2025
Tour leader: Nick
• Arrival into San Salvador.
• Make our way to the hotel and meet at night to go for a group dinner and sunset at La Libertad Port.
• Overnight in San Salvador.
• Visit Divina Providencia Chapel, where Archbishop Romero was assassinated.
• Museum of Word and Image (MUPI) and hear first hand accounts of a survivor of the Civil War.
• Monument of Memory and Truth, dedicated to the victims of this conflict.
• Visit the tomb of Archbishop Romero, which is in the Central Cathedral.
• Finally we will go to El Tunco for dinner at the seaside.
• Visit a private ranch with an ammo factory where we will meet a security consultant.
• Then we will visit the colonial town of Panchimalco where we will have some free time to explore.
• In the afternoon we will visit San Jose Guayabal and meet Mayor Vilanova, who has initiated a grassroots surveillance and protection system.
• Guided tour of Mayor’s Vilanova municipality where we will see some communities that were abandoned due to gang-related displacement of families.
• Make our way to San Jose de la Montana. In this community we will meet the founder of a rural self-defense group.
• We will say goodbye to El Salvador with a picturesque boat ride across the mangroves to watch the sunset.
• We will cross into Honduras today.
• We arrive in Copan Ruinas and have a free evening to relax.
• Tour of the Mayan ruins of Copan during the morning.
• Alternative tour of the town of Copan Ruinas. It is a very sobering experience that will tie together all of the accounts we heard in El Salvador.
• Cross the border into Guatemala where we will have a better understanding of the odyssey forced upon displaced Central Americans.
• At night we will arrive in Antigua, Guatemala and have the night at leisure.
• Hike to the active volcano Pacaya. We will have the opportunity of getting a pizza cooked inside of the active vents (not included).
• The rest of the day will be spent at leisure by enjoying the several bars and restaurants in Antigua.
• Tour ends today. Depart for your next destination.
• If you wish to extend your stay there is an option for an extension to Belize.
