Best Of Mexico & Costa Rica

Guide

All group trips are accompanied by one of our group leaders. The aim of the group leader is to take the hassle out of your travels and to help you have the best trip possible. Intrepid endeavours to provide the services of an experienced leader however, due to the seasonality of travel, rare situations may arise where your leader is new to a particular region or training other group leaders. Your leader will provide information on the places you are travelling through, offer suggestions for things to do and see, recommend great local eating venues and introduce you to our local friends. While not being guides in the traditional sense, you can expect them to have a broad general knowledge of the places visited on the trip, including historical, cultural, religious, and social aspects. At Intrepid we aim to support local guides who have specialised knowledge of the regions we visit. If you are interested in delving deeper into the local culture at a specific site or location then your leader can recommend a local guide service in most of the main destinations of your trip.

Meals

21 breakfasts, 6 lunches, 3 dinners

Others

Included activities Mexico City - National Museum of Anthropology (Closed Mondays) Mexico City - Leader-led city tour of Historic center Mexico City - National Palace and Diego Rivera murals Mexico City - Metropolitan Cathedral Teotihuacan - Archaeological site (Entrance fee, Guide & Transport) Leader-led Informal Spanish Lesson Oaxaca - Leader-led orientation walk Mitla - Archaeological site (Entrance fee, Guide & Transport) Oaxaca - Guided full-day tour including the Tule Tree, a Mezcal distillery, and lunch in a Zapoteca family home San Cristobal de las Casas - Leader-led orientation walk San Cristobal de las Casas - Leader-led city tour Maya village - San Juan Chamula Church (Entrance Fee) Maya village - Zinacantan church (Entrance fee) Agua Azul waterfall - Visit with option to swim (Entrance fee) Merida - Leader-led orientation walk Palenque - Archaeological site (Guide, Transport & Entrance fee) Izamal - Convento de San Antonio de Padua (Entrance) Izamal - Leader-led walking tour Chichen Itza - Archaeological site (Entrance fee, Guide & Transport) San Jose - Leader-led walking tour Los Santos - Don Cornelio Family Coffee Experience Palmar Norte - Finca 6 Sphere Museum (Entrance) Corcovado - San Pedrillo Station Hike Manuel Antonio National Park - Tour with a Naturalist Guide (Entrance fee, Guide & Transport)

Transport

Private vehicle,Plane,Shared boat

Accommodation

The style of accommodation indicated in the day-to-day itinerary is a guideline only and may change. On some occasions, alternative arrangements may need to be made due to the lack of availability of rooms in our preferred accommodation. In these cases, we will use a similar standard of accommodation. Throughout the trip, we request that our properties prepare rooms in time for our arrival, especially if we're arriving prior to normal check-in time. However, this isn't always possible which means we won't be able to check-in immediately on arrival at some hotels. Instead, we can store our luggage and explore our new destination or on some trips, have use of shared day rooms until all rooms are available. Comfortable Hotel (18 nights),Lodge (3 nights)

Others

Other activities and services not included

Flights

International flights not included.

Optional

Other activities and services not included

Insurance

Travel Insurance is not included