On my way from Tikal in the north-east of Guatemala to Guatemala City in the oposite corner of Guatemala, I made a stop in a place called Coban, from where you can do a day trip to Semac Champey.
I was told by some other travellers about this place and it really was a very special place... look for yourself!

A series of natural pools (over the actual river, that flows underneath it!), here seen from a viewpoint up on the hill:


And then up close:






What a beautiful place to enjoy, relax and swim!

The world famous Tucan bird... very far away (as usual)



... and a little closer...


...even more close:

But then this is probably the limit of digital enlargement!

But then I got really lucky and I got a shot of another Tucan:

I know it is hard to spot, but its the coloured thing in the middle!

The majestic La Ceiba tree!




And these are pictures of the Cotomundi




This one even waved at me...

A really cool dude!

A so-called Spider Monkey, hanging around, but then thats what they do all day!


A woodpecker


A pheasant








And last but not least, a so far unknown, but pretty happy creature seen running around the ruins of Tikal.....

Sunset at the mayan site of Tikal in Guatemala. Well, I guess the pictures speak for themselves!

Tikal - another one of the major Maya sites, this one in north-eastern Guatemala in the middle of the jungle!


The pyramids here are really big...








...and I climbed all of these pyramids, some of them twice, once during the day, some again for sunset and others again for sunrise!
Easier said then done because it was over 35 C and really humid!

Up to 150'000 people used to live here in high time of the mayan culture.


And what you see these days is only about 15% of all known ruines, it takes a long time to escavate and renovate them and it also costs a fortune to do all that work.