Top Central Highlands Day Trips - page 3

Familiarize yourself with Antigua while visiting Guatemala during this full-day tour that takes you around the city with a guide who shows you spots and tells you stories you may miss if choosing to explore on your own. Plus, this Antigua tour offers pickup from select Guatemala City hotels and provides lunch during the day, too.

Spend a fun-filled day enjoying the many outdoor activities of Lake Atitlan during this full-day trip that’s perfect for families and kids. Swim and kayak amidst the idyllic scenery of this beautiful lake. Or get your heart pumping with some cliff jumping or a rock climbing adventure with harnesses and ropes. If relaxation is your aim, sit back and chill out at the tour activity center under a shaded cabana as your kids enjoy the game center. Your family-friendly day trip also offers an optional lunch and includes all activities and round-trip hotel transport.

Take a walk back in time as you explore the idyllic Mayan villages, ancient rituals and gorgeous scenery of Lake Atitlan on this strenuous day-long hike on the Upper Mayan Trail. Interact with the local Cakchiquel and Tzutujil Mayan tribes, visiting the town of Santa Cruz la Laguna and tracing a path along a steep path used by the tribes for centuries. You’ll also have the chance to observe the rituals of local shamans and visit the second largest market in the country. Your hike also includes round-trip hotel transport from Antigua.

Travel deep into the mountains above mystical Lake Atitlan as you spend the day exploring the indigenous traditions and daily life in the region’s small villages. Get a true local’s experience as you wander the range of goods for sale at Solola indigenous market, an authentic site few tourists ever see. In the afternoon enjoy fresh mountain air as you visit a local farming community, largely untouched by the modern world, and explore the gorgeous city of Panjachel. Your day trip also includes round-trip hotel transport.

Discover the lively highland culture and beautiful scenery of Guatemala during this private trip to Chichicastenango from Antigua. Check out the colonial architecture and sprawling market of Chichicastenango, where vendors hawk everything from colorful handicrafts to candles, food, and machetes. This private Chichicastenango trip includes a private guide and round-trip hotel transport.

Chichicastenango (local refers to it as Chichi) is an indigenous town in the Guatemalan Highlands where a kaleidoscope of colors takes place, is one of the largest markets in Central America, locals who come far and wide to buy and sell products also visit their loved ones in the cementary, yes we will visit the cementary. The market is full of vegetables, fruits, handcrafts, textiles, artifacts, street food.One of our principal visits is the artisanal traditional mask factory and Santo Thomas church (built in 1540) over the base of an archeological pre-Colombian temple, where we will experience the Guatemalan syncretism. We will explore the city by walking but also tasting fruits of the season like the traditional and original type of GUATEMALA BANANA as well as the traditional PAN DE MUERTO ‘bread of dead”. The bread is offered up honoring the four elements of life to those that are no longer in this physical cosmos.Our lunch will be served by the local family for all type of dietary

Delve deeper into the cultural heritage of Guatemala on a tour that covers Chichicastenango Market and Lake Atitlan from Panajachel. Rather than navigating winding roads yourself, you'll be able to soak up the highland scenery as your driver transports you between attractions. Plus, exploring the Mayan market with a guide allows you to overcome the language barrier and discover cultural information you're unlikely to find in the guide book.

Explore the traditional markets of Antigua and learn about regional cuisine on this popular tour from Guatemala City. Spend the day learning how to cook some of the nation's most iconic dishes, including beans, tortillas and more. Take home printed recipes to share with friends! You can even participate in a chocolate making workshop and learn how bitter beans are made into one of the world's sweetest treats!

Visit two of the Guatemala City area’s most interesting theme parks with this private day tour. Your guide will pick you up at your hotel and take you to Altamira, with its gigantic wooden structures with larger-than-life hands that guests are welcome to climb on. You'll then visit Hobbitenango, a Lord of the Rings-inspired eco-park featuring hobbit houses and spectacular views out over the countryside.

The most amazing day that you can spend in lake Atitlan. Artisans, weavers, cacao process, naif painters, traditional markets, tipical coustoms, lookout points for amazing pics, Is a total inmersion in the mayan life and culture. we will visit San Marcos, San Juan and San Pedro. This tour is private customers from Viator could be share with another people but private viator clients.

Soak up some sun, dip your toes in the Pacific Ocean and explore the black sand beaches at San Jose on this short but sweet private getaway. Leaving from Guatemala City, Antigua, or Puerto Quetzal, this full-day trip includes some R&R in a private villa with a pool, a fresh seafood lunch cooked up by a local chef, and a sunset ocean swim and buggy trip along the dark volcanic sands of San Jose Beach.

Don't let the chance to visit the UNESCO World Heritage-listed city of Antigua pass you by—this private tour from Puerto Quetzal takes you straight from the port to the city so you can spend less time in transit and more time visiting the city's amazing sights like La Merced, the San Francisco Convent, and Casa Santo Domingo. On your way back, stop at a jade museum and factory and macadamia nut plantation.

