Day Trip: The Best Kept Secret Yaxha

Yaxha (or Yaxhá in Spanish orthography) is a Mesoamerican archaeological site in the northeast of the Petén Basin region and a former ceremonial center and city of the Pre-Columbian Maya civilization. Yaxha was the third largest city in the region and experienced its maximum power during the Early Classic period (c. AD 250–600).Yaxha offers a combination of the ruins and nature makes this place simply breathtaking.