Epic Central America
Epic Central America
It doesn’t get much bigger than this – take on a 45-day adventure enjoying everything Central America has to offer, from Mexico to Costa Rica and all the cool spots in between. Whether you're hitting the waves in El Salvador, trekking the steamy cloud forests in Costa Rica, snorkelling the pristine underwater worlds in Belize or washing down your tacos with mezcal in Mexico, there's no shortage of unforgettable experiences on this trip. You’ll cover six countries, stopping at dozens of towns and beaches and sipping many (many) cervezas. Oh Maya, this is huge.
Activities
It doesn’t get much bigger than this – take on a 45-day adventure enjoying everything Central America has to offer, from Mexico to Costa Rica and all the cool spots in between. Whether you're hitting the waves in El Salvador, trekking the steamy cloud forests in Costa Rica, snorkelling the pristine underwater worlds in Belize or washing down your tacos with mezcal in Mexico, there's no shortage of unforgettable experiences on this trip. You’ll cover six countries, stopping at dozens of towns and beaches and sipping many (many) cervezas. Oh Maya, this is huge.
Activities
- Mexico City - Leader-led Taco Crawl
- Mexico City - Leader-led orientation walk
- Mexico City - Gastromotiva (The Intrepid Foundation partner) visit
- Oaxaca - Leader-led orientation walk
- San Cristobal de Las Casas - Leader-led Orientation Walk
- San Cristobal - Santo Domingo Market Visit
- Leader-led Informal Spanish Lesson
- Misol-Ha - Waterfall Visit
- Palenque - Archaeological site (Entrance fee & Transport)
- Campeche - Orientation Walk
- Valladolid - Local Market Visit
- Becal - Visit to Jipi hat artisan cave studio
- Playa del Carmen - Leader-led Orientation Walk
- Chichen Itza - Archaeological site
- Yokdzonot Cenote – Visit and Swim
- Piste - Home-cooked Lunch
- Leader-led Informal Spanish Lesson
- Tulum walking tour
- Caye Caulker - Leader-led orientation walk
- San Ignacio - Leader-led orientation walk
- Tikal National Park - Archaeological Site Tour (Entrance fee & Transport)
- Chichicastenango - Market Visit
- San Juan La Laguna - Weaving & Dyeing experience
- San Juan La Laguna - Midwife home visit
- San Juan La Laguna - Medicinal Garden
- Antigua - Leader-led orientation walk
- Leader-led Informal Spanish Lesson
- Cerro Verde - Salvadoran Pupusa cooking demonstration
- Leon - Leader-led orientation walk
- Granada - Breakfast at El Cafe de las Sonrisas
- Los Ramos Community - Cooking Class
- Monteverde - Leader-led orientation walk
- La Fortuna - Leader-led orientation walk
- San Jose - Leader-led orientation walk
- Have breakfast at Cafe de las Sonrisas – a local café run entirely by deaf people. The café's owner is aiming to bridge the gap and inspire other business owners to employ local people living with disabilities.
- Tour the historic site of Chichen Itza – one of the new Seven Wonders of the World – and learn why these ancient Maya ruins are the most important in all of Mexico.
- Visit the colourful markets of Chichicastenango, nicknamed Chichi, where you can explore the local handmade wares like jade jewellery, pottery and traditional huipils – the traditional dress worn by Maya women.
- Enjoy traditional Guatemalan hospitality with a homecooked lunch in a local home in San Juan La Laguna, after visiting a local midwife, walking through medicinal gardens and experiencing a weaving and dying workshop.
- Take a cooking class in Los Ramos – an Indigenous community in the middle of Ometepe Island’s volcanos – and learn traditional techniques used to make Nicaraguan dishes like nacatamales.
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Itinerary
| Day | Destination | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mexico City | ||
| 2 | Mexico City | ||
| 3 | Oaxaca | ||
| 4 | Oaxaca | ||
| 5 | Oaxaca / Overnight bus | ||
| 6 | San Cristobal de las Casas | ||
| 7 | San Cristobal de las Casas | ||
| 8 | Palenque | ||
| 9 | Palenque | ||
| 10 | Campeche | ||
| 11 | Valladolid | ||
| 12 | Valladolid | ||
| 13 | Chichen Itza / Playa del Carmen | ||
| 14 | Playa del Carmen | ||
| 15 | Tulum | ||
| 16 | Tulum | ||
| 17 | Caye Caulker | ||
| 18 | Caye Caulker | ||
| 19 | Caye Caulker | ||
| 20 | San Ignacio | ||
| 21 | San Ignacio | ||
| 22 | Tikal National Park | ||
| 23 | Rio Dulce | ||
| 24 | Rio Dulce | ||
| 25 | Antigua | ||
| 26 | Chichicastenango / Lake Atitlan | ||
| 27 | Lake Atitlan | ||
| 28 | Antigua | ||
| 29 | Antigua | ||
| 30 | Cerro Verde | ||
| 31 | Cerro Verde | ||
| 32 | San Miguel | ||
| 33 | San Miguel to Leon via Honduras | ||
| 34 | Granada | ||
| 35 | Granada | ||
| 36 | Ometepe Island | ||
| 37 | Ometepe Island | ||
| 38 | San Juan del Sur | ||
| 39 | San Juan del Sur | ||
| 40 | Monteverde | ||
| 41 | Monteverde | ||
| 42 | La Fortuna | ||
| 43 | La Fortuna | ||
| 44 | San Jose | ||
| 45 | San Jose |
