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Day 1 Mexico City

Bienvenidos! Welcome to Mexico City. Check in to your hotel, where a welcome pack will be waiting for you. This will include all the information you need for your Short Break Adventure. If you have free time today, why not venture into the streets and check out this incredible city. Modern meets ancient in Mexico City – one of the world's largest urban centres. Although crowded and smoggy, D.F. (Distrito Federal) offers a great variety of impressive museums, galleries and architecture, along with exciting night life and delicious street food. Why not head to the Zocalo – the city's huge central square – to see Aztec ruins and colonial architecture or relax in one of the many parks, plazas and gardens.

Day 2 Mexico City

Pick up the rest of your travel mates today and head out of town by public transport, experiencing how locals move about this crowded city. Hop off at the archaeological area of the Teotihuacan pyramids and explore the grounds. Visit the Moon Pyramid, the Calzada de los Muertos (Dead Pass), and the 63-m-high Sun Pyramid, the tallest and most spectacular in the area. Next, head to a nearby village and stop by a family-run business where you’ll learn about obsidian – the material that the Teotihuacan people use to make their tools, idols and decorations. You’ll also get to sip pulque (an ancient sacred drink), considered by some as the great-grandfather of tequila! After working up an appetite, be welcomed into a family home for a memorable lunch where you’ll be served authentic dishes bursting with local flavours and plenty of Mexican hospitality. After lunch, head back to Mexico City.

Day 3 Mexico City

Have breakfast this morning and then take some time to refresh and pack up, before checking out of your hotel. You can leave your luggage here this morning, before heading out on today’s final adventures. Your guide will pick you up from the hotel, at 10 am, for an epic journey of exploration through Mexico’s incredible capital. Let your expert guide bring 700 years of history back to life as you uncover little-known facts and hidden hotspots, from Aztecs to art, in one of the biggest cities in the Americas. Head into the heart of Mexico City – the Plaza de la Constitucion – and hear about the remains of an ancient city located under the modern metropolis. Visit iconic sites like the Templo Mayor and the Metropolitan Cathedral – the biggest cathedral on the continent – and see one of Diego Rivera's most famous murals at Museo Mural. Head to the fresh food stalls at Mercado San Juan and shop for snacks and souvenirs. Wander through the Palace of Fine Arts (Palacio de Bellas Artes) and when you’re finished, your guide will lead you back to your hotel, where your trip will come to an end.

Day 1 Sumidero Canyon - Chiapa de Corzo

Day 1: Sumidero Canyon - Chiapa de Corzo: Reception at 08:00 or 09:00 AM at the Central Truck Station and transfer to the jetty to take a boat ride in the Sumidero Canyon and visit Chiapa de Corzo, a colonial city and Magic Town. Later, transfer to San Cristóbal de Las Casas. Estimated time of the tour: 5 hours. Overnight Day 2: Montebello Lakes - El Chiflón Waterfalls: 8:15 AM reception at the hotel and transfer to El Chiflón to meet and enjoy the wonderful "Velo de Novia" waterfall, a spectacular fall of 120 meters in the middle of a thick forest. Then we continue to Montebello to see the main lakes in the area. Later, return to San Cristóbal de Las Casas. Estimated time of the tour: 12 hours. Overnight Day 3: San Juan Chamula - Zinacantán: At 09:25 AM, reception at the hotel and transfer to San Juan Chamula and Zinacantán, artisanal indigenous villages, where visitors know prehispanic customs and traditions and live with a family of the Tsotsil ethnic group. At the end of the tour I return to San Cristóbal de Las Casas. Estimated time of the tour: 5 hours. Overnight Day 4: Agua Azul-Misol Há - Archaeological Zone of Palenque: Reception 04:15 AM in hotel, to start the trip to Agua Azul and Misol ha waterfalls, of international recognition, and later we visit and tour the archaeological zone of Palenque, one of the main legacies of Mayan culture in Mexico. Then, transfer to the hotel. Estimated time of the tour: 12 hours. Overnight Day 5: Archaeological zones of Bonampak and Yaxchilán: Reception 06:00 AM in hotel and trip to Frontera Corozal, where we boarded a boat on the Usumacinta River and on the dividing line between Mexico and Guatemala, to reach the Z.A. of Yaxchilán. Upon return, transfer to the Z.A. from Bonampak, in the middle of the Selva Lacandona, and later, transfer to the cabins to rest. Estimated time of the route: 10 hours. Overnight Day 6: Walk in the Lacandon Jungle: Around 08:30 hours, after breakfast and accompanied by a Lacandón guide, we will start hiking in the Lacandon Jungle, to see new sites, mainly an unexplored archaeological zone, rivers , waterfalls and thick jungle vegetation. Later he returns to the cabins to eat and wait for the truck to return to Palenque. Estimated time of the tour: 12 hours. Overnight Day 7: Cascades of Wejlib há and Roberto Barrios: Reception 09:00 AM in hotel of Palenque and trip to Cascadas de Wejlib Há, attractive that is characterized by the cascade of turquoise color that contrasts with the evergreen vegetation, forming natural pools suitable for swimming; Later, we moved to the Roberto Barrios waterfalls, where its crystalline turquoise water forms beautiful natural pools. Return to the city of Palenque and time to eat. At 17:00 PM reception at the hotel for your return to the city of Tuxtla Gutiérrez. Estimated time of the tour: 12 hours. Overnight. End of our services.

