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Leave Thu. Feb. 11
Return Thu. Feb. 25

$4,985 - Total Package
$895 - Single Room

$165 - Globus Journeys Club Discount 

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Guatemala, Honduras & Belize 15 days

Exploring Ancient Mayan Civilizations

Overview

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Features

• 12 nights in First Class or Superior First Class. Custom First Class Globus. 12 (B) Breakfasts, 4 (L) Lunches, and 12 (D) Dinners, including welcome dinner in Antigua and farewell dinner in Belize City.
• Escorted by Alex Dold from Honolulu. Specially selected Globus tour director. Local guides at sites. Twin-bedded rooms with private bath or shower, hotel taxes, service charges, and tips for baggage handling.
• United Airlines from Honolulu. Lake Atitlan and Rio Dulce cruises; hand-cranked ferry across Mopan River. Private deluxe motorcoach with air-conditioning and extra leg room.
• City sightseeing in colorful Antigua (UNESCO) and Guatemala City.
• Mayan highlights include the National Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology in Guatemala City, Copan (UNESCO), Quirigua (UNESCO), Tikal (UNESCO), Yaxha, Topoxte, Caracol, and Xunantunich.
• Experience the living Mayan culture of Chichicastenango, Santiago Atitlan, and the Solola Market.
• Scenic visits to Lake Atitlan and its surrounding volcanoes, Motagua River Valley, the Caribbean ecosystem of Rio Dulce, Lake Izabel, the jungle wildlife of the Peten Basin, the Chiquibil Forest Reserve, and San Ignacio.
• Special features include La Aztoea coffee plantation, the open-air native market of Chichicastenango, the Church of Santo Tomas, the native village of Santiago Atitlan, the indigenous Solola Market, San Felipe Castle.

Alex's Notes

This unique program was created from an outline of Todd Ney's personal vacation. You might remember Todd as he is the travel guru whose advice I seek every year. He has designed a great number of our custom programs, like Indonesia & Malaysia, Panama & Colombia, and Peru, Bolivia & Chile.

After spending a few months working on this itinerary, I can see why Todd wanted to explore this magnificent region. To start, Guatemala is probably the MOST colorful country in all of Latin America. The Mayan Culture is alive and thrives here. On this program, in the towns of Chichicastenango,Santiago Atitlan, and Solola, we have the opportunity to mingle with the locals and observe. This is one of the few places in the world where visitors commonly see the locals wearing their traditional dress, many of which have been passed down through the ages.

Of course the highlight of this journey is experiencing the cradle of Mayan Civilization and learning about the first inhabitants of the continent. Discovering how they developed farming, complex societies, architecture (that still stands today), communications (written and spoken), and some of the most accurate calendars in the world are a huge part of this adventure. The sites we visit (4 of them UNESCO) in Guatemala and Honduras are of the pre-classic and classic era. In fact, almost every site we see dates back to at least 1000 BC - Copan to 2000 BC. Talk about ancient. The temples in Mexico are babies in comparison.

Mahalo to the amazing Kim Vincent, Globus Family's Product Development Manager for Latin America, and her team for making this adventure happen. I love the way they were able to continue the Dold tradition of value, as this First Class Globus program includes full days of sightseeing, unique top of the line hotels, breakfast and dinner daily, plus four lunches while touring, and priced just below $5,000. Being a custom program, there are no optional excursions, so basically you only need money for shopping. Nothing like exploring the Wonders of the World in style.

To encourage you to explore the world, we are offering a $100 discount to the first 15 and a $75 discount to the next. Keep in mind, our sign-up discount deadline for this journey is October 31, 2015.

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Dates & Prices

Leave Thu. Feb. 11 - Return Thu. Feb. 25, 2016 - $4,985
Single Room Supplement - $895 / Child Discount - ($120) / Land Only - $3,967 / Travel Insurance - $209

Save Up To $100 with our Sign-up Discounts.

$165 - Globus Journeys Club Discount (submit your Globus Journeys Club number to qualify).