UAXACTUN COMBO

Combination:
Months of March-June Rio Azul/Uaxactun
Months of June-Feb Nakum by horse to Tikal

Combination tour
Adventure and eco-tourism
Sites: Tikal, Uaxactun and Rio Azul, Kinal or Yaxha, Topoxte, Nakum
MIN. AGE: 10 years
Class: Intermediate
Code: UAX5T

Combination tour June-Feb Code UAX5T
No. Days Places visited Where stay
1 Guatemala/Flight Flores/Yaxha / Topoxte El Sombrero
2 Nakum by horse Camp
3 Nakum / Uaxactun Eco-lodge El Chiclero
4 Uaxactun El Chiclero
5 Tikal/ Flight to Guatemala

June-Feb.
Day 1
Early pickup at your hotel for flight to Santa Elena, Petén at 6:45 am. Light breakfast on board the plane. At 8:00 am transfer from airport, 72 km to the Lake of Yaxhá. There you will stay at the Eco-lodge "El Sombrero", a quaint lodge with bungalows both private and communal and hammocks for resting in the dinning area and private bar. 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 YAXHA / NAKUM
Breakfast. Start the Horse ride to the ruins of Nakum. (approx. 4 hours) Spend the day, under the cool canopy of this immense rainforest. Lunch and visit site of Nakum. Dinner and Camp in the ruins. We will use Hammocks with mosquito netting unless tents are specifically requested.

Day 3 NAKUM/ UAXACTUN
Breakfast and continue horse ride listening the myriad of birdlife undisturbed by development as this is part of the Maya Biosphere Reserve. Lunch on the trail. About 3:00 PM arrive by horse to the site of Uaxactun. Dinner and overnight at the eco-lodge El Chiclero which provides benefit for the Uaxactun community.

Day 4 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 visit local artisan eco-touristic center. Dinner and overnight at the eco-lodge El Chiclero.

Day 5 TIKAL
Breakfast then transfer for a full day of exploring the magnificent site of Tikal. Visit the “Great city”, where you will see the Temples of the Jaguar and of the masks in the Great Plaza. Continue onto discover the complex known as “The Lost World”. Lunch at Tikal. Climb the tallest-known structure at Tikal, Temple IV, and view the thick, wild jungle, which still covers many monuments and stelae. Admire many of the artifacts discovered during the excavation of Tikal at the nearby museum. At 2:30 Depart for Guatemala City.