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Private Tour: Yaxha Day Tour
Private Tour: Yaxha Day Tour
Private Tour: Yaxha Day Tour
Private Tour: Yaxha Day Tour
Private Tour: Yaxha Day Tour

Private Tour: Yaxha Day Tour

By Gray Line Guatemala
Features
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
Overview
  • Jungle Adventure surrounded by local vegetation
  • Amazing view from the Temple 216
  • We can admire the majesty of the pyramidal complexes
  • Awesome landscape that offers the lagoon
  • We can admire the majesty of the pyramidal complexes

Activity location

  • Yaxha Archaeological Site
    • Yaxha Archaeological Site, Petén Department, Guatemala

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Hotel Pickup
    • Flores, Petén Department, Guatemala

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What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedPrivate guided tour to Archaeological site Yaxha
  • What's includedWhat's includedAdmission fees
  • What's includedWhat's includedRoundtrip transportation from most centrally located Flores hotels
  • What's includedWhat's includedLive tour commentary provided in English or Spanish
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedFood and beverages not listed as inclusions
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedGratuities

Know before you book

  • Children 10 and younger are not allowed.
  • You must have a reasonable level of fitness and be able to walk in unpaved or uneven terrain and climb and descend stairs.
  • This activity is not wheelchair accesible.
  • Roundtrip transportation is available from most centrally located Flores hotels. Please arrange pickup from your hotel or a nearby location when you call to confirm your reservation.
  • Please be ready and waiting in your hotel lobby 15 minutes prior to your scheduled pick-up time.

What you can expect

Yaxha was the third largest city in the region and experienced its maximum power during the Early Classic period, Yaxha had a long history of occupation with the first settlement being founded sometime in the Middle Preclassic period.

You will be pick up in the meeting point in Flores and you will be transferred to Yaxha Archaeological Park. It is a Mesoamerican archeological site located in the northeast of the Petén Basin region within the Department of Petén. It is approximately 30 km southeast of Tikal, between the Yaxha and Sacnab Lake.

Located in the modern-day department of Petén, northern Guatemala, it is approximately 30 kilometers southeast of Tikal, Yaxha is situated on the north shore of Lake Yaxha.
Yaxha is the third largest ruin in Guatemala, with only Tikal and El Mirador being larger. The centre of the city consisted of a number of plazas and architectural groups, with outlying groups and the lake shore linked by causeways. The main architectural groups are the Maler Group to the north, linked to the central area by the Blom Causeway, the South or Main Acropolis, the West Group, the Northeast Acropolis, the East Acropolis and a number of plazas and lesser groups make up the site core. The city was linked to the shore of Lake Yaxha by the Lake Causeway.
Yaxha is notable for the unique survival of its toponym from the classical period. The name of the city is of ancient origin, literally meaning blue-green Yax water ha. A thriving ceremonial center in its heyday, it has over 500 structures, including 40 stelae, 13 Altars, 9 Temple Pyramids, and 2 Mesoamerican ball courts.

At the end of the tour, you will have time to have a traditional Guatemalan lunch.

In the afternoon, you will be transferred back to Flores

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESYaxha Archaeological Site
    • Yaxha Archaeological Site, Petén Department, Guatemala

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEHotel Pickup
    • Flores, Petén Department, Guatemala