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points and swimming holes. The entrance ticket - which includes a guided tour in English
- is valid for three days and there's a cafe-restaurant on the property. To get here, catch a
tuk-tuk for L20 per person. If you buy your ticket in advance at Café ViaVia, they'll throw
in the tuk-tuk for free.
Los Sapos
(Hacienda San Lucas; admission L30) The sapos (toads) are old Maya stone carvings in a location
with a beautiful view over the town and the site is connected with Maya fertility rites. You
can get there by horseback in about half an hour or walk in about an hour, all uphill.
From Los Sapos you can walk to Stela 10 - if you're planning on doing that, stop by
Café ViaVia for a free map, as the trail is not well marked. Los Sapos is on the grounds of
Hacienda San Lucas, a century-old farmhouse that has been converted into a B&B and
restaurant. There are walking trails here, too.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE
Courses
Ixbalanque Spanish School
OFFLINE MAP GOOGLE MAP
( 2651-4432; www.ixbalanque.com ; Av Los Jaguares) Offers 20 hours of one-on-one instruction in
Spanish for L4975 per week, including a homestay with a local family that provides three
meals a day. Instruction only, for 20 hours per week, costs L2586.
LANGUAGE COURSE
Guacamaya Spanish Academy
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( 2651-4360; www.guacamaya.com ; Calle de las Gradas) Offers a package of 20 hours of one-on-one
tuition for L2780. For L1700 more you can have full board and lodging with a local fam-
ily.
LANGUAGE COURSE
Tours
A huge number of tours can be organized from Copán Ruinas. Local companies promote
these widely. You can cave, tube a river, visit a Maya village and make tortillas or manu-
facture ceramics, plunge into hot springs, visit a coffee plantation or head off into the
wilds of Honduras.
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