Central America. Expedition from Mexico to Panama
Description:
Route thread:
- Mexico: Cancun-Chichen Itza-Mahaual-Bacalar-Chetumal-Becan-Palenque
- Guatemala: Tikal Flores Rio Dulce Livingston Isabel Antigua Atitlan
- El Salvador: Cerro Verde-Concepcion de Ataco Volcano - Flower-Costa Balsamica-San Salvador
- Honduras: Tegucigalpa-Danly
- Nicaragua: Masaya–Managua Granada–Mombacho Volcano
- Costa Rica: National Park Rincon de la Vieja-Volcano Arenal-Thermal Springs-Volcano Poas-Waterfalls
- La Paz is the Caribbean coast.
- Panama: David - Gamboa - Panama City
Attractions that you will see:
Mexico:
Cancun and Playa del Carmen: the largest tourist hub in Mexico, one of the ten best resorts in the world. Washed by the warm waters of the Caribbean Sea, it offers tourists chic beaches, excellent service, the best restaurants, hotels and plenty of entertainment.
Mexico:
Chichen Itza: One of the 7 modern wonders of the world. Here you will see a huge city – a mixture of ancient Mayan and Toltec cultures. You will see the world-famous Pyramid of the Great Kukulkan and learn what it has in common with the Mayan calendar, see the Temple of Warriors, the largest ball field in Mesoamerica and much more.
Mexico:
Mahaual: Until recently, a lost picturesque village by the sea, popularly the heart of the Mayan coast, here you will enjoy the atmosphere of a small Caribbean coastal town.
Mexico:
Cod – a lagoon of seven colors, as it is called, is one of the most striking pearls of Yucatan. In good weather, you can count seven shades of blue in its clear fresh water. Here you will see living stones and underwater cenotes, and if you are lucky, the most ancient inhabitant of the planet – a sea cockroach.
Mexico:
Chetumal is the capital of Quintana Roo. A small border town, from where you can see the coast of neighboring Belize.
Mexico:
Beca. One of the little-visited, and therefore mysterious places where you can climb through ancient structures and enjoy the views almost alone.
Mexico:
Palenque is one of the most beautiful archaeological areas of Mexico, known for its Jaguar Dynasty Palace, monumental temple of inscriptions, the tomb of the red queen and other ancient buildings.
Guatemala:
Tikal is another place that cannot be overlooked. It is one of the four largest ancient cities in the region (along with Chichen Itza and Palenque), but the most ancient and large.
Guatemala:
Flores is a small cozy town located on the island on the site of the ancient capital of the Mayan state of Peten on the island of Itza.
Guatemala:
Rio Dulce is a wide river, at the same time being a reserve flowing between the humid tropical forests and the jungle. Here you will see a huge variety of birds and animals.
Guatemala:
Livingstone is completely unlike the rest of Latin America, where the features of different cultures and nationalities are combined. The fact is that most of the people living here are not aborigines, but garifuns - descendants of concubines and slaves brought to these places from Africa, who created the corresponding color of the city.
Guatemala:
Antigua is one of the oldest colonial cities on the continent, but it is perfectly preserved. A city sandwiched in a narrow valley between volcanoes. It is best to get acquainted with the city, quietly walking along its streets.
Guatemala:
Lake Atitlan is the result of a volcanic eruption and subsequent explosion, the most beautiful natural lake on the planet. We will get acquainted not only with the lake, but with the town of Panahchel located on its shore.
El Salvador:
The Cerro Verde volcano is located between the Santa Ana and Izalco volcanoes. It's a beautiful park. Santa Anna was the prototype of the volcano in the fairy tale of Exupery “The Little Prince”.
El Salvador:
The most colorful town in the country is Concepcion de Atacó, which is famous for its colorful graffiti and excellent Salvadoran coffee.
El Salvador:
One of the main attractions of El Salvador is the so-called road of flowers. This is a whole area of several villages known for their beauty and authenticity. Here is just a storehouse of local culture, cuisine, souvenirs. And, of course, a sea of flowers!
El Salvador:
San Salvador is the capital of El Salvador, located at the foot of the volcano.
Honduras:
Tegucigalpa is the capital of Honduras, as well as the largest city in the country.
Honduras:
Dunley is the cigar factory we visit. Do not ignore the huge fields sown with tobacco.
Nicaragua:
Masaya is the capital of Nicaraguan art, known for its crafts. The volcano of the same name is one of the most famous in America for its “Devil’s Throat”.
Managua is not only the capital and largest city of Nicaragua, but also the second most populous after Guatemala in all of Central America.
Nicaragua:
Granada is a beautiful city born from a mixture of Andalusian and Moorish building traditions. It has preserved Spanish colonial architecture. It is considered to be the oldest city in Central America along with Antigua, and one of the first Europeans founded in Central America.
Nicaragua:
Lake Nicaragua is the second largest in Latin America after Lake Titicaca.
Nicaragua:
Mombacho Volcano National Park is a unique place for the beauty of landscapes, richness of flora and fauna.
Costa Rica:
Arenal volcano, lush rainforests and its famous Suspension Bridges stretch over a wild jungle.
Costa Rica:
Vulcan Poas National Park. An active volcano with a crater diameter of more than one and a half kilometers, which periodically spews columns of steam and gas, however, the ascent to which is completely safe.
Costa Rica:
La Paz Falls Park is a must see in Costa Rica. Crazy cascades of waterfalls full of local inhabitants - calibers, monkeys and tropical frogs You must visit!
Costa Rica:
Heredia is a town where the bohemian Costa Rica is concentrated and there is one of the most beautiful urban centers in the country!
Costa Rica:
Costa Rican Caribs. We're going down the Caribbean coast. These places are known for their Caribbean identity and love of Rasta culture.
Panama:
The town of David is a coffee plantation, a rum factory, and hot springs. You can also actively spend time here: Haiking, rafting, bathing, bungalows are available.
Panama:
Panama City. The capital of Panama, where you will see a mixture of towering skyscrapers and colonial buildings, colorful urban ruins and modern shopping centers, a mixture of swarming wealth and poverty. Panama is a city of contrasts and is the capital of a free economic zone. This city will certainly surprise you.
Panama:
From here we will begin our one-day transit through the Panama Canal. We will pass several gateways of this world-famous engineering structure. 5