Tikal Sunset, Archeological focus and Wildlife Spotting From San Ignacio Belize, Small Group

Extensive tour ending by sunset time, with enough time and flexibility, great for photographers. Excellent bilingual guide with service attitude an deep knowledge of local history, flora and fauna.
We'll pick you up at your hotel, the walking tour begins at the Trail Gate of Tikal National Park, We'll use nature trails with a high chance of spotting some species of wildlife.

Group G
It’s name is Palace of Grooves, because it has a unique architecture design on it’s walls with well preserved grooves. This was the residential palace of Yikin Chaan K'awiil, the 27th successor of the dynasty of Tikal and the wealthiest ruler Tikal had, all the rulers before him used to live at Central Acropolis, a large complex of palaces where each generation added some buildings, but this ruler was so wealthy and with a lot of people to build, that he decided to build the Palace of Grooves as a separate complex. Yikin Chaan K'awiil also built Temple IV and Temple VI, this palace was built around 750 a.D. with two floors and five courtyards.

The Great Plaza
It's the place in Tikal with the largest amount of energy, it's also the most restaured complex of this mayan site, it has multiple stelae, some of them with carving showing the portrait of some kings of the city. We'll also visit it's surrounding monuments: Temple I, Temple II, North Acropolis and Central Acropolis. This complex was excavated in 1960's by the Museum of University of Pennsylvania.

Temple V
We'll visit this beautiful temple, it has rounded corners, it's the only temple facing North, it was built around 650 a.D. and it was restored in 2002. Temple V is the third tallest of Tikal, it's architecture is very different than the other temples of the city, this is the first temple discovered in Tikal back in 1848 because the back of it's roof comb as it's totally vertical, it was never covered by trees and it was visible from far away South, the direction of Flores where the discoverers of Tikal came from.

Seven Temples Square
This Plaza has Seven temples in line, three ball courts and three palaces, which makes the number thirteen, a sacred number for the mayan culture. It looks like a place for sports and for the aristocracy of Tikal to have fun. It has the only triple ball court found so far in Mesoamerica.

The Lost World
We will visit this area at the end to wait for sunset from the top of the Great Pyramid. The sounds of the wildlife are interesting. The Lost World is the astronomical observatory of Tikal, it has the Great Pyramid as the point to watch the stars, the planets and the sun as it has three buildings on the East side to mark the seasons of the year. The lower plaza is part of The Lost World, this plaza has a podium in the center with the architecture of Teotihuacan, a clear evidence of the cultural interaction between these two ancient cities.

The walking tour ends at the Trail Gate of Tikal National Park around 19:30 by June when we have the longest day or around 18:30 by December when we have the longest night. The activity ends when we drop you off at the location we picked you up, or it can be to a different location, but for this, you need to let us know in advance.

To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.

This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 24 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 24 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.