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Located in the southern region of Peten, on the banks of the Passion River, the Maya city of Ceibal is adorned with magnificent stealae. Its fertile soil supports exhuberant tropical vegetation.
During this tour you travel on board of a minibus for about one hour from Flores to Sayaxche. You will then continue on a boat from Sayaxche to Ceibal on the Passion River for another hour. The walk from the river to the archaeological site´s central plaza is about half an hour in the jungle.
Our Ceibal tour incluyes:
* Land transfer Flores – Sayaxche - flores
* Boat transfer Sayaxche-Ceibal-Sayaxche
* Park entrance fee
* boxed lunch
* Guided visit of the archaeological site with a specialist guide
Ceibal: Although Ceibal didn't know an important population explosion in the Classic Period, it grew fast afterwards until it consisted out of a population of 10,000 around the year 900. An explanation of this growth can be found in the immigration out of a region which is known now as Chiapas, in Mexico, because of the noticeable changes in artistic and cultural facts in Ceibal that took place around the same period.
In the post classic period Ceibal knew its decline and soon afterwards the ruined temples were quickly covered by a thick carpet of jungle. more...
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