Sayaxché

Sayaxché is a city in the Peten department of the Northern Lowlands of Guatemala. Sayaxché is an excellent base of operations for visiting Maya ruins in western Petén, usually by river.

Get in
Most tourists visiting Sayaxche are simply changing microbuses while travelling between Coban and Flores. Microbuses from Coban drop you in the central part of the town at the ferry dock. Microbuses to Flores depart from the parking lot on the far shore. Small ferries (Q2 (quetzales)) shuttle people across the river.

Getting to Sayaxche is not particularly difficult. If coming from Guatemala City, catch a bus to Coban then change to a bus or a microbus to Sayaxche. You may need to change microbuses at Raxruja.

Get around
Walk, boat, bus.

By ferry
A ferry takes vehicles from one side of the river to the other.

Buy
Traditional Mayan Clothing

Eat
Frijoles, Huevos, Pollo

Go next

 * Cobán
 * Flores and Tikal.
 * Mexico - by river to Chiapas