Private Tour: Explore Mayan Culture in Three Towns Around Lake Atitlan from Panajachel

Immerse yourself in the living Mayan culture on a private tour around Lake Atitlan. Discover the meaning behind their textiles, taste ancient chocolate, and explore the religious syncretism. Don’t miss this spectacular experience!

Duration: 7 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Panajachel - Well pick you up at your hotel´s lobby l in Panajachel and go to the town's boat dock. A private powerboat will be waiting for us and well navigate in the lake for around 30 minutes until getting to San Juan La Laguna Town, our first stop. - San Juan la Laguna - On the San Juan La Laguna Town visit, you’ll get to learn the ancestral art of Natural Dye of Fabrics, Medicinal Herbs Garden & Fine Artisanal Chocolate factory. After this visit, we`ll take a boat ride to San Pedro La Laguna Town to know why it is so popular and take some pictures. - San Pedro La Laguna - We´ll walk around and get to know all the little businesses here and why this place receives the tag of a hippie town. Santiago Atitlan town will be waiting for us across the lake. Get ready to enjoy another 30-minute ride through the lake. Take advantage of the scenery and capture beautiful pictures to take back home! - Santiago Atitlan - This is the place where we´ll get to know religious syncretism, a combination of the Mayan religion and Christianity. We´ll visit the Christian church and the main street. Lunch will be served at a nice restaurant. The boat ride to get back to Panajachel will take around 25 minutes. Enjoy!
What's Included
  • Bottled water provided
  • Lunch included
  • Expertise of a Certified Tour Guide
  • Private Powerboat Transport
  • Cultural experiences with Natural Dye Fabrics, Medicinal Herbs, and Chocolate
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Guatemala is known for being “The Heart of the Mayan World” and has a great legacy of the indigenous cultures that lived here many centuries ago. On this tour, we´ll appreciate THE LIVING MAYAN CULTURE, learn about their textiles and the meaning behind the colors and the figures we see on their traditional clothing, learn about the chocolate that centuries ago was served to the gods and that in this tour we´ll have the opportunity to taste. You will do and enjoy much more during this tour, including a delicious lunch. Believe us, this experience of knowing 3 cultural towns around the lake will be something spectacular. Do not miss it!

Location
Panajachel
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Zully
Apr 28, 2023
Awesome private tour - We had a great time visiting the nearby towns. Our guide was very informative & nice! We loved exploring the towns & learning about the culture at our on pace. Lunch was amazing as well! Perfect way to checkout 3 towns im one day. I highly recommend this tour
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Sondra
Nov 8, 2022
David was a warm, personable guide who clearly loves his country and his heritage. - We really enjoyed our time with David. He introduced us to knowledgeable guides who taught us about traditional Mayan chocolate making, traditional Mayan spinning, dyeing and weaving and bee keeping and preservation. He shared some words from his native Mayan language with us and showed us how to recognize genuine handicrafts.
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Madelyne_s
Oct 26, 2022
okay, not great. - We thought the tour was just okay. The chocolate and weaving visits were going to a store where the store clerks give demonstrations to everyone that walks in the door. The stores were filled with tourists. We felt pressure to tip or buy something at each stop. At lunch we were given no options, just a chicken leg in a broth with rice on the side. We had a beer and had to pay extra. We also were asked to pay for a taxi ride (tuk tuk) to one of the sites. At $100 pp, I didn't expect to pay for all the little extras.
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