: BLD

Day 3 – Chichicastenango, Lake Atitlán
Gorgeous scenery unfolds this morning as you ascend from the central valley into the Guatemala highlands. Drive by friendly Indian villages where crops are still hand-tilled and grown on impossibly steep hillside terraces. Enjoy lunch in the peaceful highlands. Next, immerse yourself in the colorful pageantry of Chichicástenango. Visit Santo Tomas Church where rose petals and candles cover the floor and copal incense fills the air. Here Mayan and Catholic rituals are blended together. Shop for elaborately carved dance masks and richly embroidered hand weavings. Then, to Hotel Atitlán for a two night stay overlooking Lake Atitlán, 5,000 feet above sea level. Dinner.
Meals: BLD

Day 4 – Lake Atitlán
Boat Cruise Morning cruise across Lake Atitlán, one of the world’s most beautiful lakes. Lake Atitlan is dominated by three dormant volcanoes and ringed by Indian villages where Mayans still wear traditional dress. Visit Santiago Atitlán. Return to the Hotel Atitlan for lunch. The rest of the day is at leisure. Explore your hotel’s beautiful botanical gardens and pools. Enjoy the dramatic scenery. Dinner.
Meals: BLD

Day 5 – Coffee Tour, Antigua
This morning drive into the picturesque and world-famous coffee growing region of Guatemala. Visit a coffee plantation. Learn why many consider Guatemala coffee the best tasting coffee in the world. Sample fresh Guatemalan coffee. After lunch, visit a museum highlighting Guatemala’s unique musical instruments, including the Marimba. Continue to romantic Antigua. Enjoy a relaxing two night stay at the elegant Porta Hotel. Dinner.
Meals: BLD

Day 6 – Antigua
Morning exploration of Antigua, Guatemala’s capital for more than two centuries. Antigua, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is one of the best preserved colonial cities in all of Latin America. On a walking tour visit the Main Plaza. See the Cathedral and Fountain of the Sirens. Visit the Las Capuchinas Convent, with its 18 circular living quarters. Enjoy lunch. Then, free time in Antigua. Your hotel is two blocks from the main plaza with its fine stores offering exquisite jade pieces and exotic native artwork. Stroll the cobblestone streets and marvel at the large number of Antigua’s colonial churches and historic buildings. Enjoy dinner at the Porta Hotel.
Meals: BLD

Day 7 – Antigua, Tikal Area
This morning travel east to Guatemala’s Caribbean region. Enjoy lunch en route. Next, drive through soft rolling hills covered with jungle. Afternoon arrival in Petenchel. Enjoy a two night stay at your lodge located in a 67 acre nature preserve and on the shores of Lake Peten Itza. Your lodge, Villa Maya, has two pools, a jacuzzi and beautiful nature walking trails. Dinner.
Meals: BLD

Day 8 – Tikal Ruins
Today, an unforgettable visit to the ruins of Tikal. Settled in 700 B.C., Tikal was the grandest of all Mayan cities. Long protected by the jungle in the remote Peten Peninsula, Tikal is now a UNESCO World Heritage site. Here, see towering pyramids rise above the rainforest canopy while the sounds of tropical birds fill the air. Look for spider and howler monkeys. Visit Tikal’s great plaza. See the Temple of the Grand Jaguar and Temple II. Visit the Plaza of the Seven Temples and El Mundo Perdido, the Lost World. Enjoy lunch in Tikal. Late afternoon return to your resort. Enjoy dinner.
Meals: BLD

Day 9 – Quiriguá, Guatemala City
Head south this morning to Rio Dulce “sweet river,” a scenic river which flows into the Caribbean Sea. Enjoy a lunch overlooking the river. Then visit Quiriguá, the impressive and remarkably preserved Mayan archaeological site. See fantastic zoomorphic figures and some of the world’s largest stelae. Stelae are stone monoliths which record Mayan history. Continue to Guatemala City. Farewell dinner.
Meals: BLD

Day 10 – Guatemala City
Your tour ends this morning after breakfast at the Barcelo in Guatemala City. Breakfast begins at 6:00 a.m. Caravan provides transfers throughout the day to the Guatemala City airport. Thanks for vacationing with Caravan. ¡Hasta la vista!
Meals: B

