Walking Tours in Veracruz

Wonders in the jungle of our mother culture Catemaco & Los Tuxtlas

Good trip but it was not an “English language tour.”

Enjoyed the trip, except for the long amount of driving. Our guide was very, very kind and he did his best, but his language was Spanglish and that limited our communication and comprehension. Boat ride was ok but not of value. I appreciated having a written English paper explaining that Ecological Park, but the language spoken was Spanish, not English as anticipated.

Orizaba Magical Town and Córdoba

Oriza... amazing.

It's a city with the charm and magic of a village, but with modern modernities today... it's amazing.

Antigua-Cempoala and Quiahuiztlan Archaeological Day Trip

We had lots of fun and learned why the Totonacs formed an alliance with Cortes to defeat the Aztecs/Mexicas

Amphibian Tour's English-speaking guide was sick at home with a bad case of the flu. Salvador, who is primarily a Spanish speaker, filled in at the last moment. Between Salvador's elementary English and our elementary Spanish, we managed to have a wonderful tour -- and lots of fun!! We were very surprised and pleased by size and complexity of the Quiahuixtian (I still cannot pronounce this name!!) and Cempoala archaeological sites. The setting for the Quiahuixtian site is spectacular with an vertical, craggy, rocky "karst" mountain looming over the site -- and with an amazing view of Playa Villa Rica and the Gulf of Mexico (yes, that is the correct name!) in the distance. The cemeteries at Quiahuixtian are both eerie and interesting. Cempoala is a very large site with both smaller Totonac structures and huge Aztec/Mexica temples/pyramids. Salvador helped us to understand the brutality of the Mexica's domination over the Totonacs. The Totonacs had to pay huge tributes/taxes to the Mexica and to supply the Mexicas with a large number of people for human sacrifice. It is no wonder that the Totonacs formed an alliance with Cortes and the Spaniards to overthrow the Mexica empire. The most impressive part of the Antigua tour is the incredible ceiba trees. We enjoyed a lovely late lunch of mariscos in Antigua -- and were entertained by two great musicians. Salvador shared astounding family stories with us. His great grandfather lived to the age of 105 and had 21 children!