VAMOS BORDER TO BORDER
(5 DAYS AND 4 NIGHTS)
In Mexican territory
Chiapas and Guatemala, two lands, one history, one soul. From the elegant city of San Cristobal and Antigua , the charming of the mythic Mayan cities wrapped by the jungle, passing by suggestive indigenous villages and natural sites among the most beautiful in Mesoamerica such as the sumidero canyon and Atitlan Lake.
Departures: Sunday and Wednesday from Tuxtla Gutierrez .
Day 1: TUXTLA GUTIERREZ - SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS
TUXTLA AIRPORT, move to dock for touring in a boat through the Sumidero Canyon, one of the most spectaculars natural reserves in Mexico; it is a geological failure formed 36 million years ago with walls of calcarea type elevating to more than 1,000 m., caves and cascades among which it is the "Christmas Tree", a rocky structure. Before the end of the tour, you visit CHIAPA DE CORZO, a town that was the first settlement founded by the Spaniards with its Mudejar fountain know as "La Pila", built in the XVI century; it is sample of the colonial architecture with an Arabic influence. Move to hotel in San Cristobal de las Casas.
Day 2: SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS
Visit on foot the city of San Cristobal, market of fruit and vegetables, handcrafts market, churches of Santo Domingo and Cathedral; then in a van, move to a tzotzil community, SAN JUAN CHAMULA, famous because its traditions and festivities, it has one of the 
most enigmatic churches in the country; in its interior, the Chamulas participate in syncretic rituals creating a magic atmosphere. Then, move to ZINACANTAN, another tzotzil community, its temple is from the colonial age, though redecorated as neoclassic in the XIX century. In its interior it is possible to appreciate the peculiar mixture of catholic and indigenous beliefs. Most of the Zinacantecos cultivate flowers which colors remind us the color of their customs. Free evening in San Cristobal.
Day 3: SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS - MESILLA
Departure from the hotel in San Cristobal, change of transportation at frontera Mesilla, migratory procedures and move to Atitlan.
Day 1/3: ATITLAN
DAY 2/3: ATITLAN - CHICHICASTENANGO - ANTIGUA - CIUDAD DE GUATEMALA
DAY 3/3: CIUDAD DE GUATEMALA - FLORES - TIKAL
DIA 4: TIKAL - BETHEL - COROZAL - YAXCHILAN - PALENQUE
Reception at Frontera Corozal to take a boat along the Usumacinta River where you can see 
spider monkeys, crocodiles and tropical birds, looking on one side at the Peten Jungle and on the other side the lacandon jungle Arrival in the archeological zone of YAXCHILAN, important Mayan city sunk in the jungle, the main structure in this site in temple 33.At night moving to the hotel in Palenque.
DAY 5 - PALENQUE _ VILLAHERMOSA
Visit the archeological zone of Palenque, one of the most remarkable Mayan cities because of its beautiful sculptural art and important architecture in the middle of the green jungle. At the end of a tour move to Villahermosa airport to take a flight for the next tour or moving to a hotel in Campeche.
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