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authorization. A guided trek of either of the first two options costs $20 per person. Rates
for the longer trip are negotiable.
Río Las Escobas
The park is an increasingly popular day trip with cruise-ship passengers, many of whom
reportedly state this to be their favorite stop after the crass commercialism of places such
as Cancún and beaches that all pretty much look the same. The park lies just off the road,
huggingthecoastline fromPuertoSantoTomásdeCastilla tothebeach ofPuntadePalma.
Antigua-based
Chiltepe Tours
(7a Calle Poniente #15, Centro Comercial El Búcaro,
Antigua, tel. 5907-0913) is a Gray Line affiliate offering jeep tours from the cruise-ship
terminal to Río Las Escobas in fully restored American M151A2 jeeps with quarter-ton
trailers hitched on to the back. The trips leave the cruise-ship terminal hourly at the bottom
of the hour starting at 8:30 A.M., taking about 30 minutes. You can stay as long as you
like at Las Escobas, with the last jeep heading back to the cruise-ship terminal at 4 P.M.
Other return trips from Las Escobas leave hourly at the top of the hour. The tour costs $39
(adults) or $34 (children), but you can save $4 off each ticket by booking on the website.
