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which participants learn to find sustenance and shelter in the jungle; machetes are
provided.
Hotel El Chiclero (
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)
can organize trips to more remote sites such as El
Mirador, Río Azul (three days), Xultún, Nakbé and San Bartolo.
Sleeping & Eating
A few basic
comedores
provide food, including Comedor Uaxactún and Comedor Imperi-
al Okan Arin.
Aldana's Lodge $
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HUT
(campsite per person Q20, r per person Q25)
To the right off the street leading to Grupos B and A,
the Aldana family offers half a dozen clapboard cabins, with thin mattresses on pallets.
Father and son Alfido and Hector Aldaña lead tours to jungle sites, and Amparo prepares
good meals.
Campamento, Hotel & Restaurante El Chiclero $
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( 7926-1095; campamentochiclero@gmail.com; campsites per person Q25, r per person Q50)
On the north
side of the airstrip, El Chiclero has 10 spartan, institutional green rooms underneath a
thatched roof, with decent mattresses and mosquito-netted ceilings and windows. Clean
showers and toilets are in an adjacent out-building; lights out at 9pm. Perky owner Neria
does the best food in town (Q50 for soup and a main course with rice).
HOTEL
Getting There & Away
A Pinita bus leaves Santa Elena for Uaxactún (Q35) at 2pm, passing through El Remate
around 3pm and Tikal by 4pm, and starting back for Santa Elena from Uaxactún at 6am
the following day. This means you'll need to spend two nights in Uaxactún to see the ru-
ins. Otherwise, shuttles from El Remate to Uaxactún and back by La Casa de Don David
(
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)
cost Q624 for up to five people.
If you're driving, the last chance to fill your fuel tank as you come from the south is at
Puente Ixlú, just south of El Remate. During the rainy season (from May to October,
sometimes extending into November), the road from Tikal to Uaxactún can become pretty
