Copan Ruins: A Full-Day Tour of Ancient Maya Civilization from San Salvador City

Explore the captivating Copan Ruins, a stunning ancient Maya city in western Honduras. Discover its magnificent stone temples, hieroglyphs, and ball court on a full-day tour from San Salvador City.

Duration: 15 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Copan Ruinas - Copan, considered by many one of the most spectacular cities of the ancient Maya civilization, is a ruins complex known for its beautiful stone temples, altars, hieroglyphs, and stelae. It was built between 400 and 800 A.D. until it suddenly was abandoned.
    Your Local Expert Guide, will provide you a tour around the site with a last 2…
What's Included
  • Small Groups
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Licensed Local Guide
What's Not Included
  • lunch
  • Tips
Additional Information

Undoubtedly, Ruins Copan is one of the most picturesque Classic Maya Cities, perched above a tributary of the Rio Motagua in the western region of Honduras, just a 4-hour drive from San Salvador city.
Many regard the Copan Ruins as one of the most magnificent cities of the ancient Maya civilization. This historic site, featuring exquisite stone temples,…

Location
Copan Ruinas
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Nlitendsparc
Dec 20, 2024
Incredible day trip to the “Paris” of Mayan sites - Incredible day trip to experience one of the greatest Mayan archeological sites. As someone who has visited many sites throughout Central America, I can say that Copan is worth the hours in the car through beautiful hills of Guatemala (bring motion sickness pills if you are prone to it!) tour guide was excellent and crossing borders was very easy.
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Frank_b
Dec 6, 2024
Wonderful Tour of Copan Ruins! - Josué was a wonderful guide and driver! Copan was very impressive and well worth the long drive there and back. Seeing scarlet macaws in the wild was another highlight of our Copan visit. Definitely pay the extra $15 to enter the tunnels, it’s worth it. My only regret was that there was not enough time to see the museum. Overall, an amazing tour!
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Rvana001
Dec 3, 2024
Copán tour excellent - The tour was amazing and Gaby was an exceptional tour guide. Highly recommended. It was a tour that was definitely worth it. And the restaurant we went to in Copán town was delicious. Once again, highly recommend and ask for Gaby to be your tour guide.
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Biggsjim
Dec 1, 2024
Amazing tour of Copan - This was an amazing experience professionally coordinated by the guide Gaby. She’s the best. Bring your passport! This trip will fill your passport books with stamps as you go through Guatemala and Honduras. It’s a long day but Gaby has that rare knack of being a good conversation maker as well as a good soundtrack. Cloak is worth the trip
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Denise_k
Nov 19, 2024
A fabulous day - I can’t say enough about the trip. It’s a long day but seeing Copán was fabulous. The site is extensive and was practically empty. Don’t miss the museum and pay extra to go into the tunnels. Gaby picked us up at 5:00 am and got us to Copán, helping us through the immigration systems in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. She’s an excellent driver and picked a very good restaurant for lunch. All in all, it was a great day. I highly recommend it.
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Laura_w
Nov 9, 2024
A perfect experience. - Wonderful day excursion. The “long” day is what made it wonderful. Josue was like a walking history and local customs guide, as we experienced all three countries. And Marvin was the absolute best guide at the ruins. This is an excellent tour and you really don’t want to miss it.
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Spott_s
Oct 29, 2024
Worth going to Copan but not solo- extra charge - It’s a full day, bring something to drink, battery pack - for phone and camera, also extra cash. Roberto is an excellent guide and very knowledgeable about Copan, Central America, 49ers and Aerosmith. The guide at Copan is worth the $35-40 charge. Do go into the tunnels and see the temple within a temple. There are about 50 pairs of colorful McCaws that you can get fairly lose during their lunch ~2pm. Otherwise you need to bring a telephoto lens (400mm+) Tour company almost canceled this trip and I had to pay a solo supplement ( really the extra price for the guide and solo charge pretty much used up any tip I had budgeted for- sorry guides, I think the company is taking too large of a portion driving cost high)
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Rosiew859
Sep 4, 2024
Unique experience - It was a long day trip, but so worth it. Our tour guide was Josue. He is super nice and speaks great English. He educated us on the history of El Salvador and answered all of our questions. He made the process of crossing the borders super easy and smooth. Copan is a very unique Mayan site, that has super detail hieroglyphics depicting the history of Copan and its rulers. It is different from other Mayans sites that we have visited in other countries. I highly recommend it.
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Theodoros_g
Aug 22, 2024
A unique experience! - Everything was smooth and ease, apart from the traffic. Josué was an excellent driver, well aware of the history of his country and extremely respectful and kind. He delivered us to Marvin in Copán who was amazing in diffusing his knowledge of the Mayan civilisation and the Copán city in a 2-hour walk in the monument.
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Gerardo
Nov 9, 2024
Irresponsibility and informality of the tour operator - Very informal company. One day before the tour, I am advised that since my reservation has been sold, it will not be realized. They did, however, collect the corresponding amount. Esoero return it promptly. I feel like they're not planning, pir ki that I'm not left with anymore w call them informal and irresponsible
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