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Local womenshopping at amarket,
Chichicastenango, Guatemala
Route of the Maya
El Salvador: San Salvador | Honduras: Copán Ruinas | Guatemala: Guatemala City, Santa Catarina Palopó, Antigua,
Petén | Belize: Belize City
For departure dates, available single space, and pricing, visit www.oattravel.com/myrpricing
16 days from $2895
including international airfare Journey toCentral Americatowitness the handiworkof the Maya civilization, an empire that emerged from the
rain forests3,000 years ago,flourished for nearly 600 years,and then vanished.Today,itsghostly remnantsare
Single Supplement: FREE scattered across five countries in an ancient, 1,500-mile-long trade ring known as La Ruta Maya.From ruinsto
Save a FULL 10%, up to $360, with our rituals to rural villages,we’ll trace the footstepsofthe Maya culture asonly O.A.T.can,with ourtrademark small
Good Buy Plan—reserve by 11/15/22 groups meeting the Maya’s modern-day descendants where they live and work.
Valid for Apr-Dec 2023 departures
WHATTOEXPECT Salvador,includingsitesliketheSanSalvador DAY •Overland toGuatemala
CathedralandLibertadPlaza. City, Guatemala
B,L—Barceló San Salvador or similar Today,we’lltraveloverlandtoGuatemala,
crossingtheborderandheadingtoGuatemala
View all physical requirements at DAY • Overland to Copán Ruinas, Honduras City. Guatemala City is renowned for its beautiful
www.oattravel.com/myr • Controversial Topic: Honduran immigration Spanishcolonialarchitecture.We’llstopenroute
to the United States foranincludedlunch.
ITINERARY DepartfortheborderofHonduras,withourfinal B,L—Hotel Clarion Suites or similar
destinationbeingthetownofCopánRuinas,the
DAY • Depart U.S. • Arrive San Salvador, gatewaytothemysteriousCopánruins.Later, DAY •Grand CircleFoundation visit:Safe
El Salvador thiseveningwe’lljourneytoalocalrestaurant Passage school and nonprofit • Controversial
FlytoSanSalvador,whereyou’llmeetyourfellow todiscussthe Controversial Topic of Honduran Topic: The exploitation of impover-
travelers,includingthosewhotookouroptional immigration.
pre-tripextensionto ElSalvador:ColonialSuchitoto B,L,D — Plaza Magdalena Hotel or similar ished laborers at a local dump • Explore
&theFlowerRoute. Guatemala City
Barceló San Salvador or similar DAY • Explore Copán ruins Beginthedaybyvisitingalocalschooland
ExploretheruinsofCopán—aUNESCOWorld nonprofit organization supported by Grand Circle
DAY • Explore Joya de Cerén • San Salvador HeritageSite.We’llvisititssprawlingballcourt,the Foundation (wheninsession).We’llalso
VisitJoyadeCerén,aMayanruinthatfeatures GreatPlaza,andtheHieroglyphicStairway. discuss the Controversial Topic of the
dwellingsonceburiedunder20feetofvolcanic B,L—PlazaMagdalenaHotelor similar exploitationoflaborersatanearbydump.Then,
ash.Then,embarkonanexplorationofSan weexploreGuatemalaCity,witnessingtheCivic
Center,theIglesiaYurrita,theMetropolitan
Cathedral, and bustling Reforma Avenue.
B,L—Hotel Clarion Suites or similar
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