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Guatemala Returning in 2022

Apr 8 - Apr 23 2019

Semana Santa: There are few places in the world that celebrate Easter quite like Guatemala’s colonial city of Antigua.  Join your host Mark Glavina for an amazing artistic and cultural experience in one of our all time favourite locations. During Holy Week, Antigua Guatemala hosts the most beautiful religious celebration in the America, when huge processions wind their way through the town’s streets.  Discover Guatemala’s Mayan culture as we travel to the highlands and visit the small villages around Lake Atilan or experience one of the true ancient wonders of the world as we visit the Mayan Ruins of Tikal in Petan.

Antigua

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April 8, 2019

Our Tour Kicks off in the old Capital City of Antigua with her beautiful cobblestone streets and bougainvillea busting out of pastel facades under terra cotta roofs is the oldest and most beautiful cities in the America. This peacefully city’s natural, architectural and cultural beauty is like no other. It rests in the valley below three dramatic volcanoes, Fuego, Acatenango, and Volcan Agua, amazing 17th and 18th century Architecture including several Churches and Cathedrals and the famous Arco de Santa Catalina.

Panajachel, Lake Atitlan

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April 11, 2019

Panajachel, an old hippy hang out from the 60’s and 70’s, is now Lake Atitlán’s main hub, though a visit to some of the lake’s other villages is a must. Lake Atitlán is one of Guatemala’s main attractions — a highland lake formed from a volcanic eruption some 84,000 years ago, it’s surrounded by three giant volcanoes, myriad indigenous villages, and rugged swaths of rock and wilderness.

San Pedro la laguana

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April 13, 2019

Across the Volcanic lake, the Mayan Village of San Pedro is know as an Artist and cultural center at the foot of Volcano San Pedro and surrounded by coffee plantations and other agricultural activities.

Holy Week, Antigua

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April 17, 2019

During Holy Week, Antigua Guatemala hosts the most beautiful religious celebration in the America, when huge processions wind their way through the town’s streets. Actually, the celebration begins on Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, and reaches its climax on Good Friday, when Antigua streets are thronged with processions and reverent spectator.

Extention to Tikal

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April 2, 2019

Tikal is the largest excavated site among all the ruined Mayan cities and arguably Guatemala’s most prized cultural gem. Both magical and spiritual, Tikal encourages the imagination to wander and incites the desire to explore. Towering above the jungle canopy, the great Mayan temples of Tikal are among the tallest examples, the loftiest reaching nearly 230 feet. The extensions can be organized for you with private door-to-door service.

Guest Artists

Mark Glavina

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