From USD 49.99
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. In 900 A.D. when the Mayan collapse happened, for still unexplained reasons, this city was abandoned and the jungle was responsible for burying it with soil, the product of the dried leaves of vegetation over time.
A thousand years later after it was abandoned, a German explorer named Teobert Maler exploring the area, managed to find the lost city of Yaxha in 1904, Yaxha with their neighbors Nakum and Naranjo and after a long process, were declared as Yaxha-Nakum-Naranjo National park in 2006, just after being stage for the reality show called "Survivor" filmed in Guatemala in 2006.
As this is a very young national park, it is little known but super charming, as few archaeological sites, at Yaxha the visitor feels completely in the middle of a Mayan city, because when this was not yet a national park, it was allowed to cut much weeds covering the palaces, temples, ball courts, pyramids, causeways and squares, so the viewer can see more than 900 feet around. Many visitors after visiting several Mayan sites, they conclude that their favorite place is Yaxha.
CONDITIONS
The minimum to operate is 3 passengers, if we do not reach the minimum, we will contact you for the following options:
A. Choose another schedule
B. Paying a supplement
C. Choose another date
D. Full refund
STARTS
The activity begins when we pick you up at your hotel:
In Flores 90 minutes before the walking tour
In El Remate 60 minutes before the walking tour
At Portal de Yaxha restaurant 30 minutes before the walking tour
The walking tour starts at the parking lot next to the Minor Astronomical Observatory at the time you choose
ENDS
The walking tour ends at the parking lot next to the Minor Astronomical Observatory 03 hours after we start
The activity ends when we drop you off at your hotel in El Remate or Flores
THINGS TO BRING
Best walking shoes
Rain coat
Water bottle
Best clothing for warm weather
INCLUSIONS
Professional Tour Guide in Yaxha who speaks excellent English and knows a lot about local history, flora and fauna
Round trip transfers from your hotel in Flores or El Remate
EXCLUSIONS
Entry fees
Lunch
Personal expenses
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Entrance tickets to the park for other nationalities cost 80 GTQ (about US$11)
US dollars are NOT accepted to pay tickets, tickets are purchased upon arrival at the park
Children under 5 years old can enter the park free of charge.
There are several lunch options, prices range from US$10 to US$15 per person.
Notes:
*) Bring enough bottled water and sunscreen. Petén has a tropical climate similar to the rest of the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico.
**) There are no ATMs in Yaxha, so be sure to bring the necessary cash with you.
The adventure starts at when we pick you up at your hotel in Flores, El Remate or at Portal de Yaxha Restaurant
Transfer to Parking lot of Yaxha
Visit the Minor Astronomical Complex
Walk along the Causeway of the Quarry
We pass the Ball Court
View of the Causeway of the Lake
Explore the South Acropolis (residential area of the nobility)
Climbed the Mayor Astronomical Complex
Walk Through Causeway of the Reservoirs
Visit of Maler Group
Climb the North Pyramid of North Acropolis (triadic pattern)
Explore the Square of the Birds with the best stele
Walk through the Twin Pyramids Complex
Explore the East Acropolis
Climb the Temple of the Red Hands
We end in the lobby of your hotel in Flores or El Remate
Minor Astronomic Complex
Causeway of the Quarry
Ball Court
Causeway of the Lake
South Acropolis (residential area of the nobility)
Mayor Astronomic Complex
Causeway of the Reservoir
Maler Group
North Acropolis (triadic pattern)
Square of the Birds
Twin Pyramids Complex
East Acropolis
Temple of the Red Hands