2024 OAT Route of the Maya – Elsie's Travel Blog

February 8, 2024 – Cave Tubing in Belize

This morning we rode about an hour out of Belize City to get to a complex of caves that the

Today was a travel day. We rode to the Guatemala-Belize border and made it through fairly quickly. After picking up

Today we went to Tikal National Park. It is 575 square kilometers with thousands of Mayan ruins. Originally thought to

We left our hotel at 9am and headed to the studio of a family that create ceramic birds. Pedro made

Half of our group left at 730am to climb a nearby volcano. This was an optional activity so seven of

After breakfast we rode to Cerro de la Cruz which is a hill in Antigua with great views of the

Today we left our hotel at 8am and drove to a mountain that has ziplines. I was convinced to try

Today we took a boat ride to a nearby village San Antonio Palopo. The residents of this village are of

We left Guatemala City at 830am heading to Lake Atitlan. At 10:30am we stopped at the village of Sumpango. Annually,

Today our local guide, Ivania, took us to learn about a non profit called Safe Passage which is located next