Ixpanpajul:  Ixpanpajul is a Natural Park that offers canopy tours, suspension bridges and horseback riding among other activities.  It takes about 45 minutes to reach it from Ni’tun and around three to four hours to visit the park.

San Andrés, San José and El Remate: Enjoy a panoramic trip visiting the towns of San Andrés and San José, specially the San José church where the magical and venerated skulls rest. The tour continues to breathtaking El Remate (at the Eastern extreme of the Lake) along the shoreline of beautiful Lake Petén Itzá.  Local woodcraft community shops are visited along the way.

Cerro Cahuí: Located in El Remate at about 45 minutes from Ni'tun. Cerro Cahuí is a biotope or reserve managed by the University of San Carlos of Guatemala.

BioItzá Reserve: The BioItzá reserve is one of the few reserves in Guatemala entirely managed by a community. The community of the Itzá people in San José is protecting this area, one of the biggest in Petén. This trip includes a visit to their medicinal plant project.

El Zotz (Bat): Few people visit El Zotz. The University of San Carlos of Guatemala is in charge of the management of this natural park and IDAEH (The Institute of Anthropology and History) keeps control over El Zotz archaeological site. El Diablo is one of the main structures in the outskirts of El Zotz and from its top, when the skies are clear, one can see the Temples of Tikal. The high cliff in this park is the home for thousands of bats that come out to feed around sunset like a huge dark flow. The sounds, the view and the sensation of all of these bats together are incredible.

Tikal (City of Voices):
Let's visit Tikal through the paths, avoiding crowds. Bird watching is a must, and sunsets can be enjoyed from Temple IV or Mundo Perdido.  Get acquainted with the actual restoration works.

Uaxactún (Eight Stone): Located at 23 kms from Tikal, this is one of the main Maya observatories in the area. One of the most important chiclero (gum collectors) community lives here. The site provides beauty in construction, mystic palaces and insight into the Maya equinox and solstice predictions.   Take a look at one very interesting private Maya art collections in the area.

Xultún (Hole in the Stone): Located about 40 kms from Uaxactún, Xultún is a rarely visited Classic Period Mayan City beautiful in its architecture as well as in the nature that surrounds it. It's also quite an adventure to get there.

Yaxhá (Green Water) and Topoxté (Ramón Tree): Yaxhá is an archaeological site from the Classic Period on the shores of the beautiful Yaxhá lagoon, home of Moreletti crocodiles... Topoxté is one of the oldest Cities in Mundo Maya.  At the moment, reconstruction works are performed which makes the visit even more interesting.  Trekking in Yaxhá is one of the most beautiful activities of this trip. Watching the sunset with the sun falling behind the lagoon and its islands is really breathtaking. Howler and spider monkeys and birds like the bat-eating hawk, toucans and parrots may be observed from Temple 216, the highest in Yaxhá.

Nakum (Pots inside the Houses):  Restoration works are done at the present in Nakum, located inside the Yaxhá-Nakum-Naranjo triangle and national park.  Some interesting building techniques like the Gothic arch can be observed at Nakum.

Naranjo (Orange): Naranjo (Melchor) is hardly ever visited by anyone; it’s mystical, beautiful and green. One can see virgin savannas, very particular construction details and patterns not seen anywhere else in Mundo Maya. The big canyon over the water spring born there is an amazing natural landscape. Cold, clean, crystalline waters are born there, where birds and other animals come to drink everyday. Beautiful pictures can be taken at dawn when mist lifts up from the mountains.

Cancuén:  (Place of Serpents):  The Cancuén project is sponsored by Guatemala’s Institute of Anthropology and History, the National Geographic Society and Vanderbilt University.  For many years it was thought to be a minor city.   While investigating other sites in the region, archaeologists discovered that Cancuén was also part of the Petexbatún city-state.  Its history is intricate and interesting.  The trip takes us to a remote area in Petén bordering the highlands.  A 270,000 square foot palace is one of Cancuén’s highlights with its labyrinth and hundreds of rooms.

Dos Lagunas (Two Lagoons): It is amazing and beautiful to see nature at its wildest with the majestic big white masked hawks flying all over. You may watch the deer run or hear the jaguar roar; maybe even see the toucans struggle for water escaping from big Moreletti crocodiles. All these, plus turtles, water snakes and different kinds of mammals make Dos Lagunas very special. Dos Lagunas is the only source of water for all of these and many other animals in kilometers around. Sunsets and sunrises in this wild adventure are beyond comparison.

Río Azul (Blue River): It is an incredible adventure to travel from Uaxactún to Ixcán Río (another name for Rio Azul), never knowing what’s going to happen along the way! Sometimes tiring, it is always beautiful to watch huge trees that make the entire path dark beneath the jungle. It is important to clear up that Río Azul is not blue at all. It not only has a greenish dark brown color because of the leaves that fall in it, but also because of it's really a stream. In Mexico, the same river is called "Aguas Turbias" or Muddy Waters, which really speaks the truth. A subtropical dry jungle is specific of this particular zone in Petén. You hardly bump into anyone when going there, except for the xateros (people that harvest xate palm leaves). It is definitely a birdwatcher and nature lover paradise. The art of the drawings and paintings in red, blue, black and yellow colors over white in the tombs of Río Azul and the carved columns that speak its story are worth any effort to get there.

