dwsterrett Posted February 28, 2018 #1 Share Posted February 28, 2018 We will be stopping at Puerta Quetzal on the Holland America MS Volendam and are curious about the excursion to the Iximche ruins. Does anyone have any information or opinions about this tour? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegiraffe Posted June 13, 2018 #2 Share Posted June 13, 2018 I'm sorry I didn't see this until now, and it's probably too late to be helpful to you, but it may help someone else. We did this excursion last year from the Amsterdam. It involved a long bus ride (comfortable, new bus, though) up through the hills and mountains to Iximche which is at around 7000 feet in elevation. Weather was hot and humid at the port, but absolutely lovely that high up. The ruins of Iximche were nearly deserted - ours was the only bus there. It is not at all crowded as some of the other, more famous Mayan ruins are. The guide on our excursion was a professor of archeology at a university in Guatemala, so he really knew what he was talking about and I learned a lot. We were there for around 2 hours, viewing the ruins, visiting the small museum, and watching (from a respectful distance) a Mayan religious rite. Then we were back on the bus, stopping at a ranch about a half hour away for a very good lunch of food grown on the ranch. Then back to the port. The excursion took basically the entire day; we left around 8:30 and returned around 4:00. It was a highlight of our cruise. A few photos attached (I hope!) 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vermonter16 Posted December 10, 2018 #3 Share Posted December 10, 2018 I appreciate you posting this. Thank you so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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