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trip cost and remains valid for one more year. (Frequent Traveler Credits expire after 2015 13, April Departing particular interest in the geology of northern Central America. two years.) If you are currently booked on a Grand Circle or OAT trip, you can now apply the Travel Credits you’ve earned toward subsequent departures—even if you We hope you choose to join us on this enriching adventure. Space have not yet departed on your trip. Some restrictions apply. It’s Included Small Groups, will fill up quickly, so reserve yours today by calling Overseas n International airfare, airport transfers, government taxes, fees, Big Discoveries Adventure Travel toll-free at 1-800-353-6262 and pressing 2. GOVERNMENT TAXES AND FEES The following government taxes and fees are now included in and airline fuel surcharges unless Explore mystical Mayan ruins, Be sure to say that you’re with Bryn Mawr Alumnae Travel your airfare price. Government and other authority taxes and fees: September 11th Security Fee you choose to make your own air including

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CST 2041626-40 the Great Plaza, scattered with altars and shores of Lake Atitlán in the western Day 8 A Day in the Life of Santa Day 12 Explore Yaxhá ruins • PRE-TRIP EXTENSION carved stelae, stone statues of powerful highlands of Guatemala. We take a Catarina Barahona • Home-Hosted Overland to Belize City, Belize. Make the most of your international airfare: Stay longer and discover more To/From U.S. Ambergris Cay C Internal flight Managua a Mayan rulers; and the Hieroglyphic walking tour of the town before dinner (Post-trip Extension) Granada r Lunch. After breakfast, we’ll travel into Today, we travel to Yaxhá. Yaxhá is an i Land route Masaya b NICARAGUA b 06Miles 0 e Stairway, which features 63 steps with at a local restaurant. the countryside around Antigua to experi- active site in various stages of discovery. a Lake a n e Nicaragua Tikal National Park S 2,500 glyphs, or symbols, carved into B,L,D—Porta Hotel del Lago or similar S To San Salvador ence A Day in the Life of Santa Catarina Here we’ll observe as archaeologists e El Salvador: Colonial Belize’s Barrier Reef & Lake Petén-Itzá Belize a City n Flores the stone. During our visit, we’ll keep an Barahona. We’ll begin with a visit to a carefully free centuries of Mayan history BELIZE a COSTA e eye out for the toucans and monkeys that local market, then connect with young from the verdant grip of the jungle. After b RICA Day 6 Cruise Lake Atitlán • Mayan Suchitoto & the Flower Route b Pacific i inhabit the surrounding jungle. Guatemalans at a local school (when in enjoying a lunch at a local restaurant, Ambergris Caye r Ocean weaving demonstration • Optional $ a After lunch, join us for an optional session) supported in part by Grand Circle we travel overland to Belize City. Dinner 4 nights pre-trip from C Canopy & Hanging Bridges tour. 3 nights post-trip from $ horseback ride to La Pintada, a quaint Today, we cruise breathtaking, volca- Foundation. Our cultural exchange tonight is at our hotel. 595 595 PRE-TRIP EXTENSION farming village of thatched-roof homes no-ringed Lake Atitlán, the deepest lake continues at a Home-Hosted B,L,D—Belize Biltmore Plaza or similar GUATEMALA Travel from only $149 per night GUATEMALA and garden patches, where we’ll meet its HONDURAS in Central America and the heart of the Lunch, where we’ll enjoy a taste of Travel from only $199 per night friendly residents and enjoy a traditional regional specialties and a glimpse into Copán Mayan world. We’ll discover the lingering Day 13 Explore Lamanai ruins • Panajachel It’s Included Lake Atitlán HONDURAS Honduran dinner. Or take the time to influence of the Mayan art when we stop the lives of our hosts. We return to Ataco Suchitoto Discover Belize City. After breakfast, n Accommodations for 1 night on the Pacific Coast, 2 nights in Suchitoto, It’s Included Antigua Guatemala City explore the sleepy town of Copán Ruinas to visit a Santiago textile market, and Antigua this afternoon, where you’ll have we travel by boat up the New River to n Ferry from Belize City to Ambergris Caye, plus an internal flight San Salvador and 1 night in Ataco P EL SALVADOR before dinner on your own. time for independent exploration and a then cross the lake for a traditional weav- explore the ruins of Lamanai (a