Pedernal (Silex): Pedernal from the Classic Period is a very important Mayan city for it is believed to have been a big silex workshop. So big that even when you walk, you can sometimes hear the sound as if there was glass and metal under your feet!

Kinal (Hot and Humid Place): This city was basically ceremonial, the structures are very much like palaces and some have more than 100 rooms! Wild boars seem to find Kinal very appealing, for they chose one of its structures to call it home and for generations they have been living there!

Yaxchilán (Place of Green Stones), Bonampak (Paintings on the Walls), Lacanjá and Palenque... This exciting combination offers an expedition filled with history. Camping on the Usumacinta river shores, you may walk through the city of Yaxchilán, almost reliving its tales. You may see Lady Xoc in a bloodletting and hallucinating experience in one of the beautiful lintels, or maybe you can grasp a bit of the importance of the family line among the Mayans watching the actual passing of the throne from Shield Jaguar to his son Bird Jaguar. Maybe you can experience all this with the company of scarlet macaws flying over you. The frescoes of Bonampak on the other hand tell you the rest of the story, speaking about conquests of cities and war rituals. On the way to Palenque, what would you think about stopping at Lacanjá River for a refreshing bath in its clear waters while you meet the last Lacandones? And for last, you may walk many feet below ground level to watch an extraordinary resting place... Pacal's tomb!

Sierra Lacandón National Park: Sierra Lacandón National Park is a fairly new project in terms of ecotourism with an area of 202,865 hectares and a perimeter of 290 kilometers. Water sink holes, caves, lagoons and ponds, the Usumacinta River and Piedras Negras archaeological site are part of this park. This is an incredible trip by car and by boat (even traveling through some water rapids) watching birds, crocodiles, turtles, iguanas, monkeys and all kinds of animals. The camping site seems from another world. The setting couldn't be more beautiful with the forest and the sand and the huge rocks, some of which still have the petroglyphs that the Mayan carved. The sound of the river water in front of the tent, the morning coffee watching birds fishing… words cannot match the real thing! Sierra Lacandón is located at the Northwest of Petén in Guatemala, next to Chiapas and Tabasco.

Mirador (Lookout) and Nakbé (Houses on the Path): Mirador is an extremely enduring expedition. It is good to clear up that all the big structures in Mirador are completely covered up by jungle. There’s only one visible stela and the chicleros call it "the mute stela" for all its information has been lost due to the extreme weather conditions. The 360° view from Danta Complex, 23 meters higher than Temple IV in Tikal, measuring around 90 meters high, has no match in Mundo Maya. You not only see the canopy but also the huge Tigre and Mono Complexes. The pimienta (allspice) forests and chicozapote or chicle (gum) trees on the way to Mirador are spectacular. On the Sacbé (white road) to Nakbé there's a better chance to observe animals. It is important to note that all of these paths are very much traveled by chicleros so most animals avoid them. Also on the way to Nakbé, there's a long "bajo" (lowland) where one can see beautiful and strange flowers of different types, but mostly orchids and bromeliads. The real magic of this trip lays in listening to the philosophy of life and the day to day stories of our jungle guides who have lived all their lives in the jungle, collecting chicle and xate leaves. They dedicate their efforts to the conservation of these forests through this activities and now also through low impact ecotourism.

Ceibal:  Ceibal is located up the Río La Pasión in Sayaxché.  Its archaeological highlights include several temples and carved stelae, with very interesting art.  To get to Ceibal by car, we have to cross the river by ferry.  One can also visit this amazing Maya city by boat.  The mix of Maya art and tropical jungle makes it a very special place, though during the rainy season the mosquito population highly increases.

Dos Pilas:  (named after the two water springs in the site)  The forest surrounding all of Dos Pilas used to be untouched.  Regretfully most of its hardwood trees were illegally extracted., though still the place is amazingly beautiful.  The two water springs are filled with colorful fish.  Monkeys and howler monkeys are always present as one walks through the giant carved stelae.  There is a cave that might be visited, which is interesting and beautiful.  There is some recent investigation and new information about Dos Pilas, mostly about its hieroglyphic staircase.   Dos Pilas history has to do with a powerful alliance with Tikal, and a later occupation by Calakmul.

Aguateca:  Located in an edge of the Petexbatún horst.  There is an incredible chasm that runs through the site measuring 50 to 60 meters deep and 5 to 15 meters wide in most places.  Its earliest occupation has been dated from the Late Preclassic.  Its architecture is very similar to that of Ceibal.  A boat ride of approximately one hour is necessary to get to Aguateca.  The site is partially reconstructed.

Ucanal:   A site rarely visited, located near the Guatemala-Belize border (about 1:30 hours away from Ni'tun).  Most of the site is totally covered by jungle.  The forest is beautiful.  There are some interesting stelae, though few.  To get to Ucanal, one has to cross a creek in a canoe, which makes you feel kind of a first explorer or adventurer in the area.  Not much information is available about Ucanal, since very little investigation has been done in this site.

Copán:  The combination of an incredible site, a very well displayed and beautiful museum and a charming town makes Copán one top destination in Honduras.  It takes us about 4 hours to get there from Petén.  Copán has lots of hieroglyphic texts and its inscriptions are really stunning.  There are many things to do in Copán aside from the site.  After strolling through the temples and observing the epigraphy one can enjoy a very nice meal, buy some Honduran tobacco or visit some other interesting places in Copán Ruinas.

Other destinations in Guatemala, Honduras, Chiapas and Belize also available upon request.