Overview & Highlights
Starting in Nicaragua this escorted group tour visits the colonial cities of Granada, León, Suchitoto and Antigua, before continuing to the Mayan ruins of Tikal and onto the jungles of Belize.
- Granada: Las Isletas, Lake Nicaragua
- Granada: Masaya market and volcano
- Granada: city tour
- León: walking tour
- Antigua: walking tour
- Atitlán: boat excursion to villages on Lake Atitlán
- Tikal: tour of Tikal and Yaxha ruins
- Chaa Creek: selected excursions at Chaa Creek
This journey brings together some of the cultural, architectural and geographical highlights of Central America including Granada, León, Suchitoto and Antigua – among the most beautiful colonial cities in the New World.
Travel to the little explored country of El Salvador and onto the Guatemalan highlands where, encircled by a ring of giant volcanoes, is Lake Atitlán, with indigenous market villages clustered along its shore. Finish your trip deep in the jungle at the abandoned Mayan city of Tikal. It’s an awesome archaeological site, the temples of which penetrate the wooded canopy, and further explore this magical rainforest from a lodge in the heart of Belize. You can expect to get the most from these fascinating countries at a relaxed pace, and enjoy a high standard of accommodation on this comfortable and engrossing journey.
Outline itinerary
UK clients depart arriving Managua, Nicaragua, the same day.
Day 1
Transfer to Granada and overnight.
Day 2
City tour and excursion to Las Isletas.
Day 3
Excursion to the Masaya volcano and market.
Day 4
Drive to León. Walking tour.
Day 5
Optional excursions in and around the city.
Days 6-7
Travel back to Managua from León. Fly to San Salvador and continue by land to Suchitoto.
Days 8-9
By road to Antigua in Guatemala.
Day 10
Optional excursions in and around Antigua.
Day 11
Travel to Lake Atitlán stopping at the market at Chichicastenango.
Days 12-13
Explore the surrounding area and the lakeside towns and villages.
Days 14-15
Flight to Flores. Guided tour of the amazing ruins at Tikal.
Days 16-18
Travel across the border to your rainforest lodge in Belize.
Day 19
Depart for an international flight or extension.
UK clients arrive home the following day.
Things to do
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Holiday Extensions
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What our clients say
97% of our clients rated their experience with us as Excellent or Good.
It was, in short, an unqualified success in all important ways. The local guides set a remarkably high standard in being knowledgeable, articulate and generally helpful, two or three of them outstandingly so. None of the hotels was less than comfortable and/or notable for its outlook and general amenities; those in Nicaragua and El Salvador were probably the best, while the Guatemalan and Belizean accommodation was betrayed only at times, mainly by the food it served. We took away an enormous variety of impressions, ranging from the sense of insecurity and awe created by all those volcanoes; through the surprise at the comparative sophistication and well-being superficially apparent in El Salvador and the interest in seeing potters, weavers, farmers and conservationists at work; to the ultimate satisfaction experienced through that artful blend of the natural with the man-made worlds characterising the Mayan sites of Guatemala and Honduras, most notably at Copán and Tikal which were the obvious highlights of the tour.
TD, Oxford
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