- Email address verified
- Email address verified
About this trip
Join our helicopter tour and discover El Mirador!
One Day Helicopter group tour to El Mirador National Park from Flores, Peten, Guatemala
Welcome on board to experience our One Day Helicopter group tour to El Mirador. We operate this tour year-round. For our upcoming season you may simply sign up to fill one or more of the 6 seats available on a daily basis (minimum departure is confirmed with 3 travelers but you can check if we already have other sign-ups for your chosen date of travel).
Our One Day Helicopter Group Tour to El Mirador includes helicopter transportation from Flores' Mundo Maya Airport or from our helipad to the site of El Mirador, a guided visit with a local professional English and Spanish speaking guide from the park's neighboring rain forest communities in the Maya Biosphere Reserve, a boxed lunch and rehydrating beverages, as well as the adventure of a lifetime. Your helicopter transfer back to Flores' Airport or our helipad is included. Airport departure tax is not included and is US$ 3 per person (which you will need to pay before departure if we leave from Flores Airport). On some days our operation starts from the Maya International hotel's helipad (in this case no airport departure tax applies). Please make a note that our pricing is US$ 600 per person throughout 2024.
What will I see on El Mirador helitour?
SEE AMAZING ARCHAEOLOGICAL COMPOUNDS IN THE MAYA BIOSPHERE RESERVE, in the Cradle of Maya Civilization! This is where it all started...
La Danta Pyramid Complex, the largest pyramid in the world by volume...
Las Pavas Triadic Group, on La Danta Pyramid Complex... time permitting depending on group participant's physical condition
The Great Mirador Causeway, connecting the Great Acropolis with La Danta...
The Protective Wall, that once divided the great Kindgom of K'an into two separate parts of the city...
The Great Acropolis at El Mirador, with some of the largest structures and compounds ever built by the ancient Maya...
The Hydraulic System, with scenes from the Maya's Creation Myth that appears on the Popol Vuh, discovered in Chichicastenango in the Guatemalan highlands many centuries later...
The Masks on Structure 33, part of the Great Acropolis' massive architecture...
Structure 34 at El Tigre Pyramid Complex, with the most restoration at the site to this date...
Time permitting... You may see El Tigre Pyramid Complex, standing at 55 meters tall, the second tallest pyramid at El Mirador
CONSERVATION & ECOTOURISM IN ACTION
Our company has supported conservation in the Maya Biosphere Reserve and specifically at El Mirador for 4 decades. We introduced trash separation at its origin at Mirador Park in 2008 and continue working on minimizing trash in this delicate environment and on getting the trash out of the site for recycling and processing in urban areas. Empowering our park guards and supporting the ongoing archaeological research project working at the site have also been concrete and long-standing Ecotourism & Adventure Specialists' objectives at El Mirador achieved with success.
What’s included
- Continental breakfastsIf you are on time to check in at 8 a.m. we will provide a delicious continental breakfast at the airport for you
- Heli ride to El MiradorHelicopter round trip fligths to the site of El Mirador, flying over the Maya Biosphere Reserve
- GuidingProfessional guiding at the site with local professional guides from the neighboring villages in the Maya Biosphere Reserve
- Morning snack & lunchYour mid-morning snack at the site and basic lunch are included along with rehydrating beverages and pure drinking water. Vegetarian and vegan options available with sufficient forward notice.
What’s not included
- Airport departure taxYou'll need to pay US$ 3 per person airport departure tax at Mundo Maya Airport, which is not included in our pricing, should our departure be from the airport. No charge departing from our helipad.
- Ground transfer helipadYour transportation to Mundo Maya Airport or helipad in Santa Elena from Flores, Tikal Park or elsewhere is not included in our pricing. Let us know whether we should add it for you...
- Transfer from airportYour onward transportation to your next destination is not included in our pricing, but may be added. Continue to the Tikal National Park, Flores Island, Lake Peten Itza or the Belize border with us.
Available Packages
Itinerary
FOCUS: Monumental architecture and history of the Pre- Classic Maya site of El Mirador, humid tropical jungle, flora and fauna
ATTRACTIONS: El Mirador- Rio Azul National Park, a 1400 square kilometer park (870 square miles), the largest in the Maya Biosphere Reserve and the Cradle of Maya Civilization. La Danta Pyramidal Complex is one of the largest pyramids by volume in the entire world. El Mirador Rio Azul National Park is home to the largest population of jaguars on planet Earth!