For people how wants to know about daily live, commerce, religion, political organization from mayan cultural heritage this is a perfect option, great market and visit the last town buil it by mayan culture before spanish arrive. Just one hour away from Antigua. We offer to interact and be inmmersed between the mayan culture an unique experience. We offer personalized attention, mayan guide and land transportation in that way you can miximised yor time and experience.

This Copan day trip from Guatemala City takes travelers back in time on a tour of the UNESCO World Heritage-listed site of the Mayan Empire. Your full-day journey from the nation’s capital city includes comfortable coach transportation to Honduras and a guided tour of the ruins. Gain a deeper understanding of the Tax Kuk Mo dynasty as you explore the temples and monuments and take a closer look at the hieroglyphics that decorate the site.

Benefit from round-trip transportation to the picturesque town of San Juan La Laguna on this private full-day tour from Antigua. Start early with morning hotel pickup and head to Lake Atitlan to board a private boat that takes you to San Juan La Laguna. Visit local enterprises including a coffee plantation, textile and chocolate cooperatives, and an art gallery, then return to Antigua via Panajachel.

Great option from Antigua for discovering black sand beaches, driving through volcanos and sugar cane fields, you will arrive at the best destination in Guatemala with clean beaches, great resorts, a diversity of birds excellent for birdwatchers, great waves for surfers, natural experimental stations for conservation of marine turtles. After all the activities that you can do, relax in our resort and have a beer and the best lunch in town.

Explore the beautiful Spanish-colonial architecture and beautiful setting of Antigua during this 8-hour day trip. This UNESCO World Heritage-listed city offers a wealth of historic monasteries, churches and monuments to explore, all set among a landscape of towering volcanoes and cobblestone streets. During your trip you’ll visit a number of town’s most important buildings, check out some of the surrounding villages and have time to shop for souvenirs inspired by the ancient Maya. Your Antigua day trip also includes a guide and round-trip hotel transport.

Experience the thrill of climbing an active volcano on this small-group hiking tour to Pacaya from Guatemala City. A great opportunity to climb one of Guatemala’s many volcanoes with the support of a local trekking guide, this half-day tour begins with a scenic drive out to Pacaya Volcano National Park. You’ll then hit the trails, hiking through farmland, cloud forests, and lava fields until you reach the summit, where you’ll be rewarded with epic panoramic views.

The tour of the Guatemalan highlands is a contrast of nature and unique culture, our first point to visit is the Chichicastenango Handicrafts Market, which is only held on Thursdays and Sundays, in the place we will know the daily life of the Mayan Quichés, thus Even the respective time for shopping for handicrafts is very important, in the afternoon the visit is to the town of Panajachel, to have lunch and have a panoramic view of the beautiful Lake Atitlán that was formed just over 85,000 years ago and is now guarded by three imposing volcanoes, at the end the return to Guatemala City begins.

The departure is from Cobán at 7:00 a.m. and return at 7:00 p.m.approximately. We make a change of vehicle in Lanquín to a 4x4. We visit the Semuc Champey National Park and the Kamba Caves (these are caves with water inside since a small river runs inside the cave and there are two sections that must be crossed by swimming.

Lake Atitlan Private Tour is the best way to explore one of the most breathtaking places Guatemala has to offer. In this tour prepare to be immerse in nature, culture and history, the towns that we’re visiting each has their own uniques and we have to explore it. You will be amazed by what the Lake Atitlan has to offer, the beautiful landscape of three volcanoes surrounded by water, that in its depths lays a Maya city, it’s impossible to miss. This tour also offers you a full experience of the western highlands of Guatemala, starting with a typical breakfast and having the rest of the day immerse in the cultural and mysticism of each town. In this full day tour, which is private and personalized, you can plan your day on different activities or stay more time in some places. The time is yours to manage, we are happy to join you in the ride.

ITINERARY: The tour starts at 07:00 am so passengers begin to be picked up at 06:40 am. The visit to the Pacaya Volcano National Park is very simple, after a walk of an hour and a half you will reach the area of the petrified lava and you will be able to have a stunning view of the active crater, the ascent route is a natural spectacle. At the end of the descent we will begin the return to Guatemala City, passengers will be dropped off at the place where they were picked up. At 2:00 pm is the approximate time you will arrive in Guatemala City. The tour includes: Local guide of the Pacaya Volcano specialized in the area, tourist transportation, entrance ticket and pure water.

See the lava flow at Antigua's Pacaya Volcano before the sun comes up, and watch the sun rise over the historic town, with this guided tour. You'll get up early and get to Pacaya before the masses of crowds descend on the active volcano, getting back to Antigua with plenty of time to enjoy the rest of your day.