Day 1| SAT – Guatemala Airport – Antigua City

Arrival to Guatemala City airport and transfer to your hotel in Antigua City. Lodging. 

Hotel: Convento Santa Catalina or similar. 

Room: Double. Breakfast 

Stay: 1 night

Day 2| SUN – Guatemala – Chichicastenango – Lake Atitlán.

Breakfast. 

Hotel Check out. 

Tour: Chichicastenango Market and Village + Panajachel Handycraft Market. The market only takes place on Thursdays and Sundays.

Departure to the Guatemalan highlands with destination to the village of Chichicastenango, where we will visit one of the most famous indigenous markets in all Latin America. That day, we will enjoy a living experience. Chichicastenango’s Market. In the center of town is the local market where you can buy wood products, and even gifts that the Mayan priests offer on their prehispanic altars. You can also admire the Church of Santo Tomas which was built by Dominicans and Kichen in the year of 1540 on a Maya altar, which even today is used on the front steps of the church. On the other side is Calvary Church, in the square you can see a high stick where they have done each year the presentation of the Palo Volador.

After the visit, we will continue to Lake Atitlán, as Aldous Huxley once said, “one of the most beautiful lakes in the world”. Time to have lunch in one of the most exquisite restaurants of Panajachel. Visit to the Santander Street of Panajachel and handycraft market of this town. 

Lodging.

Hotel in Atitlan: Villa Santa Catarina or similar.

Room: Double. Breakfast. 

Stay: 2 nights. 

Includes: Guide, Lunch included.

Day 3| MON – Lake Atitlán – San Juan La Laguna – Santiago Atitlán –  San Marcos – Lake Atitlán.

Breakfast

Tour: Visit to the Villages that surround Lake Atitlán by Boat. 

Today we will take a boat to visit three of the twelve villages that surround this beautiful lake. We will visit the Tzutuhil village of San Juan La Laguna characterized by the harmony in which its inhabitants live with nature and culture. We will continue to Santiago Atitlán, a town inhabited by indigenous Tzutuhiles who live from fishing and handcrafts, although they are better known as worshippers of a Mayan-Catholic deity they call Maximón. you will explore the San Marcos and Maya culture. The full day trip takes you from one end of the lake to the other with an English-speaking guide and easy walking.

Details:

• Meals not included.
• Activity time: 6-7 hours
• San Marcos (holistic healing centers, meditation, yoga, cliff jumping), San Juan (art galleries, woman’s weaving cooperatives, a medicinal plant gardens), Santiago (Tzutujile Maya traditions, spiritual beliefs, Maximon offerings). 

Day 4| TUE – Lake Atitlán – Iximché – La Antigua

Breakfast.

Hotel Check Out. 

Departure to La Antigua Guatemala.

On Route

Tour 1: On route, we will visit the archeological site of Iximché, the ancient Mayan capital of the Cakchiquel kingdom. Iximché, the place where the first capital city of Guatemala was founded. If you are lucky you could witness a real Mayan ceremony that takes place in Iximché. 

Tour 2: Upon our arrival in La Antigua, we will visit this colonial city declared a World Heritage Site, we will visit the Cathedral, La Merced Church, the Central Plaza and its main streets and monuments. Lodging.

Hotel: Convento Santa Catalina or similar. 

Room: Double. Breakfast 

Stay: 4 night

Day 5| WED – La Antigua

Breakfast.

Pacaya Volcano Tour : 7:30am. In the morning we will leave to the foot of the Pacaya volcano, from there we’ll begin an ascent of little difficulty. After an hour of walking, we will be on the plateau of the volcano from where we can appreciate the crater of one of the three active volcanoes in Guatemala. 2:00pm arrival at the hotel. Rest of the afternoon will be free. 

Includes: transportation, guide, all entrances and taxes, 1 bottle of water. 

Day 6| THU – La Antigua – Tikal National Park One Day Trip

Breakfast. 

Tikal National Park Tour

3:45am. Very early transfer to the airport from Antigua to take the flight to Flores Airport (488 kilometers from Guatemala City). Flores is the starting point to go to Tikal. Your guide awaits you at the airport exit. Land transfer to Tikal National Park. Visit to the Mayan city. Lunch. Return to Flores to take the flight back to Guatemala, transfer to the hotel in Antigua. 

Tour Includes:

• Round trip flights.
• Airport transfers
• Guide
• Tickets to the Tikal National Park
• Guided tour of the archaeological city
• Lunch. 

Day 7| FRI – La Antigua

Breakfast

Day to explore Antigua on your own.

Day 8| TUE – Antigua City – Guatemala Airport
Breakfast. Transfer to the International Airport of Guatemala City. End of our service.