Mexico Explorer Trips

Great trip - it exceeded my expectations. Excellent itinerary - we covered 2000 miles of beautiful, changing landscapes, exploring ancient ruins and colourful Colonial towns. Luis Flores was a great guide - knowledgeable, helpful and we had lots of laughs. I would highly recommend this trip..... I loved it!

This holiday was fantastic! I would highly recommend it. We added three extra nights before the tour in Mexico City, which we felt was absolutely necessary to properly explore this fascinating place. It far exceeded our expectations with its incredible architecture, beautiful parks, things to see, and how safe it felt on our daytime wanderings (just avoid the Plaza Garibaldi and surrounding area which did not feel safe, even during the day). The tour itself was excellent, with incredible variety. Each ancient architectural site was sufficiently different to the others to ensure they were all worth seeing. The wildlife we saw in Sumidero Canyon on the exhilarating speed boat ride, at the Guatemala jungle architectural sites, and on the island of Cayer Caulker in Belize (from the beach!) was amazing and each was a real highlight for me. Howler monkeys, spider monkeys, coaties, iguanas, crocodiles, so many birds including toucans and pelicans, stingrays, puffer fish, seahorses and so many more, all in incredible settings. The hotels were all pretty good, most with large rooms suitable for two people with luggage – only the hotel room on Flores Island was too small for us. There is a lot of travelling to cover large distances so be prepared for that. The landscapes are varied and interesting to see, which helps, and on some days there were interesting visits built into the travelling. All the buses we used were spacious and we could all spread out, apart from near the end where we moved into a minibus that felt too cramped, having to sit side-by-side, with small seats for those of us with broad shoulders along with our hand luggage. Our tour leader, Luis Flores, was also excellent - very knowledgeable, very helpful, and lots of fun. Overall, the holiday was fantastic and memorable in all the right ways. I’ve been back only a week and already two of my friends and family have said they want to do the same tour based on my social media posts and photos. We totally loved it! One of our most memorable holidays!

Luis Flores was such a helpful, knowledgeable guide. Nothing was too much trouble , he looked after us so well and had a great sense of humour and treated everyone with much kindness and respect. His passion for Mexico came across and was very inspiring, The itinerary was incredible we saw so many archaeological sites and travelled by bus over 2,000 miles south from Mexico City across very diverse landscapes, giving us such a good insight into the pre Hispanic and contemporary Mexico. The holiday was a treat. Thank-you Luis you are one in a million and to Anna who kindly and knowledgeably looked after us in our first two days to CDMX. Highly recommend the trip.

Excellent but demanding trip. Thoroughly enjoyed it however lots of travelling so not for everyone. Our trip went very smoothly and our tour leader Louis was excellent, full of knowledge and went out of his way to accomodate the needs of the group. I would recommend this trip

I thoroughly enjoyed this trip through Southern Mexico, Guatemala and into Belize Undoubtedly the main focus are the amazing archaeological sites, ranging from well before the Mayans up to the Aztecs. The sites were all interesting but quite different. Tikal which is surrounded by jungle was just stunning. In contrast Mexico City buzzes with life with fabulous museums, galleries colonial buildings and street vendors. I particularly enjoyed the much smaller towns of Oaxaca, San Cristobal de las Casas and Flores which were less frantic but full of colour and character. I also thoroughly enjoyed the motor boat trip up the Sumidero Canyon as well as the visits to the indigenous towns. The road trips were long as indicated by the trip notes but necessary in order to cover the distance. Some seats were less comfortable but as the rule is to rotate no one was stuck in one seat for longer than one journey. The whole trip was made even better by our wonderful guide Joshua Flores who was very knowledgeable, well organised and enthusiastic with a great sense of humour. He was always polite and charming to all, whether they were members of the group, hotel staff, drivers or waiters. Being vegetarian in Mexico is not easy but Joshua always made sure there were things I could eat or could be adapted. I also very much appreciated his advice, kindness and awareness of my possible limitations with a steadying hand or quietly asking if I was ok.

This is a fantastic trip through Mexico, Guatemala and Belize (Including the Yucatan extension), with the archaeological sites that are featured in the trip all being fascinating and more varied than we expected. The time spent on Caye Caulker offered some nice relaxation and contrast. The trip is described as full-on and there is a lot of time spent in minibuses between destinations, but we felt that this was more than worthwhile given the large number of highlights we experienced during a relatively short time. We also benefited from having an excellent tour leader in Joshua Flores. It is no exaggeration to say that he contributed significantly to our enjoyment of this trip and is the best tour leader and guide we have ever encountered. This trip will be remembered as one of our all time favourites, and we would highly recommend it to anyone interested in this wonderful part of the world.