Tour Chiapas and Oaxaca
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Tour
11 days - 10
nights
Chiapas Tour visiting Monte Alban, Atzompa, Cuilapan, Oaxaca City, Tule
Tree, San Bartolo Coyotepec, Guelaguetza, Zapotepec Teotitlan, Mitla, Hierve
el Agua, Ocotlan, Huatulco, Salina Cruz, Cahuare, Sumidero Canyon, Chiapa de
Corzo, San Cristobal de las Casas, San Juan Chamula, Zinacantan, Amatenango
del Valle, Chiflon Waterfalls, Chincultik, Monte Bello Lakes, Comitan,
Tonina, Agua Azul, Misol-ha Waterfall, Bonampak, Yaxchilan and Palenque
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 Day 01:
Monte Alban, Atzompa, Cuilapan,
Oaxaca city
- In the morning,
reception at airport or bus terminal in the city of Oaxaca
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Monte Alban visit the
monumental archaeological site of the Zapotec culture
- Atzompa visit to see
the development of green ceramic
- Visit Cuilapan of
Guerrero
- Lunch in local
restaurant
- Return to
Oaxaca city
- Accommodation at the
hotel
- Afternoon free
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 Day 02:
Oaxaca City, Tule tree, San Bartolo
Coyotepec, Guelaguetza
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Oaxaca City tour
- Started this tour with
a visit from food market, full of colors, products and people coming
from different towns
- Continue to the
historic downtown, the Cathedral, Government Palace, Rufino Tamayo
Museum, Church of Santo Domingo and regional museum showcasing the
treasures of Tomb 7 of Monte Alban
- Oaxaca style food in
the restaurant Hacienda
San Agustin
- Continue with the
visit of the Tule tree
- Visit the village of
San Bartolo Coyotepec to see the development of black pottery
- Back to
Oaxaca City
- In the evening dinner
show of the famous "Guelaguetza"
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 Day 03:
Zapotepec Teotitlan,
Mitla,
Hierve el Agua
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After breakfast, visit the
town of Valle Zapotec Teotitlan where we admire the production of
fabrics and dyeing of wool
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Visit
Mitla, unique with
its carved stone ornamentation
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Visit Hierve el Agua to
see the petrified waterfalls
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Lunch at local restaurant
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Return to
Oaxaca City
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Afternoon free
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Day 04:
Ocotlan, Huatulco
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From
Oaxaca City departure to
Huatulco with breakfast on the road
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Visit the
town of Ocotlan, its church and the house museum of Oaxacan painter
Rodolfo Morales, in Friday see the popular street market which takes
place there
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Departure
to Huatulco with lunch en route in full Oaxacan mountains
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Huatulco
is a town in the Pacific bays with white sand and blue sea, without the
flow of mass tourism that allows us to enjoy the place
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Arrival
and accommodation in the hotel
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 Day 05:
Huatulco, Salina Cruz
- After breakfast, we
check out the hotel and prepare for a full day of sun and sand
- Boat tour around the
bays enjoying beautiful landscapes, rock formations
- Free time at the beach
to swim and snorkel and more varieties of colorful fish
- Lunch in a regional
resturant
- Return to
Huatulco
- Continue to Salina
Cruz oil city where we stay
- Arrival and
accommodation in the hotel
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 Day 06:
Cahuare,
Sumidero Canyon,
Chiapa
de Corzo, San Cristobal de las Casas
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Day 07:
08:30 hrs.
San Cristobal de las Casas,
San Juan Chamula
and Zinacantan
- Early morning
start the
San
Cristobal de las Casas walk city tour seeing the main buildings
as: The
Indian market, Church of Santo Domingo de Guzman unique in Mexico
because its altar facade, the Cathedral, Arco del Carmen...
- Then drive to the nearby Indian
community of San
Juan Chamula,
the most traditional Mayan town; observation of the costumes, rituals and
ceremonies practiced by the natives with influence of catholic elements.
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Continue
to Zinacantan, place of bats, a Maya-Tzoltzil town where we visited families
to see the daily work of the women who make crafts in the loom, we
tasted the traditional drink called posh own rituals and celebrations,
visited the church and the chapel of the authorities.
- Back to
San Cristobal de las Casas.
- Lunch
and free afternoon in San Cristobal de las Casas.
- Overnight.
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Day
08:
07:30
hrs.
Amatenango del
Valle, Chiflon waterfalls,
Chincultik,
Monte Bello,
Comitan
- Visit
to Amatenango del Valle, a Maya - Tzetzal town,
see
the elaboration of local ceramic.
- Continue to
Monte Bello lakes, to see the Lagos Tziscao, Pojoj, Dream Lake, Enchanted,
an area of 5 lakes.
- Lunch in a local
restaurant.
- Visit the Chiflon waterfalls and the greatest water fall in
Chiapas state,
doing a walk and a swim if desired.
- Back
to
San Cristobal
de las Casas
around 19:00 hrs. aprox.
- Overnight.
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Day
09:
07:30
hrs.
Tonina -
Agua Azul
and Misol-ha waterfalls
- Drive
to Ocosingo to
visit the magnificent archaeological site of
Tonina,
place of celestial wars of duality and the underworld, a place of
monumental architecture with vestiges of art modeled in stucco reliefs,
sculptures and museum site (closed on Mondays).
- Continue to
Agua Azul
waterfalls with lunch.
- Continue to Mishol - ha waterfalls
- and then
to Palenque.
- Accommodations in
the hotel.
- Overnight.
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Day 10:
06:00
hrs.
Bonampak - Yaxchilan
- Drive
to Lacandona Forest with breakfast
on the route.
- Breakfast included
- Visit the archeological site of
Bonampak,
where we see the walls painted a masterpiece of Maya art
- Continue to Frontera Corozal in a motorboat over the Usumacinta river to
Yaxchilan archeological site
- Visit Yaxchilan city steeped in Mayan Chiapas jungle with its monumental
temples and stelae full of imagery that can recreate a past full of
splendor
- Return to Frontera Corozal in boat
- Lunch included in a local restaurant
- Back to
Palenque
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Overnight
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Day 11:
08:00
hrs.
Palenque
- Villahermosa
- 08:00
hrs. visit to the archeological zone of
Palenque,
the largest city in the Maya world, where you can admire the
architecture and art master more evolved culture of Mesoamerica, with
its temple of the Inscriptions, the Palace, temple of the Sun, temple
Foliated Cross and many more, the city where today it has registered
more than 200 temples still covered by jungle
- Lunch
included in a local restaurant
- Transfer
to
Villahermosa
airport or bus terminal. (from Palenque to Villa Hermosa 2 hours drive)
- End of services.
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Net rate by person, in US Dollars: valid rate until December 16, 2012*
These tours are available
minimum for 2 persons, in shared service. |
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4
Star hotel |
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Double Room |
Triple Room |
2 to 3 passengers
$2,577 USD
per person |
4 to 7 passengers
$2,067 USD
per person |
8 to 14 passengers
$1,717 USD
per person |
2 to 3 passengers
$2,518 USD
per person |
4 to 7 passengers
$1,947 USD
per person |
8 to 14 passengers
$1,605 USD
per person |
