Santo Tomas and Puerto Barrios City Tour w/ NCL

[crzycnck]

My gf and I are going to Guatemala in Feb. on the NCL Spirit. We have decided to book this tour through NCL. Has anyone been on it and if so what did you think? Thanks!

[jcjky]

Their are much better tours that you can get inside the port building. The Rio Dulche or the waterfall tour would be the ones I would recommend.

[jcjky]

Most of the people there are poor and their not much to see in the towns. Go into the county side and see the natural scenery.

[flashdog_1]

In Santo Tomas there is a 400 year old church. Puerto Barrios was the town where the original port for National Fruit was located until it was destroyed in an earthquake many years ago, so is a sizable town (not like we'd think of a city with skyscrapers, but for a remote province, a decent sized town).

 

The fact that you are in a new country, amidst the lush vegetation, at the port used by National Fruit Company (that's what most of those containers are for), means there are lots of people who live & work there. Going into the towns can afford you a cultural opportunity to see how they live, how they drive, what they drive, what they eat, drink etc. Don't miss a chance on any excursion to pass up these valuable bits of information.

 

of course the countryside is beautiful, but you might want to incorporate some Guatemalans into your excursion.