Early in the morning we woke to a perfect day with blue skies. I wandered around the gardens looking for birds and animals.
This is a Crested Juan, seen in the hotel grounds. I thought is was a Bush Turkey, but I was wrong and it turns out that this is the bird that every bird watcher wants to see in their lifetime! Carlos was super excited when I asked him to verify that it was a Bush Turkey.
Also in the grounds of Jungle Lodge I saw Toucans, an agoote, many
hummingbirds and social fly catchers.
We were collected in the afternoon for a drive to Yaxha, excavated by German archeologists. This a really amazing Mayan site. We walked along the original Mayan roads and pathways to the plaza and ball courts. Only 4% of Yaxha. Has been excavated. What they are finding there is truly amazing. The buildings are closer together and feels like a bustling and thriving town. There were only two groups at the site, us and another small group of five. This Mayan site is hardly heard about outside of Guatamala, we would have to say that as a Mayan site, we preferred it to Tikal. The Mayan rulers built a city overlooking a beautiful lake and had waterside views.
A boat trip along the lake took us to a private lodge where we were given snacks and sat to enjoy the sunset on Yaxha lake.
From here we journeyed in the dark to Belize/Guatamalan border and through dnse jungle to Black River Lodge. We had no idea where we were going as we bounced over unmade dirt roads in the dark through the jungle.
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