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San Salvador, El Salvador
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22°C
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Wind Chill:
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22°C
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Humidity:
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94%
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Akwaterra's Cultural Adventures
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MUSEUMS
To Come
Price per person
2 PP - $
3 PP - $
4 PP - $
5 PP - $
Tours are offered daily. Prices are per person. Prices include transportation to and from San Salvador, local guide at EPAP, fuel, lunch box, park entrance, and sales tax.
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Pre- Hispanic Ruins Circuit
PYRAMIDS OF SAN ANDRES
Dating from the Late Classic period, La Campana de San Andres is set in a fertile valley between the San Salvador Volcano and the Ilamatepec range. The partially excavated site contains an acropolis and a plaza with pyramids and platforms on three sides.
San Andres was the area’s political, religious and economic center and an important player in the regional trade network, controlling the flow of obsidian. In the Colonial era añil or indigo was grown in the area. A visitor’s center and site museum was recently opened.
JOYA DE CEREN – HUMAN HERITAGE
Thirty minutes outside the capital on the Pan-American Highway traveling towards Guatemala, is the site of Joya de Ceren, one of the most significant archaeological discoveries in Mesoamerica in several decades. Although the Maya World is replete with grand ceremonial centers erected by the elates of Classic and Post-Classic periods, Joya de Ceren is the best-Known example of an ancient farming community. Farmers constituted the majority of the population, raising crops to feed their families, the nobility and priest class, and providing a labor pool to be tapped for the construction of temples in ceremonial centers.
PIRAMIDS OF EL TAZUMAL
Within a small area around Chalchuapa, in eastern San Miguel, are five pre-Hispanic ceremonial centers: Tazumal, Las Victorias, Pampe, Casa Blanca and El Trapiche. The principal site is Tazumal, “place of many lakes” in Nahuatl. It features a ancient ball court and a 30-m-high pyramid inside which archaeologists discovered 24 Classic-period tombs and 320 ceramic vessels. The nearby palace was the burial ground for Tazumal’s ancient rulers.
Price per person
2 PP - $125
3 PP - $110
4 PP - $105
5 PP - $100
6 PP - $95
*Prices include transportation to and from San Salvador, local guide, fuel, lunch box and sales tax.
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RUTA DE LAS FLORES
Ruta de Las Flores is one of the best known tourist routes of western El Salvador. Located throughout the Ilamatepec Mountain Range the route offers five scenic colonial towns; Nahuizalco, Sacoatitan, Juayua, Apaneca, and Ataco. Each town is dotted with colonial homes, a central park and church and usually on the weekends one can enjoy local arts and crafts and cuisine.
Akwaterra offers to take you through the five towns or you can opt to visit Juayua and Ataco and combine them with adventure tours in Portezuelo Park and Apaneca Canopy. You can also opt to visit the famous Juayua waterfalls while you are in Juayua.
Tours from San Salvador depart at 8:00 am and usually return by 6:00 pm.
Price per person
2 PP - $125
3 PP - $110
4 PP - $105
5 PP - $100
6 PP - $95
*Prices include transportation to and from San Salvador, local guide, fuel, lunch box and sales tax.
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SUCHITOTO
Located 44 kilometers from San Salvador, Suchitoto (Suchi – flowers and Toto-bird) was founded by the Spaniards as the first capital of El Salvador in 1528, and used it as a headquarters for expeditions to conquer the rest of the country until the capital was relocated to what we now know as San Salvador in 1545. Located on the shores of Lake Suchitlán, the city has been reborn since the civil war ended in 1992.
Its whitewashed walls, cobbled streets and tiled roofs give it a tranquil colonial flavor. Monuments include La Bermuda Hacienda, which in the 17th century was one of the country’s most important indigo plantations. At one time indigo was El Salvador’s principal colonial export, destined for the European textile industry where it was priced for the deep blue color it yielded.
Suchitoto is a traditional colonial town with its beautiful church and town plaza in the middle of town. On weekends locals celebrate with an arts and crafts market. There are many beautiful hotels and good restaurants around town as well as art galleries and museums. Lake Suchitlan highlights the beauty of Suchitoto. Several traditional boat tours can be taken to view the different islands. One of the most popular islands is Bird Island where one can witness an amazing array of birds nest.
Suchitoto Tour
Tour includes guided town visit, galleries and museums. Boat tour in Lake Suchitlan to Bird Island, and visit to the traditional old women who roll the Salvadorean traditional cigars. Lunch can happen either in town center or on the lake.
Price per person
2 PP - $125
3 PP - $110
4 PP - $105
5 PP - $100
6 PP - $95
*Includes all entrance fees, guided tours within town, museums, cigar rolling, boat ride, private vehicle and bilingual guide
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