The duPlooy's Mostly Maya Group Package
duPlooy's is the perfect place to bring or send a group of any type. With our expert
staff guides there is no need to bring an additional guide. Our efficient, friendly office staff will cater to your requests, and with vehicles to suit any size group, you can just relax and leave everything to us. You will be met at the Belize City Airport and accompanied by your guide/s throughout the trip.
The itinerary listed below is for 8 nights, 9 days. Need a custom itinerary? No problem, just contact us.
 "Mostly Maya" Package Itinerary:
(B=Breakfast included; L=Lunch included; D=Dinner included)
Day 1 – Pick up from Belize City transfer to duPlooy’s Jungle Lodge, check in, orientation. D
Day 2 – Ease into your trip with a guided tour of Belize Botanic Gardens with an emphasis on useful and medicinal plants used by the Maya. Learn to thatch on BBG's
demonstration project, enjoy a lunch of typical Mayan food in the garden’s Maya area, try your hand at tortilla and tamale making. Evening Archaeology lecture in BBG’s Visitors’ Center. BLD
Day 3 – After breakfast head for Caracol where your guide will take you through one of the Maya world’s most important sites. Discover how members of this ancient culture lived. Learn a few Mayan words from your Mayan guide. Picnic at the ruins and stop on the way back to duPlooy’s for a cooling swim in the cascading pools of the Rio On in the Mt. Pine Ridge. On the way back to duPlooy’s you will pass through San Antonio village, a modern village where you will learn about today’s Mayan people. BLD
 Day 4 – Canoe the Macal River to San Ignacio town, look around the town, eat lunch in a local restaurant and visit Xunantunich Maya site before returning to duPlooy’s. BD
Day 5 - Take your time this morning and get ready to experience Tikal in Guatemala. Drive about 1-1/2 hours to this magnificent site where you will enjoy a guided tour and explore. Spend the night near the site and get up early to view the sunrise from the top of an ancient temple. BLD
Day 6 – Take a short drive to Flores, Guatemala where you can practice your Spanish and explore this tiny island town accessed by a causeway. You might want to take some money along because the town is full of shops selling handcrafted items items from Guatemalan villages. (Not included but fun – a boat trip around the lake). BLD
Day 7 – Return to duPlooy’s and relax for the rest of this day. Swim, canoe, ride horses,
take a walk through the garden, go for a hike. BLD
Day 8 – Today leave early to visit Altun Ha ruins just north of Belize City, spend the night at the community baboon sanctuary in Burrell Boom where you are guaranteed monkey sightings. In Belize we call these monkeys "baboons", but they are really Yucutan Black Howler Monkeys and some of the few remaining in Belize. BLD
Day 9 – Return to the airport for your trip home. B
How much does the "Mostly Maya" Package cost?
| Mostly Maya Package |
$1,200 p/p |
$1,025 p/p |
$925 p/p |
$875 p/p |
| Comps for group leaders
(set package itineraries only) |
1 |
2 |
3 |
1 per
10
Paying |
IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ...
- Rates effective until May
31st 2011
- All prices are in US $ and are PER PERSON
- Add 10% to cover both tax and service charge *
- Entrance fees are not included in the price of packages
- Entrance fees and taxes are not
controlled by duPlooy's and are therefore
subject to change without notice
- Prices are based on double occupancy. Persons wishing a single room, add $50 per night
- Persons traveling alone, add 50% to package price
- There is a 10% discount for 4 or more persons traveling together using any combination of rooms
- If you stay 7 nights on this package, the last night is FREE, but does not include meals, tours or activities
- Children under the age of 6 DO NOT PAY for packages. Children from 6-12 PAY HALF PRICE for packages, with 2 paying adults in the same room
- A non-refundable deposit of $150 per person is requied to confirm a package
- Balance is due 45 days prior to arrival
- Payment may be made by Visa, Mastercard or check
- Get a 10% discount on all packages from June 1st through November 30th
* When you book a PACKAGE with duPlooy's, the additional charge is just 10% which covers both tax and service charge, so you save even more!
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