Caravan Tours Blog – USA, Canada, Central America
Welcome to our Caravan Tours blog. You’ll find helpful and insightful articles with a wealth of information on what to see and things to do when vacationing with Caravan Tours. Discover interesting facts about our USA tours including the Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon, and Zion Park tour, our Mt Rushmore and Yellowstone Park tour, and our New England Fall Foliage tour. There are also great articles about Canada’s Nova Scotia and the Canadian Rockies, plus Panama, Costa Rica, and Guatemala in Central America!
La Fortuna Costa Rica – Wildlife Rescue, Sarchi Ox Cart Factory
Today, we left San Jose and headed north to stay at the Magic Mountain Resort in La Fortuna Costa Rica, at the foot of Arenal Volcano. Along the way, we made a few stops at the Wildlife Rescue Center on Zoo Ave, as well as a visit to the small mountain town of Sarchi, famous […]
Caravan Tour of San Jose & Poas Volcano in Costa Rica
Tour of San Jose, Poas Volcano & Coffee Plantation Our tour of San Jose in the Central Valley of Costa Rica was a fantastic way to start the day! Paul, our Caravan tour guide, shared his love and pride for the history of his beautiful country. Paul taught us the term Pura Vida. While it’s […]
Day 1 of Our All Inclusive Caravan Costa Rica Tour
Well, today we begin our Caravan Costa Rica tour and it really is a “natural paradise.” It’s a beautiful sunny day with just a little cloud and about 80 degrees Fahrenheit (27 degrees Celsius). Not bad considering when we left Vancouver Canada to take this all inclusive Costa Rica tour it was about minus 3 […]
Pre Costa Rica Tour – Our First Blog Entry
Time for a Costa Rica Holiday! Yeah!! On Dec 28th, 2017, we started our family trip – an all-inclusive Costa Rica holiday hosted by Caravan Tours. Some friends of ours did this Costa Rica Natural Paradise tour a couple years before us and just raved about it. So, I decided to write about our daily […]
Top Attractions of Guatemala Mayan Ruins Tours
In this post we’ll take a look at our Guatemala Mayan ruins tours including the Tikal ruins and the ancient Mayan archaeological site of Quiriguá. As far as we can tell from what has been recovered (and from ancient folklore) Mayan culture is really a diffusion of cultures that evolved through trade exchange. The Mayan culture of […]
Caravan Tours’ Top Rated Guatemala Hotels and Resorts
Caravan Tour’s all-inclusive Guatemala Vacation includes some of the best Guatemala hotels and resorts as well as your meals, ground transportation, and tour activities. When you do the math, it often works out that the price you pay for the entire tour is less than what you would otherwise pay to stay in the selected Guatemala […]
4 FAQ’s About Caravan’s All Inclusive Guatemala Vacations
Caravan’s all inclusive Guatemala tour takes you to one of the top tropical destinations in Central America. Experience unique adventures, World Cultural Heritage sites, ancient ruins, and relaxing all inclusive resorts. Bordered by the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea and filled with mountainous highlands, Guatemala vacations offer diverse activities along what has been called […]
Antigua Guatemala Vacation Tours – Then and Now
Take an Antigua Guatemala vacation with Caravan Tours. Antigua is surrounded by three breathtaking volcanoes including Agua, Fuego and Acatenango volcanoes, making Antigua a near perfect setting for a Guatemala vacation. Antigua or “Antique” Guatemala is in close proximity to Guatemala City but is strikingly different. With an economy mainly driven by tourism, Antigua is […]
Mayan and Colonial Tourism in Guatemala
The growth in Guatemala tourism, which now makes up 25% of the country’s GDP, has been essential to the success of their economy as nearly two million travelers from around the globe descend upon this tiny Central American country annually. Curious tourists come here to explore a mixture of ancient Mayan treasures and archaeological sites […]
Guatemala Facts and Tour Information
In this post, Caravan Tours offers some helpful Guatemala facts and information about our all inclusive tours. Guatemala, the land of eternal spring and heart of the ancient Mayan world, is a Central American country rich in heritage. You can spend days exploring everything from ancient Mayan ruins and archaeological sites like Tikal (which doubled as […]