The village is a step back to a simpler time. The only building with electricity is the public school. Small garden plots of flowers and bananas or plantains surround the adobe, thatched houses. This is essentially a subsistence farming village inhabited by the Chorti Maya with the principal crops being corn and beans. Additional income comes from the sale of colorful cornhusk dolls made by the women and children of the village. Your first experience upon arrival in the village will be with the children. They can be quite zealous in their attempt to sell dolls. If you plan on buying dolls, tell the children to stand back and wait their turn, you will only consider buying from those that will not push or shove.

A single dirt footpath leads through the village to a cornfield and pasture. Depending on the season, cultivated gardens and wildflowers will provide a riot of color as you walk along the path. From the pasture vantage point, the Acropolis of the main ruins and stellae high in the mountains away from the main ruins are visible. Stellae are scattered throughout the area. Mayan royalty erected the monuments to show not only their power but also the location of the portal to the other world.

Activity Types: Adventure and Cultural Tour

Travel Tips: Wear shoes suitable for horseback riding, not sneakers or tennis shoes. Put on insect repellant.

Price Description:

     $20 per person for a three hour riding trip.

    10% Discount for groups (3 or more people).

Travel Skills: beginner/easy.

To See and Do: The main Mayan ruins, other ruins at El Puente and minor ruins at Los Sapos. Macaw Mountain Bird Sanctuary, thermal hot springs,caving. Seasonally, there is tubing on the Copan River. Shopping for Honduran and Guatemalan handicrafts.