Rio Azul - Enter the Sacred Tombs

Archaeology Jungle 4-wheel
Trip:Rio Azul
SEASON:MARCH - JUNE
MIN. AGE:8 years
CODE:RAZ4
LOCATION : PETEN
TRIP NAME:Enter the Sacred Tombs
No OF DAYS:4 days/3 nights
CLASS:Intermediate

DAY 1 Meet at airport to board early morning flight to Santa Elena, Peten. Transfer overland by jeeps to reach the “Lost City of the Mayas”, Rio Azul. Bag lunch en route. Arrive at site, afternoon exploration of the overgrown mounds and temples of this ancient riverside city. Dinner and camp within the site.

Day 2 Breakfast, all morning devoted to further exploring this sites hidden treasures. Return to camp for lunch. Transfer overland, (23 km) to the lesser known, but important site of El Kinal. Return to camp for dinner.

Day 3 Breakfast and break camp. All day for return to the small village of Uaxactun. Overnight at Eco-lodge run by the local community. All meals.

Day 4 Breakfast, Visit ruins of Uaxactun. After lunch board pick-up for return transfer to Santa Elena, Peten to catch late afternoon return flight to Guatemala.*

*Suggested Options:
1-D or 2D Tikal
9-D Rio Usumacinta
4-Day Dos Pilas /Caves of the Pasion
1-3-Day Yaxhá/ Topoxté
1-Day Whitewater rafting on the chiquibul river


Price Includes a 5% donation to the Uaxactun community for their work in the preservation of the Maya Bioshphere reserve.