Included meals: B-breakfast, L-lunch, D-dinner
1st Day (D)
We will meet at St.Elena airport or in Flores, an island town in the Lake Petén Itzá. There we will have lunch before riding to Yaxhá (1 hour), a national park and archeological site in the south of the Maya Biosphere Reserve. Relaxing afternoon in the tranquil environment of El Sombrero Eco-lodge on the shore of Lake Yaxhá. We will have dinner and spend the night at El Sombrero.
2nd Day (B/L/D)
We will enjoy sunrise at top of temple 216 in the Yaxhá archeological site. This is a perfect point for birding at canopy level and enjoying the view over lake Yaxhá. After breakfast on top of the pyramid an archeology guide will lead us through the park and tell us all about its ancient history. We will have lunch back at El Sombrero. After a 'siesta' we will start a late afternoon excursion by boat along the shoreline of Lake Yaxhá looking for crocodiles. Dinner at El Sombrero.
3rd Day (B/L/D)
Early morning boat excursion to the Yaxhá lagoon. After breakfast in the boat archeological tour in Topoxté, a small site on an island which was settled until the 16th century. Lunch at El Sombrero. Afternoon is free for relaxing. Dinner at El Sombrero.
4th Day (B/L)
Birding morning in the ruins of Yaxhá. We will have lunch back at El Sombrero and then leave for the most famous Mayan temples around, Tikal - the trip will take us about an hour and a half in our microbus. After check-in at our hotel, we will enjoy sunset on top of one of the ancient buildings and then eat dinner back at the hotel.
5th Day (B)
Full day birding at Tikal. For sunrise we will be on top of the Central Acropolis, watching the birds passing by and enjoying the beautiful early morning light over the arrangement of Great Plaza, Temples I and II and the Northern Acropolis. After breakfast we will proceed to the Lost World complex. All our excursions in the Tikal National Park will be combined with archeological information. For lunch we will be back at the hotel. After a little 'siesta' we will visit the archeological museums (ceramics and stelae) at Tikal. Sunset excursion to one of the ancient buildings in the park. Dinner at the hotel.
6th Day (B)
Early morning birding and crossing our way with mammals in Tikal. Sunrise on top of the pyramid of the Lost World. After breakfast there we will walk to the northernmost part of the center of Tikal. Time for extending our species list until noon. After lunch in the hotel and a little siesta, we will check on water birds at the Tikal ponds. After a sunset excursion dinner in your hotel.
7th Day (B)
We will have another morning to observe birds and wildlife in Tikal. After our good-by lunch our microbus will bring us to the Santa Elena airport or to Flores.
