Special Small Group Tours
Imagine a company that treats you like an individual while grouping you up with others for economical small group tours. Imagine no more -- Maya Sites Travel Services is here! Our tours take the guesswork out of travel to the Land of the Maya -- without taking away your independence.
Maya Sites takes care of all the details . . . such as hotels, transportation, and activity and guide fees. Throughout the tour our renowned guides act as cultural liaisons to give you a full experience of the Maya, both ancient and modern, while insuring your individual needs get attention. See our Map Page for the locations of these tours.
Dream Weavers of Time
May 2-12, 2009
Journey into the heart of the Maya World with anthropologists
Barbara Tedlock - author of “The Woman in the Shaman's Body: Reclaiming
the Feminine in Religion and Medicine” and "Time & the Highland Maya"
Dennis Tedlock - author of "Popol Vuh: Mayan Book of the Dawn of Life &
the Glories of Gods & Kings” and "Rabinal Achi: A Mayan Drama Of War & Sacrifice”
A ten day journey of discovery in the tropical jungles and highland rainforests of Mexico and Guatemala.
SPRING EQUINOX at Chichen Itza and Dzibilchaltun
plus Ek Balam, Uxmal, Labna, Kabah, Loltun Caves, Merida,
Tulum, Coba & More!
March 18-22, 2009: 4 nights 5 days
Join us for a special once a year tour off Mayan ruins in the Yucatan. Witness the wonder of Mayan astronomical accuracy in the phenomena of the sunrise at the Temple of the Dolls in Dzibilchaltun and the descension of the Feathered Serpent at the great pyramid of Chichen Itza.
$1,210 per person (double occupancy).
This tour is limited to 14 participants.
"Carnival" Festivals of the Highland Rainforest tour --Feb. 19-26, 2009
Once a year tour -- Visit Palenque, Bonampak, Yaxchilan, Miso Ha, Tonina, San Cristobal de las Casas, Pocho Maya Dances, Festival at San Juan Chamula and La Venta Olmec Museum.
$1,350 per person (double occupancy).
This tour is limited to 12 participants.
Maya "Pochó" Dances
Each year, beginning the last Sunday of January through the Sunday before Lent, a group of Maya congregate in a small village near Palenque to hold their "Pochó" dances. The Pochó is considered to be a god that embodies evil. Three types of beings enact this dance: the "lame" or men, the "tigres" or jaguars, and the "pochoveras" or women. The lame are upper creatures of nature, in who the gods have placed negative and positive characteristics. The harmful god Pochó desires the destruction of the men and sends the tigres to eliminate them. The group of pochoveras acts as a link among the Pochó and the terrestrial beings, and later as mediator between lame and tigres. Don't miss this special event! During these dates we will be adding a day with these dancers to our 4 day 3 night Maya of the Highland Rainforest tour in the Palenque area.
