Guatemala – El Salvador

Destinations Guatemala, El Salvador
Category Cultural
Duration 10 days / 9 nights

Departure dates 2020:

  • January 20
  • February 03
  • March 02, 16
  • April 06, 20
  • May 04, 17
  • June 08, 22
  • July 06, 20
  • August 3, 17, 31
  • September 14
  • October 5,19
  • November 02, 16, 30

Day 1 – Monday: Welcome to Guatemala City
Day 1 – Monday: Welcome to Guatemala City

Upon arrival to La Aurora International Airport, driver will take you to the hotel for overnight at Guatemala City.

Standard Hotel: Radisson

Superior Hotel: Barceló  

Day 2 – Tuesday: Transfer to Lake Atitlan
Day 2 – Tuesday: Transfer to Lake Atitlan

Your guide will meet you at the lobby of Transfer to Lake Atitlan.

Optional Tour Available: Antigua Walking Tour

Standard Hotel: Jardines del Lago

Superior Hotel: Porta del Lago

Meals : Breakfast
Day 3 – Wednesday: Free day at Atitlan
Day 3 – Wednesday: Free day at Atitlan

Enjoy the free day to explore the hotel and Panajachel town on your own or take one of the optional tours to discover Lake Atitlan. Overnight at Lake Atitlan.

Optional Tours Available

Option 1 - Villages Boat Tour.

Option 2 - Kayak & Hike  Day Tour. 

Standard Hotel: Jardines del Lago

Superior Hotel: Porta del Lago

Meals : Breakfast
Day 4 – Thursday:  Transfer to Chichicastenango
Day 4 – Thursday: Transfer to Chichicastenango

Transfer to Chichicastenango. On arrival your guide will show you the church which is important and iconic monument for the indigenous and Mayan history itself. If you’re lucky you will also witness special ceremonies and mix of religions.  

Antigua, one of the world’s best conserved colonial cities in the Americas.  It is a magic and captivating small town that makes you feel time might have stopped 300 years ago. Once in Antigua, enjoy a free afternoon. Overnight at Antigua.

Standard Hotel: Mesón de María

Superior Hotel: Porta Hotel Antigua

Meals : Breakfast
Day 5 – Friday:  Antigua – Land Transfer to Ataco  (El Salvador)
Day 5 – Friday: Antigua – Land Transfer to Ataco (El Salvador)

Ruta de Las Flores (Flowers Route) famous for its abundance of wild growing flowers. This region has beautiful panoramic views of the mountain side coffee plantations, lagoons and dense cloud forests. The mountain town of Ataco is becoming in a door for all the artistic community, it’s traditional producing of colorful textiles and the artistic murals painted on the walls of the colonial style houses.

Afternoon at Leisure

Optional  Tour Available: Coffee Tour Finca El Carmen.

Standard Hotel:  Fleur de Lis       

Superior Hotel: Casa Degraciela

Meals : Breakfast
Day 6 – Saturday: Ataco - Joya de Ceren - Suchitoto
Day 6 – Saturday: Ataco - Joya de Ceren - Suchitoto

Visit the archeological site of Joya de Ceren, which was declared a world heritage site by UNESCO in 1993 for being the only location in the whole Mayan World where you can appreciate the day to day living styles of the popular pre-Columbian inhabitants. After this we travel to San Andres maya site, which was inhabited by Mayans between AD 600 and 900 where you will visit a small onsite museum.

Standard Hotel:  El Tejado  

Superior Hotel: Los Almendros de San Lorenzo

Meals : Breakfast
Day 7 – Sunday: Suchitoto walking tour
Day 7 – Sunday: Suchitoto walking tour

Suchitoto dates back to pre-Columbian times and on the arrival of the Spanish it was one of the area’s most densely populated by the Pipiles.  Walking through the narrow streets of the city of Suchitoto, learn its history and its conservation by seeing all of the full colonial buildings and cobblestone streets, and visit the cultural treasures of the Church of Santa Lucia on the main plaza, panoramic streets, old houses, and the “theater of the ruins”.

 

Optional Tours Available

Option 1 – Indigo Workshop

Option 2 – Lake Suchitlan Boat Tour

Standard Hotel:  El Tejado

Superior Hotel: Los Almendros de San Lorenzo

Meals : Breakfast
Day 8 – Monday:  Suchitoto - El Cuco
Day 8 – Monday: Suchitoto - El Cuco

Transfer from Suchitoto to the east coast of El Salvador with beautiful remote beaches surrounded by tropic lush. Afternoon of leisure enjoying the sound of the Pacific Ocean.

Standard Hotel:  Miraflores     

Superior Hotel: Los Mangos

Meals : Breakfast
Day 9 – Tuesday: El Cuco
Day 9 – Tuesday: El Cuco

Day at leisure to enjoy the beach.

You can take one of the optional tours available.

Option 1 – Surf Lesson at El Cuco Beach

Option 2 – Kayak Experience

Standard Hotel:  Miraflores     

Superior Hotel: Los Mangos

Meals : Breakfast
Day 10 – Wednesday:  Departure to airport of San Salvador
Day 10 – Wednesday: Departure to airport of San Salvador

You are transferred to San Salvador Airport in time for your flight back home.

Meals : Breakfast

Included

  • Meals as stated
  • Hotels accommodation as stated
  • English speaking guide on tours
  • Entrance fees to sites - parks - etc.
  • Private Transportation
  • Taxes

Not Included

  • Any additional/extra tours or park fees
  • Any other service not mentioned in the “included” list or the itinerary
  • Extras at hotels
  • International Flights
  • Late check-out or early check-in
  • Personal and/or medical expenses
  • Visa and Inmigration Taxes