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Rio Dulce, or “SweetRiver,” drains LakeIzabal to the Caribbean. At the river’s upper end, traversed by a long bridge at the town of Frontera, a number of marinas cater to sailboats touting the Caribbean. Sailors stop for a few days or for several tears to enjoy the area’s idyllic tranquillity. The river is a protected area, and much of the tropical forest covering its banks is undisturbed. |
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Lake Izabal is one of the most important points of Izabal and is the largest lake in Guatemala. Covering an area of 590 square kilometers and more than 45 kilometers long. The lake is surrounded by tropical ecosystem where hundreds of monkeys and other animal species live. |
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The Caribbean coasts of Guatemala, with white coasts, blue water, tropical forests, manglares, incredible sunrise and sunshine, combined with a little of “Garifuna” culture, will give you a complete different tasted to your vacations. You can enjoy the views of the IzabalLake, Rio Dulce and the Caribbean Sea. |
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Guatemala is home to thousands of archaeological sites, only a fraction of which have been excavated and even fewer restored. Evidence of the ancient Olmec civilization, for example, which flourished on Guatemala’s pacific coast, can be seen at La Democracia and Abaj Takalik. |
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One of the Maya’s greatest cultural achievements was the invention of a calendar that has marked off the days of great cycles of time, beginning from a “zero date” of August 11,3114 BC. No one knows what this date signified to the Maya, and or why it was chosen as the starting point of their “Long Count” of time. In fact, archaeologists believe the Long Count was not even invented until several thousand years after 3114 BC. |
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