Mayan from San Pedro to Belize City c P acific n i f E B,L—Clarion Hotel Copán Ruinas enjoy dinner on your own. 8 meals—4 breakfasts, 2 lunches, and 2 dinners i c L S O cean ing demonstration in San Antonio Palopo, word which translates to “submerged O ALV n c e a San Salvador ADOR or similar B,L—Candelaria Antigua Hotel or similar Accommodations for 3 nights in Ambergris Caye n where we’ll also visit the traveling statue crocodile”), the ruins of which date back n 6 small group activities of Maximon, a famous Mayan deity. Then to 700 BC. Nestled amid thick jungle n 4 meals—3 breakfasts and 1 dinner n Services of an expert local guide, who speaks English and the Day 4 Overland to Guatemala City, we’ll have lunch at a lakeview restaurant. Day 9 Discover Antigua • Optional vegetation alive with exotic birds and n 2 small group activities Guatemala • Paleontology Museum. Back in Panajachel, you’ll enjoy an Life in Guatemala’s Mayan Villages Howler Monkeys, Lamanai boasts the native language I TINERARY S UMMARY n Following breakfast, we journey over- afternoon at leisure. Or, you might choose tour. This morning, we embark upon second-largest Classic structure in the Maya n All transfers Services of an expert local guide who speaks English and the pre-trip extensions: El Salvador: Colonial Suchitoto & the Flower Route land to Guatemala, stopping en route to join an optional wildlife-viewing walk native language a walking tour of Antigua, one of the world—its magnificent . The n Porterage for 1 bag per traveler OR Nicaragua’s Colonial Cities & Volcanic Landscapes to visit the Museum of Paleontology in along the hanging bridges of the Atitlán Americas’ oldest and loveliest cities— site also features the 13-foot Mask Temple, n All transfers Estanzuela, home to both Mayan artifacts Nature Reserve, followed by a thrilling full of Spanish Colonial and Baroque a stone temple mask of a Mayan king. After DAYS DESTINATION LODGING Price per person: from $595 n Porterage for 1 bag per traveler and prehistoric fossils, and to enjoy lunch zip-line ride. Please note: During the rainy architecture, narrow cobblestone streets, our exploration of Lamanai, we’ll enjoy Single Supplement: FREE Hotel Alicante or similar on our own. season, the Canopy & Hanging Bridges 1 Fly to San Salvador, and graceful stucco homes—and a a Belize City tour. Tonight we toast the ➤MYP2015 El Salvador This evening, we check into our hotel in optional tour will be available in the morning, UNESCO World Heritage Site. Our tour completion of La Ruta Maya over a Farewell Discovery Highlights Guatemala City. Dinner is on your own. and the other activities will move to later in 2-3 Joya de Cerén • Copán Clarion Hotel Copán Ruinas or similar takes in several of Antigua’s museums, Dinner at a local restaurant. Please note: Gratuities are not included on this Marvel at idyllic Ambergris Caye, Belize’s largest island, home to more than B—Best Western Hotel Stofella or similar the day. as well as the restored convent of Santo B,L,D—Belize Biltmore Plaza or similar extension due to operational limitations and are Best Western Hotel Stofella or similar 200 species of birds 4 Guatemala City B,L—Porta Hotel del Lago or similar Domingo. Then, enjoy an afternoon at at your discretion. Swim with docile nurse sharks and stingrays of all sizes at Hol Chan and 5-6 Lake Atitlán Porta Hotel del Lago or similar Day 5 Explore Guatemala City leisure in Antigua and dinner on your Day 14 Belize City • Return to Please note: There needs to be a minimum of 8 travelers to operate this extension own. Or, join our optional Life in Shark Ray Alley 7-9 Antigua Candelaria Antigua Hotel or similar • Transfer to Lake Atitlán. This Day 7 Overland to Antigua • Visit U.S. or begin post-trip extension. morning, we begin our explorations jade factory & macadamia farm. Guatemala’s Mayan Villages tour, which After breakfast, we transfer to the Belize Savor a day at leisure to walk San Pedro’s sandy streets and discover its 10-11 Fly to Flores La Casona del Lago or similar of Guatemala City with a panoramic This morning, we set off overland to includes a visit to two villages outside City airport for our return flight home. Nicaragua’s Colonial Cities tropical charms on your own 12-13 Belize City Belize Biltmore Plaza or similar drive, enjoying views of its stately Civic Antigua. We’ll stop en route for lunch on of Antigua, followed by dinner with