MONSERRATE MOUNTAIN

A church high up on the mountain is one of the city’s most popular tourist attractions. Monserrate has been considered an important sacred place since before the arrival of the Spanish: the local Muisca indigenous people called the mountain quijicha caca, or ‘grandmother’s foot’, and considered it important to their …

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SIMON BOLIVAR

Bolivar is known as El Libertador – the liberator – and considered a national hero of many South American countries for leading the South American movement of independence against Spanish colonial power in what is today Venezula, Colombia, Panama, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. He was president of Gran Colombia (also …

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BAGOTA MUSEUM

The famous Gold Museum exhibit the world’s largest collection of pre-Hispanic gold arts.  Gold Museum contains more than 55,000 pieces of gold and other materials from all of Colombia’s major pre-Hispanic cultures.

BAGOTA FLOWER MARKET

Colombia is the leading producer and exporter of flowers in South America and the second largest exporter of flowers in the world! Flowers are grown around the Bogota area. Farmers arrive at Paloquemao in the early morning bringing freshly cut flowers which are sold at a  wholesale price to individuals …

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BOGOTA

26 MARCH 2019 Bogota, Capital of Columbia Bogota, is located in the center of the country in the eastern part of the Andes mountains. The capital city is situated at an elevation of 2,600 m (8,530 ft.).Bogota was originally called “Bacata” means planted fields, and it was founded by the …

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BOGOTA- GUATEMALA CITY – PETEN

27 MARCH 2019 BOGOTA- GUATEMALA CITY – PETEN Checked  out from hotel and proceed to airport for our flight to Guatemala City 14:25 hrs. AV 262 – Arrival to La Aurora International airport and check in with for our flight to Peten 17:15 hrs.flight to Flores (Air ticket with TAG), …

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FLORES – TIKAL NATIONAL PARK

28 MARCH  2019 In the morning guided visit tour of Tikal National Park, declared a “World Heritage Site” by UNESCO. This majestic Mayan city is considered one of the largest and most monumental of all sites discovered in the Mayan World. With a walking tour of the squares, monuments and …

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PETEN – YAXHA DAY TRIP / GUATEMALA CITY

29 MARCH     2019 Yaxha National Park is located in Northern Guatemala’s Peten Province within a large forest region often referred to as the Maya Forest, which extends into neighbouring Mexico and Belize. Embedded within the much larger Maya Biosphere Reserve, exceeding two million hectares and contiguous with additional conservation areas, …

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GUATEMALA CITY – NEW YORK

Breakfast. City tour in Guatemala City visiting Museums of Ixchel and Popol vuh, historical center and relief Map, After the tour transfer to the airport for your flight to New York     DAY 19: 31 MARCH NEW YORK  

Golestan Palace

16 FEB 2019 ARRIVE TEHRAN Arrived at Tehran at 05:10 am, our Tour operator’s representative at Tehran Airport met us, and  then  transferred us  to hotel. Breakfast and some time to rest City tour in the afternoon, we started at 1200 hrs. The day started with a UNESCO World Heritage …

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