Jungle tourism

Although similar in many respects to adventure travel, jungle tourism pertains specifically to the context of region, culture and activity.

These tour guides are predominantly trained professionals, certified to take large parties of fifty through heavily populated archaeological sites.

These tours involve much more preparation, time and funding to explore as they are usually in very remote and generally inaccessible regions of the Mayan jungles.

These ruins and sites are reached by alternative and physically taxing means of travel such as bicycle, canoe, horseback or hiking.

In Guatemala it has become very popular to hike through the jungle of the Mayan Biosphere due to the discovery of El Mirador, also known as the Lost City of Maya.