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Real Central America

16 days
From Playa del Carmen to Antigua
4.1
10 traveler reviews
Real Central America - Intrepid Travel
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Plan your adventure:
  • In-depth Cultural
  • Active
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  • Fully Guided
  • Christmas & New Year
Fully Guided
An experienced guide will be with you for the entire tour
Guided in English
Group Size 12 - 16
Age range 18 to 35
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Highlights

  • Explore Playa del Carmen's beaches and tacos
  • Discover Tulum's Maya ruins and beach bars
  • Snorkel in Caye Caulker's Hol Chan Marine Reserve
  • Experience San Ignacio's Mayan sites and rivers
  • Shop at Chichicastenango's vibrant market

Itinerary

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  1. Introduction
  1. Day 1 Playa del Carmen
  2. Day 2 Tulum
  3. Day 3 Tulum
  4. Day 4 Caye Caulker
  5. Day 5 Caye Caulker
  6. Day 6 Caye Caulker
  7. Day 7 San Ignacio
  8. Day 8 San Ignacio
  9. Day 9 Tikal National Park
  10. Day 10 Rio Dulce
  11. Day 11 Rio Dulce
  12. Day 12 Antigua
  13. Day 13 Chichicastenango / Lake Atitlan
  14. Day 14 Lake Atitlan
  15. Day 15 Antigua
  16. Day 16 Antigua
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What's Included

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  • Insurance
  • Optional
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Age Range

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Customer Reviews

  • Overall Rating
    Excellent
    4.1
  • Itinerary
    Excellent
    5.0
  • Guide
    Excellent
    5.0
  • Transport
    Excellent
    4.4
  • Accommodation
    Good
    3.8
  • Food
    Average
    2.7
  • 4.6
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  • A
    · September 18th, 2019
    Good bunch of people.
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    Trip date: December 2018
  • A
    · September 18th, 2019
    Like the small groups
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    Trip date: December 2018
  • A
    · September 18th, 2019
    I love the tour and the organisation, however felt our tour guide was not suited for guiding groups
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    Trip date: December 2018
  • A
    · September 18th, 2019
    Found the trip occasionally disorganised The home stay was not a positive experience
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    Trip date: December 2018
  • A
    · September 18th, 2019
    Solely because of the fact that I was mislead and wasn’t given the opportunity to see what options were made available at the destinations. The fact traveling over the festive season we were made to feel not to enjoy ourselves. Our tour leader was rude to waiter staff, bus drivers, hotel staff etc. This made me feel uncomfortable as traveling has its mishaps! That’s just it. I’ve got a lot of solo back packing but after this experience I won’t be going with another tour group for some time.
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    Trip date: December 2018
  • A
    · September 18th, 2019
    Homestay should be optional Tour leader
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    Trip date: December 2018
  • Real Central America reviewer 7
    · October 5th, 2018
    Sofie is a great guid she put a lot of edfort to amkebus enjoy the trip and she is one of your best guids im sure. the tour was nice, but still its not cool to give accommodations which are under construction most of them, its so annoying to try to go to sleep while someone banging on your head. Why try to save on our account while we paid you a lot? I would’ve been more happy to recieve more options for tours at the trip because there was mainly one option or two and we had no choice but to do it. I was surprised to find out there is no meals including while when i booked the trip i did see that there was meals.
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    Trip date: September 2018
  • Real Central America reviewer 8
    · May 26th, 2018
    The itinerary is great, I felt we spent the right amount of days at each place. Taking into consideration that the hotels were meant to be basic, I found some of them to be better than I expected. Transportation was varied between large/small mini-buses and public bus. They were all comfortable and travel time was no longer than 4-5 hours between destinations. Our guide Jorge was amazing. He had a vast amount of knowledge about every destination and was very informative on the optional activities. He's a very experienced guide and knows people in each of the destinations so I feel he was able to recommend the best experiences at the best prices. He was determined to make sure we enjoyed our trip and was even flexible with the itinerary making it possible for us to take a 2-day hike to volcano Acatenango. He is very organized and was very engaged with every member of our group. He arranged evening group meetings to inform us of travel plans before going to another destination and joined us for dinner every day. I'd definitely recommend this tour.
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    Intrepid Travel commented on this review
    HI Jean, thank you for taking the time to share your experience with us. We're delighted to hear that you enjoyed your time in Central America! We'll pass along your feedback to our global team (including Jorge) who I'm sure will be very happy to hear... Show more
    Trip date: May 2018
  • Real Central America reviewer 9
    · January 8th, 2018
    Had the greaest time a single guy could have. Spent my birthday and Christmas with some of the world's nicest people and got to see some amazing sights. José Luis was our tour guide and I will never forget how knowledgeable, helpful, kind, and hilarious he was. I travel a lotand hands down wasthe greatest 18 days of my life. I would do it all over again and again if I had the time off of work to doso. Thank you to everyone involved in this trip. You guys rocked my socks off!!! See youagain soon Ihope.
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    Trip date: December 2017
  • AZ
    · March 11th, 2017
    Edith has been a very nice guide who really...
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    Trip date: February 2017

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16 days
Real Central America
From Playa del Carmen to Antigua

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