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Birding Chiapas and the ioO Usumacinta
offered by supplier M07706 (view this supplier profile)
Key Information:
Tour Duration: 10
day(s)
Group Size: 2
- 16
people
Destination(s):
Mexico
Specialty Categories:
Birdwatching
Season: January - December
Airfare Included: No
Tour Customizable: Yes
Minimum Per Person Price: 1950 US Dollar (USD)
Maximum Per Person Price: 2220 US Dollar (USD)
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Included is a guided visit to the impressive Mayan ruins of Palenque. Participate in early morning birding and throughout the day. Experience a birding walk at Lacanja Rainforest and a birding boat trip on the Lacanja River. Tour starts and ends in Villahermosa. All meals included.
Your Itinerary
Day 1:
ARRIVAL VILLAHERMOSA. Transfer to Hotel Cencalli.
Welcome dinner.
(D)
Day 2:
USUMACINTA AND PALENQUE.
Breakfast buffet style.
After orientation, departure for Usumacinta's marshes and Palenque. Arrival at Dos Lomitas.
Birding the loop from Jonuta to Catazaja (boxed lunch to be eaten on bus). Arrival at Palenque and check-in. Afternoon birdwalk on hotel grounds for those who wish. Group leader gives instructions for following day's activities.
Dinner and overnight at Hotel Villas Kin Ha.
(B) (L) (D)
Day 3:
BIRDING IN PALENQUE.
Breakfast at hotel. Birding in the ruins of Palenque. Guided tour of Palenque.
Lunch at the hotel; afternoon at leisure.
Dinner and overnight at Hotel Villas Kin Ha.
(B) (L) (D)
Day 4:
CHIAPAS, BONAMPAK AND LACANJA.
Breakfast at Hotel. Early departure to the rainforest of Chiapas; breakfast enroute at a cozy restaurant. Continue to Bonampak for a walking site lecture. Continue to village of Lacanja. Birding walk at Lacanja Rain Forest.
Birding boat trip on Lacanja River.
After lunch at Escudo Jaguar, boat across the Usumacinta. Dinner and overnight at the Hotel Escudo Jaguar.
(B) (L) (D)
Day 5:
YAXCHILAN.
Early morning birding walk in hotel's environs.
After breakfast, depart to Yaxchilan for a jungle birdwalk experience. Lunch at Escudo Jaguar.Evening lecture on the Neotropical Avifauna by Professor Augusto Lowetnitz, scientist of the Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve.
Dinner and overnight at Hotel Escudo Jaguar.
(B) (L) (D)
Day 6:
AGUA AZUL, MISOLHA, SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS. Early morning departure to Agua Azul and Misolha. Explore the most beautiful cascades in Chiapas, continue to San Cristobal de las Casas. Dinner and overnight at Hotel Casa Mexicana.
(B) (L) (D)
Day 7:
MONTEBELLO LAKES. Depart to the Montebello Lakes. View the most beautiful lakes in Mexico. Return to San Cristobal de las Casas. Dinner and overnight at Hotel Casa Mexicana.
(B) (L) (D)
Day 8:
SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, SAN JUAN CHAMULA AND ZINACANTAN. Full day to explore the beautiful village of San Cristobal de las Casas, the Indian communities of San Juan Chamula and Zinacantan. Dinner and overnight at Hotel Casa Mexicana.
(B) (L) (D)
Day 9:
VILLAHERMOSA VIA BLACK FOREST. Morning departure to Villahermosa via the Black Forest. Descend from the highland of Chiapas to the coastal stream of the Mexican Gulf; impressive vegetation and avifauna. Early afternoon arrival in Villahermosa. Farewell dinner and overnight at Hotel Cencalli.
(B) (L) (D)
Day 10:
DEPART VILLAHERMOSA TO CANCUN.
After breakfast, transfer to Cancun.
(B)
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
Also see tour packages in:
North America
Mexico
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