Touring Date	Land Only	Land + Air	Single (Land Only)	Single (Land + Air)
5/18/2012 - 5/27/2012	$1,195
5/25/2012 - 6/3/2012	$1,195
6/1/2012 - 6/10/2012	$1,195
6/8/2012 - 6/17/2012	$1,195
6/15/2012 - 6/24/2012	$1,195
6/22/2012 - 7/1/2012	$1,195
6/29/2012 - 7/8/2012	$1,195
7/6/2012 - 7/15/2012	$1,195
7/13/2012 - 7/22/2012	$1,195
7/20/2012 - 7/29/2012	$1,195
7/27/2012 - 8/5/2012	$1,195
8/3/2012 - 8/12/2012	$1,195
8/10/2012 - 8/19/2012	$1,195
8/17/2012 - 8/26/2012	$1,195
8/24/2012 - 9/2/2012	$1,195
8/31/2012 - 9/9/2012	$1,195
9/7/2012 - 9/16/2012	$1,195
9/14/2012 - 9/23/2012	$1,195
9/21/2012 - 9/30/2012	$1,195
9/28/2012 - 10/7/2012	$1,195
10/5/2012 - 10/14/2012	$1,195
10/12/2012 - 10/21/2012	$1,195
10/19/2012 - 10/28/2012	$1,195
10/26/2012 - 11/4/2012	$1,195
11/2/2012 - 11/11/2012	$1,195
11/9/2012 - 11/18/2012	$1,195
11/16/2012 - 11/25/2012	$1,195
11/23/2012 - 12/2/2012	$1,195
11/30/2012 - 12/9/2012	$1,195
12/7/2012 - 12/16/2012	$1,195
12/14/2012 - 12/23/2012	$1,195
12/21/2012 - 12/30/2012	$1,195
12/28/2012 - 1/6/2013	$1,195
Note: Departures appearing above in green are guaranteed to operate by the tour operator.
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National Museumof Archaeology
Metropolitan Cathedral
Santo Thomas Church
Lake Atitlan
Cruise across Lake Atitlan
Las Capuchinas Covent
Petenchel
Peten Peninsula
Temple of the Grand Jaguar and Temple II
Rio Dulce

Taxes & fees:
Double $199
Triple $185
Single $259

A deposit of $300 pp is required to book the tour

Full payment due 60 days prior to departure

$99 Travel Protection Plan available

Bottled water provided on motorcoach

Purified water provided at all meals

Accommodations in the hotels and lodges are rooms with two beds and private bath or shower. A limited number of single rooms are available. Triple rooms are usually two beds, sometimes with a cot or rollaway.

Days 1, 2, 9 – Guatemala City Barcelo
The Barcelo Guatemala City hotel has a privileged setting in the heart of Guatemala City. Its elegant 395 rooms offer high speed internet connection and numerous facilities make your stay enjoyable. Enjoy Barcelo's business center, shops, sports center, sauna, jacuzzi, large outdoor swimming pool, beauty shop and other facilities.

Days 3, 4 – Lake Atitlan Hotel Atitlan
The Hotel Atitlan, overlooking Late Atitlan, is among Guatemala's elite core of fine hotels. It is situated in the heart of Lake Atitlan's most ethnically authentic people. It is intimate and user-friendly, elegant in a classically understated way. The decor is in the Spanish colonial-hacienda style that was favored by the Guatemlan plantation owners of the 18th century. The Atitlan offers a wide range of services and is among the most dramatic and appealing natural surroundings in the world. Nestled within the rain forest on the hotel property are special locations for serious bird watching. A short walk from the hotel is the Atitlan Nature Reserve, which has a butterfly reserve, herb gardens, suspension bridges, spider monkeys, etc.

Days 5, 6 – Antigua Porta Hotel Antigua
The elegant Porta Hotel Antigua is committed to offering guests personalized service, dedicated attention and quality accommodations. The Porta Hotel is just two blocks from the main plaza. It has all the modern amenities, spa, gym, two solar heated swimming pools, wireless internet in all public areas and rooms etc. The Porta Hotel Antigua has been chosen by Condé Nast Traveler magazine readers as one of the Top 5 hotels in Central America.

Days 7, 8 – Tikal area Petenchel Villa Maya
The Villa Maya Hotel is located in the middle of a large, private nature reserve, surrounded by lush tropical vegetation. This beautiful resort is perched between two natural lagoons which feed into nearby Lake Peten, Guatemala's third largest lake. The lagoons, grounds and nearby forests, make for great wildlife viewing and birdwatching. From your room's balcony and the resort's walkways you can see toucans, woodpeckers, fly catchers, colorful red and blue macaw parrots, playful monkeys (you'll have to close your balcony windows, so the monkeys don't get in), white tail deer and alligators in the lagoons. The Villa Maya Hotel has a swimming pool with a small waterfall and an open air restaurant with sweeping natural views.

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