a Travelers taking our post-trip extension, Center, the blood-red Baroque façade our own, and arrive in the early after- traditional folkloric dance performance. Belize’s Barrier Reef & Ambergris Caye, Price per person: from $595 14 Return to U.S. of the Iglesia Yurrita, the Neoclassical noon. There, we visit a local factory to B—Candelaria Antigua Hotel or similar will transfer to San Pedro. & Volcanic Landscapes Single Supplement: FREE Metropolitan Cathedral, and the bustle discover the enduring significance of jade post-trip option: Belize’s Barrier Reef & Ambergris Caye B $ of Reforma Avenue. in Mayan culture and a local macadamia Day 10 Morning at leisure • Fly 5 nights pre-trip from Please note: Gratuities are not included on this extension due to operational limitations and After stopping at a local restaurant for farm to learn how these nuts are grown This morning, enjoy time 1145 to Flores. are at your discretion. lunch, we’ll stroll through the colorful and harvested and used. Dinner is at a at leisure in Antigua to make your own Expand your Travel from only $229 per night Day 1 Depart U.S. • Arrive San dwellings once buried under 20 feet of market of Sololá on our way to our lodge local restaurant tonight. discoveries in this charming city. After Please note: There needs to be a minimum of 8 travelers to operate this extension Salvador, El Salvador. Arrive today volcanic ash. Afterward, we travel over- in Panajachel, located by the northern B,D—Candelaria Antigua Hotel or similar lunch at a local restaurant, we’ll depart discoveries with It’s Included in San Salvador, where your OAT Trip land to Honduras, stopping for lunch to the airport for our late afternoon these optional tours n Airfare from Managua to San Salvador Leader will assist with your transfer en route, and arriving in time for an flight to Flores, where we’ll settle in New for 2015— n orientation walk and Welcome Dinner to our hotel and spend the evening Accommodations for 1 night in Managua and 4 nights in Granada to our hotel. There, you’ll meet your Gratuities now included fellow travelers, including those who at our hotel. Please note: If Day 2 falls on at leisure. n 11 meals—5 breakfasts, 3 lunches, and 3 dinners B, L—La Casona del Lago or similar took our optional pre-trip extensions a Monday, we’ll enjoy a visit to Fernando n 8 small group activities to El Salvador: Colonial Suchitoto & the Llort’s gallery in lieu of Joya de Cerén. LA PINTADA VILLAGE n Flower Route or Nicaragua’s Colonial Cities B,L,D—Clarion Hotel Copán Ruinas Day 11 Explore Tikal ruins. HORSEBACK RIDE WITH Services of an expert OAT Trip Leader who speaks English and the & Volcanic Landscapes. This evening, or similar Today, we explore Tikal, a magnificent DINNER (Day 3 $65 per person) native language choose from among the area’s restau- 1,800-year-old Maya complex and CANOPY & HANGING BRIDGES n All transfers rants for dinner on your own. Day 3 Explore Copán ruins • UNESCO World Heritage Site. Immersed (Day 6 $50 per person) n Porterage for 1 bag per traveler Hotel Alicante or similar Optional La Pintada Village in the lush Petén jungle, Tikal features Horseback Ride. This morning after roughly 3,000 structures, including 200- LIFE IN GUATEMALA’S MAYAN Price per person: from $1145 Day 2 Discover Joya de Cerén • breakfast, we set out to explore the foot temples that rise through the leafy VILLAGES (Day 9 $60 per person) Single Supplement: FREE crown jewel of the Mayan civilization: canopy. We’ll enjoy lunch at the site, then Overland to Copán, Honduras. ➤MNC2015 After breakfast at our hotel, we set out the ruins of Copán (or Xukpi to the continue our own explorations before Optional tour prices listed are U.S. dollar on a brief panoramic city tour of San Maya)—a UNESCO World Heritage returning to our hotel. This evening, estimates determined at the time of Please note: Gratuities are not included on this Salvador, before setting off to explore Site. We enjoy a full morning here to dinner is on your own. publication and are subject to change. extension due to operational limitations and are Optional tours may vary. nearby Joya de Cerén (Jewel of Cerén), a explore its sprawling ball court, adorned B,L—La Casona del Lago or similar at your discretion. well-preserved Mayan ruin that features with markers resembling macaw heads; Please note: There needs to be a minimum of 8 travelers to operate this extension