Day 2 Montebello Lakes - El Chiflón Waterfalls

8:15 AM reception at the hotel and transfer to El Chiflón to meet and enjoy the wonderful "Velo de Novia" waterfall, a spectacular fall of 120 meters in the middle of a thick forest. Then we continue to Montebello to see the main lakes in the area. Later, return to San Cristóbal de Las Casas. Estimated time of the tour: 12 hours.

Day 3 San Juan Chamula - Zinacantán

At 09:25 AM, reception at the hotel and transfer to San Juan Chamula and Zinacantán, artisanal indigenous villages, where visitors know prehispanic customs and traditions and live with a family of the Tsotsil ethnic group. At the end of the tour return to San Cristóbal de Las Casas. Estimated time of the tour: 5 hours.

Day 4 Agua Azul - Misol Há - Archaeological Zone of Palenque

Reception 04:15 AM in hotel, to start the trip to Agua Azul and Misol ha waterfalls, of international recognition, and later we visit and tour the archaeological zone of Palenque, one of the main legacies of Mayan culture in Mexico. Then, transfer to the hotel. Estimated time of the tour: 12 hours.

Day 5 Archaeological zones of Bonampak and Yaxchilán

Reception 06:00 AM in hotel and trip to Frontera Corozal, where we boarded a boat on the Usumacinta River and on the dividing line between Mexico and Guatemala, to reach the Z.A. of Yaxchilán. Upon return, transfer to the Z.A. from Bonampak, in the middle of the Selva Lacandona, and later, transfer to the cabins to rest. Estimated time of the route: 10 hours.

Day 6 Walk in the Lacandon Jungle

Around 08:30 hours, after breakfast and accompanied by a Lacandón guide, we will start hiking in the Lacandon Jungle, to see new sites, mainly an unexplored archaeological zone, rivers , waterfalls and thick jungle vegetation. Later return to the cabins to eat and wait for the truck to return to Palenque. Estimated time of the tour: 12 hours.

Day 7 Cascades of Wejlib há and Roberto Barrios

Reception 09:00 AM in hotel of Palenque and trip to Cascadas de Wejlib Há, attractive that is characterized by the cascade of turquoise color that contrasts with the evergreen vegetation, forming natural pools suitable for swimming. Later, we moved to the Roberto Barrios waterfalls, where its crystalline turquoise water forms beautiful natural pools. Return to the city of Palenque and time to eat. At 5:00 PM reception at the hotel for your return to the city of Tuxtla Gutiérrez. Estimated time of the tour: 12 hours.