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Yaxha Archaeological Day Tour: Focus on Monkeys Spotting and Photography Opportunities
5.0
10 Ratings
Peten
Extensive tour, with enough time and flexibility, excellent for photographers.
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- 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.
What's Included
- Mosquito Repellent Application
- Yaxha Map
- Lunch Included
- Air-Conditioned Transportation
- Professional Bilingual Guide
- Water Refills Available
What's Not Included
- Entry fee of US$11 per person, only payable for guests 6 year old and on.
Additional Information
- 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
Location
Yaxha
National Park
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Alexander
Dec 18, 2022
Great tour - My wife and I had a great time touring Yaxha (and Tikal) with Marlon. He's friendly, professional, incredibly knowledgeable, and also gave us some time to explore on our own. I've done a lot of tours, and you couldn't ask for a better tour guide than Marlon.
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Italytour09
Sep 21, 2022
Incredible views, enhanced by Marlon's knowledge and charisma - This tour deserves 5+ stars. On the logistics: The tour is well organized from beginning to end--picked up on time, comfortable transportation, sufficient stops, and since we had a night plane to catch Marlon kindly offered to show us Flores and the surrounding areas which just added to the experience.
The best part was Yaxha itself, the archaeologica site (not the lake). It is in the middle of the forest so you get to experience the culture, with birds, monkeys, and even a tarantula... It is gorgeous.
The equally fantastic part and what brings it all together for us: Marlon's knowledge, charisma, and kindness. This man knows his staff, he is a Professional guide with a capital P. Makes the experience remarkable, memorable.
We were lucky to have him as our tour guide and hope to have a chance to visit Guatemala again and explore other regions, in which case we will certainly call him up. Highly recommended.
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426jessica
Jul 30, 2022
Top notch guide and company - My private tour to Yaxha with Marlon was by far one of my favorite parts of my trip to Guatemala. He is highly knowledgeable about a range of topics from botany and wildlife to history and politics in both Spanish and English. He is very responsive and professional and it was easy to schedule my tour. He was a pleasure to spend the day with. The lunch was excellent and we had plenty of time to explore Yaxha, which is a magical place especially at sunset. He even took photos and sent them to me to remember my tour. Don’t hesitate to book with Marlon and Gem Tours - you won’t be disappointed!
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88pranavc
Mar 25, 2022
The best tour!!!! - Beyond happy with my experience! Marlon was an amazing guide and showed the beauty of Tikal in the best way. The trip was planned with utmost care and each site was shown in a way where I was surprised every single time. Marlon was incredibly kind and friendly, sharing a lot about the Guatemalan culture. Highly recommend!!!!!
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Laurace6115np
Mar 5, 2022
Great experience, thanks Billy! - Billy was an extremely friendly and knowledgeable guide, answering all our questions about the history of Tikal, Mayan culture and the wildlife within the park in extreme detail, while also telling us fascinating personal stories and experiences. The day was everything that we had hoped for and much more, being able to learn so much about Guatemalan history, seeing all the animals we wanted to (monkeys, parrots, crocodiles, while still avoiding snakes!), and topping it off with a beautiful sunset. Thank you so much Billy, we could not recommend this highly enough!
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601michelec
Mar 3, 2022
Great experience - Great experience, the team took care of everything and we enjoyed all of it. There was enough time to enjoy the Tikal area and reach the top of one of the temples to admire the sunset. Highly recommended experience!
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Janet
Nov 2, 2021
Fantastic Flores Area Adventures with gemtrips.com - Marlon was an excellent guide for two days. He is very professional and knowledgeable. He is also patient and kind. We had a wonderful trip to Blue Crater, Ceiba, and Tikal. Thrn we asked to go on the zip line outside of Tikal on the spur of the moment and he was happy to accommodate us. Thanks for great memories, Marlon!
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Tsebastian55
Dec 24, 2019
Tikal tour was the highlight of our family's trip to Guatemala/Belize - The guided tour of Tikal was the highlight of our amazing 10-day vacation in Guatemala and Belize. Tikal is huge and breath-takingly beautiful, but it would be impossible to appreciate the historical and cultural significance of the site without a guide. Our guide (Marlon) is exactly what a guide should be - very knowledgeable, articulate (speaks perfect English), efficient, friendly and patient. I am so glad that my family and I took this tour with Marlon. Amazing!
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Jaanpehechaanho
Dec 10, 2019
Amazing site, excellent guide - I visited Tikal with a couple of friends on late November 2019.
We wanted to enhance the experience with a good guide so we looked online at many options and ended up selecting Gem tours based on TripAdvisor reviews and comments. It was a very good decision. Marlon was our guide and he shared with us his knowledge of the Mayan culture and history, the nature of the region of Tikal and also some of the history of Guatemala. His English is excellent and he was tailoring the stops on our day tour along the way based on our interests. We also were guided by Marlon the next day for a day tour to Yahxa. I highly recommend choosing GemTours.
All the communication with Iris prior to the visit went very well and
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