uaxactun - ALIGNMENT CHANGE OF SEASONS

ARCHAEOLOGICAL
Uaxactun
SEASON: Soltice & equinox
DAYS: 3 days/2 nights
CLASS: Beginning
MIN. AGE: 7 years
CODE: UAX3
LOCATION: PETEN
TRIP NAME: Alignment change of seasons

Change of season alignment
Eco-tourism - Eco-Lodge
All year round Code UAX3
No. Days Places visited Where stay
1 Guatemala/Flight Flores/Yaxha / Topoxte El Sombrero
2 Yaxha/ Tikal / Uaxactun El Chiclero
3 Uaxactun / Flight to Guatemala

ITINERARY

DAY 1 GUATEMALA / Yaxha - Topoxte
Breakfast on your own, 6:00 am transfer to airport to board short air flight to Santa Elena, Petén. Transfer overland to the Lake of Yaxhá, site of Yaxha and Topoxte. Transfer in small motorized boat to the Maya archaeological site of Topoxté located on an island in the middle of the Lake. Return to the restaurant for lunch.
After a brief rest, transfer to the newly built museum of Topoxté and the site of Yaxhá. Yaxhá has been recently excavated and the restoration of the large temple 216, makes a great platform for observing the sunset over the Lake.
Return to the lodge for dinner in a peaceful family setting.

Day 2 TIKAL
Early breakfast and transfer by bus to Tikal. Full day visit of the ruins of Tikal, visiting Complex Q., Main Plaza, Plaza of the 7 Temples, Lost World, Temple IV. We will leave Yaxhá early to take advantage of visiting the site while the wildlife is in it most abundance and the other tourists on one-day excursions haven't yet arrived. Late Lunch and visit to the Ceramic Museum and Lithic Museum. Afternoon transfer to Uaxactun, visit local artisan eco-touristic center. Dinner and overnight at the eco-lodge El Chiclero which provides benefit for the Uaxactun community.

Day 3 uaxactun
Breakfast. (for the sunrise tours, breakfast will be after obsevation) Start the tour of the site of Uaxactun. Known for its temple complex in Group E where certain lines of site on the different pyramids pass through the point of sunrise during the equinoxes and soltices of the seasons. This suggests that these structures may have been designed to serve as observatories, or at least as calendar markers. We will visit all seven groups, located on top of natural hills. Lunch at the site. Afternoon transfer to Flores for flight to Guatemala.