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> 6 days 5 nights
-- Highlands
-- Tikal
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> 7 days 6 nights
-- Highlands
-- Yaxhá
-- Tikal
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> 10 days 9 nights
-- Highlands
-- Caribbean
-- Mayan World

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Macadamia Farm Tour:
This farm is dedicated to the plantation and processing of the macadamia nut. Here you will have a guided visit where you will learn the plantation process and the qualities of this appreciated nut. They also offer breakfasts where you will be able to eat some of the products elaborated with the macadamia nut.

Filadelfia Farm/Coffee Farm Tour:
It has the most modern machinery for the processing of coffee. They offer a complete tour with specialized guides that will take you in a journey of the process of coffee in Guatemala. After this we will return to the hotel to rest a little while and then we will have dinner, and why not? We will visit the Central Plaza that along the illuminated monuments become whimsical for the pictures. Travel Lodge in Antigua.

Day 3: Continuing your Guatemala Travel:
After breakfast we will get ready to travel towards the heart of the Guatemala highlands, driving through incredibly colorful landscapes; indigenous people wearing their typical suits that shepherd their sheep and cows, hillsides planted

with vegetables and flowers, towns that witnessed our history which is now captured in the paintings and crafts made by local artists. Arriving to Panajachel village approximately at 10:00 a.m. and after short break begin our tour through the Atitlan Lake, to visit multicolored villages filled with tradition and charm. Panajachel is a little village located in the shores of the most beautiful lake in the world, Atitlan Lake, which is surrounded by 12 villages (named like the 12 apostles) and by beautiul volcanoes such as Santiago, San Lucas Tolimán and San Pedro.

San Juan La Laguna Sightseeing Tour:
We will explore this eco paradise hidden in the heart of the central highland, living witness of the amazing cultural inheritance of Guatemala’s natives. One of the few Guatemalan artisan groups still using natural dyes, the Adimat women's cooperative is known for its dedication to maintaining traditional weaving practices. This group of 25 women in the community of San Juan la Laguna produces popular goods such as scarves, yoga mat bags, hammocks, and placemats. Women collect the berries, bark and other materials they use to dye their products from the mountains overlooking Lake Atitlan, on the shores of which their community is located. The Adimat cooperative has been recognized by various area organizations and government representaives for its supp ort of local development initiatives.

In particular, the group uses profits from its sales through Mercado Global to fund a scholarship program for orphans and other local children who would otherwise not be able to attend school. With the help of these sc holarship recipients, the cooperative also organizes a monthly litter removal campaign in the community and along the shores of lake. Next page...
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