Yaxha Archaeological Focus Day Tour with Monkeys Spotting
Extensive tour, with enough time and flexibility, excellent for photographers.
Guaranteed departure, we operate only with 1 guest with no extra charge. If we go over 9 people, we make 2 groups
Premium tour visiting the best spots to photograph the monuments
Hassle free entry fees, those are not included because price varies according to nationality and age, but available in advance, we pay those for you, then you reimburse our guide during the service.
Excellent English-Spanish bilingual guide with deep knowledge of local history, flora and fauna and with service attitude to give a meaning to each monument visited.
Enough food included: water refill and lunch at Portal de Yaxha (gluten-free and vegan options available)
We will walk approximately 2.5 to 4 miles during this tour, but not consecutively. The longest walk between two stops is around 20 minutes.
Bring your camera! We love taking photos, we will show you the best spots.
Options
F/ Belize Border, Small Group
Maximum 9 guest/participants: From Melchor de Mencos/Benque Viejo (border between Belize and Guatemala) after you stamp on the Belize side, we'll meet you.
Pickup included
What's included in Yaxha Archaeological Focus Day Tour with Monkeys Spotting
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Yaxha
We start when we pick you up at your hotel or Airport, when booking, please choose the time according to your pickup location. In case you don't know the location of your hotel yet, just book the cheapest tour option, later you let us know your pickup location and if there is a price difference, you can pay it to our guide. The walking tour begins at Gate 2 of Yaxha Mayan Site. DURATION OF EACH WAY OF TRANSFER BY LOCATION WHERE WE PICK YOU UP a. Melchor de Mencos, the Belize Border: 01h: 00m b. El Remate: 01h: 30m c. Tikal, San Jose Peten, San Benito, Santa Elena Flores or Flores Island or Airport: 02h: 00m d. San Ignacio Town, Belize: 02h: 00m e. San Andres Peten and San Ignacio Out of Town, Belize: 02h: 30m Yaxha is a different archaeological site because it is located between two lakes, Lake Yaxha and Lake Sacnab, this site started in the Pre-Classic period (3000 BC to 300 AD), during its peak in the Classic period (300 AD to 900 AD) worked as an important lake port.
We'll visit the Minor Astronomical Observatory, this was built by the ancient Mayans to commemorate the equinoxes and solstices, there is an observation building and three reference buildings, the reference buildings are to see the sunrise behind them and this way, mark the change of the seasons, which was relevant for agriculture, as this was the city's source of food. We'll walk on the Causway of the Quarry, so called because it is a Mayan road built next to a quarry, from that quarry came a large part of the material used to build the buildings of the city. We'll also visit the North Acropolis, it's the center of this city, it is a plaza with a triadic pattern, a particular style of the oldest Mayan cities, it's a group of three temples forming a triangle, one temple to the East, another to the West, they represent the twin brothers who, according to Mayan mythology, were the creators of humanity. To the North is the temple representing the god of corn, the father of the twins.
A thousand years later after Yaxha was abandoned, a German explorer named Teobert Malher exploring the area, managed to find the lost city in 1904, the Malher Group was the first complex of buildings discovered by Malher. The Malher group has a building with hybrid Mayan-Teotihuacan architecture, the first platforms are Mayan-style and the last platform has Teotihuacan architecture, which shows the intense cultural exchange that existed between the Mayans and the cultures of Central Mexico. To get to this group of buildings, we walk along the causeway of the reservoirs, which is a 100 feet wide road, used by the Mayans to receive rainwater and store it in reservoirs for later use to supply the city with water, in addition the causways were used as sacred paths to make processions from one temple to another. Along the tour we will have the opportunity to closely observe various groups of spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) and/or howler monkeys (Alouatta pigra).
Inclusions
- Mosquito Repellent Application
- Yaxha Map
- Lunch at Portal de Yaxha, 5 options
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Professional bilingual tour guide
- Water Refill in the Vehicle
- Entry fee of US$11 per person, only payable for guests 6 year old and on.
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Wheelchair accessible
- Seat belts available
- In case you don't know yet the location of your hotel, just book the cheapest tour option, later you let us know your hotel location and if there is price difference, you can pay it to our guide.
- If you are the only adult in your group and you pick a small group option and at least one more adult reserves for that same schedule, we’ll include the cost of the entry fees for you and in addition to that, we'll refund USD50, which reduces the price for USD61 for you.
- Bring the best walking shoes
- Bring a raincoat just in case
- Bring the best clothes for hot weather
- Bring a canteen to refill water
- If you have a Guatemalan local ID (DPI) send us a picture of it, in this event your entry fees will be only USD 6
Meet
Pickup and Dropoff
Choose to be picked up from a list of locations
Additional Information
When booking, please make sure you pick the right price option according to the desired pickup location. We pick up from the door of any hotel or Airbnb in Flores, Tikal, El Remate, Santa Elena, San Benito, San Andres, Melchor de Mencos (Belize border), San Jose Peten and San Ignacio Belize. Guests staying in San Miguel come by boat to Raices Restaurant in Flores Island for pickup.
Redeem
Ticket Redemption
Your guide or driver will come to the door of your hotel to pick you up, then you show him your digital or printed ticket.
