Unesco Jewels: Full Day Tour to Tikal Via Aérea

Day 1

Full Day Tour to Tikal Via Air

• They will pick you up at your hotel early in the morning and transfer you to the Guatemala International Airport - La Aurora, to take your flight to Flores.
• Upon arrival at Mundo Maya Airport, you will meet your local guide, an expert in the area, and you will be transferred to the archaeological site of Tikal, sometimes your transfer will be through Flores Island.
• Upon arrival at the park, we will meet our local guide and expert in the area to start the walk through the jungle to admire the many species of local flora and fauna.
• Here, discover the impressive splendor of Tikal, which means “place of voices”. The park, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1979, spans 576 square km. Continue to the Plaza Mayor of the Archaeological Park of Tikal, surrounded by impressive buildings such as Temples I and II, called North and Central Acropolis.
• In addition, there are a variety of wakes and altars that are part of the dynamic history of the Mayan civilization in Tikal.
• The Temple of the Great Jaguar (Temple I) and the Temple of the Masks (Temple II) loom like a pair of colossal bookends on opposite sides of the Great Plaza, a vast expanse surrounded by terraces, palaces, and ball courts.
• Temple, I rise about 50 meters above the eastern end of the plaza. A stone staircase leads to the nine levels of the pyramid, corresponding to the nine levels of the Mayan underworld.
• The central part of the ancient city alone contains 3,000 buildings and covers about 16 square kilometers.
• Tikal is also part of the million-hectare Maya Biosphere Reserve created in 1990 to protect the dense forests of the Petén.
• At the end of our jungle adventure, we will have time for lunch (included).
• We will return to the Mundo Maya Airport in Flores to take our flight back to Guatemala City. Upon arrival in Guatemala City, you will be transferred to your hotel.