After working at camp in America, I thought i'd let off some steam by going on a tour with Trek America with my best friend!
Trek America are a reliable and safe way to travel around ensuring you get the best of your trip! Also because I am a previous Americamper I got 10% of this trip - result! I booked my trek through Trek America however it was the partner company Geckos who lead the trek.
The trip I chose was the Playa Del Carmen to Antigua. With this trek I traveled through Mexico, Belize and Guatemala for 16 days with lodging and one home stay.
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| Copyright Trek America Start destination: Playa del Carmen End destination: Antigua |
I'm sorry about a very half review on this trek, I stopped writing down what was going on a few days in as I was just so busy and couldn't possibly now remember everything that I did (yay for having a bad memory). However, if you're curious as to a specific place or the activities I did please just let me know in the comments and I will try my very best to remember what happened!
Day 1: Playa del Carmen, Mexico
The tour started in Playa del Carmen in the early evening. We met the tour guide and all the other people on the trek in the lobby to go over details. We were given a free evening to explore Playa del Carmen, however because we'd arrived a couple of days earlier before the trek and had already seen what this place had to offer we decided to go on a dinner trip to Walmart and to have an early night so we were fresh for the next destination.
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| Tulum |
Day 2 - 3: Tulum, Mexico
After a short ride by 'local transport' (which was more of an air-conditioned mini-van) we arrived in Tulum at Villa Tulum hotel. We ventured out to the beach shortly after our arrival where we swan in beautiful, clear waters and had lunch. After enough sun we walked down the beach to the Ruins of Tulum.
The next day we visited the Gran Cenote which is a natural pit of crystal clear water. We were able to swim here with the fish and turtles. In the evening we went out for our first group meal!
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| Caye Caulker |
Day 4 - 5: Caye Caulker, Belize
This day consisted of quite a bit of traveling. We got a taxi from our hotel to the bus station where we caught a surprisingly nice coach. After our stop on the coach we had lunch at a local cafe and from there we caught taxis to the border. Here we pilled into a private van. It was about 307 pesos to exit Mexico. After we paid we walked through customs and on the other side got back into our van in Belize. It took us around two hours to get to Belize City where we caught water taxis to the island of Caye Caulker (the ride was about 50 minutes). Once arriving at the island we checked into Tom's Hotel. As we were too tired to do much on the island from all the traveling we checked out the main street and went out for dinner with the trek group.
The main activity on this island was the snorkelling. We managed to get a good price for them to take us out on our own private boat with three stops. First we stopped at Hol Chan, Shark and Ray Alley and finally Coral Gardens. On the way back our guide spotted a lone manatee and we swam with it until it became out of our zone. In the evening we visited 'the place to be' I & I Reggae Bar.
Day 6 - 7: San Ignacio, Belize
Day 8 - 9: Flores, Guatemala
Day 10 - 11: Rio Dulce, Guatemala
Day 12: Antigua, Guatemala
Day 13: Chichicastenango & San Jorge La Laguna, Guatemala
Day 14: Panajachel, Guatemala
Day 15 - 17: Antigua, Guatemala
Have you been on any treks? Where would you like to travel to if you had the chance? Let me know in the comments below!
This day consisted of quite a bit of traveling. We got a taxi from our hotel to the bus station where we caught a surprisingly nice coach. After our stop on the coach we had lunch at a local cafe and from there we caught taxis to the border. Here we pilled into a private van. It was about 307 pesos to exit Mexico. After we paid we walked through customs and on the other side got back into our van in Belize. It took us around two hours to get to Belize City where we caught water taxis to the island of Caye Caulker (the ride was about 50 minutes). Once arriving at the island we checked into Tom's Hotel. As we were too tired to do much on the island from all the traveling we checked out the main street and went out for dinner with the trek group.
The main activity on this island was the snorkelling. We managed to get a good price for them to take us out on our own private boat with three stops. First we stopped at Hol Chan, Shark and Ray Alley and finally Coral Gardens. On the way back our guide spotted a lone manatee and we swam with it until it became out of our zone. In the evening we visited 'the place to be' I & I Reggae Bar.
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| San Ignacio |
Day 6 - 7: San Ignacio, Belize
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| Flores |
Day 8 - 9: Flores, Guatemala
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| Rio Dulce |
Day 10 - 11: Rio Dulce, Guatemala
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| Antigua |
Day 12: Antigua, Guatemala
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| San Jorge La Laguna |
Day 13: Chichicastenango & San Jorge La Laguna, Guatemala
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| Panajachel |
Day 14: Panajachel, Guatemala
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| Antigua |
Day 15 - 17: Antigua, Guatemala
Have you been on any treks? Where would you like to travel to if you had the chance? Let me know in the comments below!
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