Your flight to Guatemala takes you to Central America and the cradle of the mythical Mayan plumed serpent, Kukulkán. Visit the most important Mayan ceremonial centre in Guatemala at Tikal and take in the Mayan villages and natural beauty of Lake Atitlán.
Step back in time in the beautiful former capital of Antigua Guatemala and explore the Captain’s Palace, Museum of Colonial Art and Casa K'ojom museum of Mayan music. Immerse yourself in the local culture of Guatemala in Quetzaltenango, the perfect place to practise your Spanish with the locals.
Take a trip to the bustling indigenous market of Chi Chi Castenango in Guatemala’s Western Highlands or climb Cacaya, a volcanic mountain overlooking Antigua. Or escape to Livingstone on the Caribbean coast of Guatemala and explore the 16th-century castle of San Felipe.
Locals in Guatemala can’t live without their corn-based dishes, from tortillas (flat “bread”) and tamales (corn cooked in corn leaves) to atole (hot corn drink) and cuxa (the alcoholic version). Buy grilled corn with mayonnaise and ketchup from the street vendors and dine on pepián (spicy chicken and plantain). The local rum, ron zacapa, is also very palatable. |