Home Future Trips
I am fortunate enough to be able to travel 5 or 6 times each year and do so for nothing more than pleasure. I don't make any money at all from planning trips such as this, for my friends or family. I just like to have fun and experience new places. I also enjoy meeting new people who are interested in Maya history. That said, if anyone wants to join a trip I have planned, please send me an email: mayaruinsonly (at) yahoo.com (Serious inquiries only)
2010 Trips
Trip #3 - Guatemala - (Peten) - This will be my annual group trip to visit various sites. These include: Uaxactun, Xultun, Buenos Aires, Nakum, San Clemente, Naranjo, Tzikin-tzakan, Ucanal, Motul de San Jose and Nixtunchich. March 14-17
Part #1
4-Day Trip with Dieter Richter (at least 10 Maya sites) :
11th - (Greg) Fly to Flores. Hotel Mirador del Lago.
12th - Maybe visit a site or two in the area? Visit the museum across the lake? Fishing?
13th - The group will meet at Cafe Yaxha for dinner at 8:00 pm.
14th - San
Clemente - Motul de
San Jose - Nixtunchich.
Hotel in Flores. (L)
15th - Buenos
Aires - Tzikin-tzakan
- Ucanal. El
Sombrero Eco-lodge for the night. (B-L)
16th - Naranjo
- Nakum.
Stay the night at campsite of Nakum - hammocks. (B-L-D)
17th - Xultun
- Uaxactun (both parts).
Hotel in Flores. (B-L)
The price is $270 USD per person and does not include lodging at El Sombrero and in Flores as needed. Also, all meals are not included. There will be (3) 4x4 double-cab trucks if I can find 2 more people interested in going, but there will only be (2) trucks if another person cancels for some reason. Showers will be available each day.
I am still looking for (2) more people
1. Greg Vandiver
2. Skip Caldwell
3. Eduardo Gonzalez - web site (videos)
4. Louis Gravel
5. Dwayne Shreve - web site
6. Brenda Blakely
7. Erik Christiansen
8. Diana B.
9. Catherine Oliven
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Part #2
2-day El Peru trip includes: roundtrip transportation from Flores, (1) night of lodging, (1) breakfast, (2) lunches, (1) dinner, purified water, English speaking guide, etc.. March 18-19
*Price each - (5 people) $190 USD
This trip is full
1. Greg Vandiver
2. Eduardo Gonzalez
3. Brenda Blakely
4. Erik Christiansen
5. Diana B.
18th - Leave Flores at 8 a.m. to the village of Paso Caballos. Boat trip up the San Pedro River to Las Guacamayas Biological Station. Lunch and dinner there. Fishing! Night tour of aquatic animals. Lodging at Las Guacamayas Biological Station. (L-D)
19th - Breakfast. Short boat ride and long hike to visit the Maya ruins of El Peru. Observe some nesting scarlet macaws. Lunch. Hike back to river and boat back to Paso Caballos. Minivan back to Flores. Lodging there. (B-L)
20th & 21st - (Greg) Maybe do some fishing or relax.
22nd - Fly home.
Trip #4 - Mexico - (Isla Mujeres/Playa del Carmen) - This will be a scuba diving trip with my nephew (Chance Vandiver) as a high school graduation present to him. Chance will be taking the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course with Crystal Divers and will make (5) dives for his certification; deep, underwater navigation, wreck, night and drift dive. Meanwhile, I will make some reef and wreck dives for fun and hopefully will get some good under water photos for sharing with everyone. We will also visit the Maya ruins of Coba and Muyil. June 13-19
Trip #5 - Mexico - (Valladolid, Ticul and Isla Mujeres) - trip to visit the Maya ruins of Chichen-Itza, Yaxuna, Uxmal, Kabah, Sayil, Labna and Xlapak. We will also visit the Convent of Mani. September 12-19
12th - Fly to Cancun. Bus to Valladolid. Dinner at Restaurant Las Campanas. Hotel El Meson del Marques.
13th - Visit the Maya ruins of Chichen-Itza and Yaxuna. Hotel El Meson del Marques.
14th - Bus to Ticul. Visit the Convent of Mani. Hotel Plaza.
15th - Visit the Maya ruins of Uxmal, Labna, Sayil, Kabah and Xlapak. Hotel Plaza.
16th - Bus to Merida. Visit the Museum of Archaeology/Anthropology. Celebrate Mexico's (bicentennial) Independence Day. Holiday Inn Hotel.
17th - Bus to Cancun. Ferry boat to Isla Mujeres. Suites Los Arcos.
18th - Snorkeling or diving. Suites Los Arcos.
19th - Fly home.
I am looking for (2) more people
1. Greg Vandiver
2. Mariah Brink
3. Greg Brink
4. Sandy Davis
5. Mary Gunn
6. Bertha Kassinger
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2011 Trips
#1 - Mexico - (2011 Trip Giveaway) - This will be my annual group trip to visit various sites. Also, Lynne Downing (Scott Turner's mom) will be joining the group as the 2011 trip giveaway recipient. We will visit Palenque, Yaxchilan, Bonampak, Tonina, La Mar, El Porvenir and (Piedras Negras with Willy Fonseca). Also, we will visit Misol-Ha and Agua Azul Waterfalls. We will fly in and out of Villahermosa. January or February
(6) person limit
1. Greg Vandiver
2. Lynne Downing
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Day 1 - Fly to Villahermosa. Transportation to and lodging in Palenque.
Day 2 - Visit the Maya ruins of Palenque. Lodging in Palenque.
Day 3 - Visit the Maya ruins of Tonina. Also visit Misol-Ha and Agua Azul Waterfalls along the way. Lodging in Palenque.
Day 4 - Transportation to and visit the Maya ruins of Yaxchilan and Bonampak. Lodging at Valle Escondido.
Day 5 - Visit the Maya ruins of Piedras Negras with Willy Fonseca. Lodging at Valle Escondido.
Day 6 - Visit the Maya ruins of La Mar and El Porvenir. Transportation back to Villahermosa. Lodging in Villahermosa.
Day 7 - Fly home.
#2 - Honduras - This trip will be to visit the Maya ruins of Las Sepulturas, Copan and El Puente. Also, we will visit a indigenous Chorti-Maya community by horse and tour a coffee plantation. June or July
(8) person limit
1. Greg Vandiver
2. Gaye Greenwald
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Day 1 - Fly to San Pedro Sula. Lodging at Holiday Inn Express.
Day 2 - Hedman Alas bus to the town of Copan Ruinas. Visit Macaw Mountain. Lodging at Hacienda San Lucas.
Day 3 - Visit the Maya ruins of Las Sepulturas and Copan. Lodging at Hacienda San Lucas.
Day 4 - Visit the Maya ruins of El Puente and tour Welchez Coffee Plantation. Lodging at Hacienda San Lucas.
Day 5 - Tour the Museum in Copan Ruinas. Hedman Alas bus to San Pedro Sula. Lodging at Holiday Inn Express.
Day 6 - Fly home.