Guatemala & Belize tailor made holidays
| country: | Belize, Guatemala |
| departures: | Throughout the year, although we do not recommend travel to this destination during September or October, as this is hurricane season. We offer a complete tailor made service allowing you to decide where you stay and what to do. |
| price: | From £2495 - £2995 (14 days) including flights from the UK. Prices shown are per person based on 2 people sharing. This trip can also be booked without flights |
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the amazing things you'll be doing
Guatemala is a vivid country that will not fail to leave an impression. It's certainly one of Latin America's most colourful, with highland markets draped in the rainbow colours and patterns of weavings specific to local communities.
Crumbling old Spanish towns steeped in muted pastels and ochres crouch under sleeping volcanoes and the magnificent Lake Atitlan, encircled by hills and volcanoes, is a contender for the most picturesque and romantic location in Central America.
The rainforest at El Peten has yielded up the impressive Maya ruins of Tikal, which can be visited before heading off to neighbouring Belize to complete your honeymoon with a few lazy days of beach and reef.This is an easy-paced tour including stays in a handful of the region's most comfortable small hotels that are full of character.
(Please note we are a UK based company and are only able to help with flight arrangements from the UK.)
Highlights
13 night itinerary
Crumbling old Spanish towns steeped in muted pastels and ochres crouch under sleeping volcanoes and the magnificent Lake Atitlan, encircled by hills and volcanoes, is a contender for the most picturesque and romantic location in Central America.
The rainforest at El Peten has yielded up the impressive Maya ruins of Tikal, which can be visited before heading off to neighbouring Belize to complete your honeymoon with a few lazy days of beach and reef.This is an easy-paced tour including stays in a handful of the region's most comfortable small hotels that are full of character.
(Please note we are a UK based company and are only able to help with flight arrangements from the UK.)
Highlights
- Strolling the cobbled streets and squares of Guatemala's former capital, Antigua.
- Taking a ferry ride across Lake Atitlan to meet the cigar-smoking, rum drinking cult deity, Maximon.
- Spotting toucans, humming-birds and howler monkeys from above the rainforest canopy at the top of Tikal's Temple 4.
- Relaxing and snorkelling at Francis Ford Coppola's Turtle Inn in Belize's sleepy Placencia.
13 night itinerary
- Panza Verde, Antigua (3n)
- Casa Polopo, Lake Atilan (3n)
- Villa Maya, Tikal (2n)
- Turtle Inn, Placencia, Belize (5n)
travellers' tales
It was a rich and varied holiday full of great experiences. We learned so much about the wildlife and history from the local guides and felt we got a really good feel for the country.
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tailor made holiday
This trip can be tailormade to create a unique holiday for your individual requirements by travel experts with intimate knowledge of the destination. It is a more luxurious trip that will suit those who enjoy immersing themselves in new cultures and environments before relaxing in comfort in some of the best and most characterful local accommodation! Quality and value are the hallmark of these trips.how this holiday makes a difference
 With poverty and lack of education, environmental problems in the third world tend to take second place to filling stomachs and improving deficient health care and education systems.For this reason, buses and lorries still belch black fumes, and locals still throw their rubbish wherever they see fit. Nevertheless things are slowly changing, and tourism is a strong influence in this change. Visitors do not like to see litter all over the place, so people living in and around tourist destinations are beginning to get the message. One good thing about tourism is that it is uncentralised. Few visitors to Central America stay in the capital cities, hence spending more currency in the provinces and outlying areas. This gives work with good salaries to people who without this may spend their lives as subsistence farmers. It also encourages people outside the capital to make sure their children get an education. You don't need to read in order to till a field, but you do if you are to be involved in tourism. It is our policy to use local gound handlers and local guides to ensure that your money goes back into the community. |
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