Guatemala For All The Family

Arrive Guatemala City. Met & transfer to your hotel.

Morning transfer to Antigua, one of Latin America’s best preserved Spanish colonial cities featuring cobbled streets and a wide variety of shops, art galleries, bars and restaurants. Your hotel has a swimming pool, vital for keeping children happy in hot climes.

Morning guided walking tour of Antigua to see the impressive colonial buildings and monuments. Afternoon excursion to San Miguel Escobar to learn from local farmers how to make traditional peanut butter. Spread some on a delicious corn tortilla and enjoy the flavours. Return to the hotel and spend the rest of the day by the pool. Accommodation in a split-level suite.

After breakfast, transfer to your bike starting point. Ride bicycles to a valley, site of a former Guatemalan capital; visit the San Lorenzo macadamia farm; visit the villages of Santiago Zamora and San Antonio Aguas Calientes, famed for their elaborate Maya textiles and traditional weaving. Return to the hotel.

Morning transfer to Iximche Maya site, founded in 1470 and abandoned in 1524 after the Spanish invasion. Tour the site, then take part in a Maya ceremony, performed for a specific purpose, usually to saturate with positive energy or cleanse negative energies. Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant then transfer to Panajachel, Lake Atitlan. On arrival check in to your hotel.

Morning boat ride to pick up kayaking gear. Paddle for around 45 minutes along the lake shore, past lush gardens, villages and large houses. Marvel at the lake’s three main volcanoes: Atitlan, San Pedro and Toliman. Disembark for a hike along ancient trails followed by lunch at a local restaurant. Then visit Santiago Atitlan where you can visit the church, various shops and the shrine of Maximon, a pagan saint who drinks moonshine and smokes cigars. Return to your hotel by boat across the lake or by road.

Morning check out of your hotel and transfer to Los Tarrales Reserve, situated at Atitlan volcano, for a thrilling (yet safe) zip line tour, gliding high across the forest. Afterwards, transfer to Guatemala City.

Morning transfer to Rio Dulce. En route, visit the small UNESCO World Heritage Maya site of Quirigua with its stellae and anthropomorphic sculptures, considered among the finest in the Maya world. On arrival at Rio Dulce, check in to your hotel by the shore.

Today the family will enjoy a boat ride all the way to the Caribbean coast. Passing through a wide river lagoon, enter a steep gorge before arriving at Livingston. The town was settled by Garifuna people in the 19th Century and retains a laid back Caribbean culture, quite unlike the rest of Guatemala and similar to southern Belize. Have lunch at a local restaurant where the seafood is fresh and delicious and walk around the small town before returning to your hotel in the afternoon.

Morning transfer by road north to El Peten. The rainforested El Peten region occupies a third of the land mass of Guatemala but has only three percent of its population. On arrival, transfer to the hotel and settle in, followed perhaps by a swim in the pool overlooking the large lake.

After breakfast, transfer to Ixpanpajul Park nature reserve for an exciting walk high up along canopy walkways called the Hanging Bridges. Later, transfer to Yaxha temple site for to see the sun set over the rainforest from atop a pyramid-shaped temple. Plenty of wildlife can often be seen along the jungle road between Tikal and Yaxha. After sunset, return to the hotel.

After breakfast, walk with your guide to Tikal National Park and learn about the various Maya structures and how they relate to their bygone civilisation. After exploring Tikal, enjoy lunch at a jungle restaurant. After lunch, transfer to Flores for your flight to Guatemala City. On arrival, met & transfer to your hotel.

Transfer to airport. Fly out.

Transfer to the airport and connect with your international flight home.