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  • Colombia and Guatemala birding

    Colombia and Guatemala birding

    Colombia and Guatemala Birding by L (Travel review from birdwatching day with Mrs. Patricia and Mr. Victor Restrepo, Yaxhá, February 22nd, 2013) I wrote a travel review about my experiences during the archaeology, nature, birding, and jungle tours at La Selva Maya. There is an essential condition in this review: this is not a…

  • Long-tailed green-bird flying over Nakum

    Long-tailed green-bird flying over Nakum

    by L (Note from the travel from Drs. Gert Sdouz and Manfred Käfinger to Nakum, with our drivers Pedro Cardona and Edwin Gonzalez on Thursday, March 7th, 2013, pictures by Pedro Cardona and Edwin Gonzalez ) Nakum is a Mayan city relatively close (10 miles north) to Yaxhá, an archeological site. This is a…

  • Yaxhá-Nakum-Naranjo

    Yaxhá-Nakum-Naranjo is an extensive park that shelters four different Maya cities –Yaxhá, Nakum, Naranjo, and the Island of Topoxté. The park is also declared a wetland of global significance and is home to a great variety of migratory birds. The ancient city of Yaxhá, located on the banks of the Sacnab and Yaxhá lagoons,…