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I booked a small group tour of Tikal with Gem Trips in mid November 2019. Fortunately for me I was the only one on the tour. Marlon picked me up promptly at 4:30am at the Tikal Inn and we made the trek across the park to the Temple of the 2 headed Serpent (temple 4) to watch the…
My boyfriend and I had an absolutely incredible day in Tikal with Marlon from Gem Trips. It was pretty perfect from start to finish. First of all - his admin, Iris, was prompt and easy to communicate with for booking. She made great suggestions for our itinerary, helped…
We were so glad that our research led us to Marlon and GEM Trips. Since my wife and I had a car and wanted to drive part way, Marlon and Fernando (driver) met us at the Belize-Guatemala border and helped us through entry (it was easy). They then took us on a beautiful drive…
As mature travellers, we appreciated the attention to detail before and during our tour of Tikal provided by Marlon. He was an incredible source of information about the site, its history, the flora and fauna, and general information. Throughout our six hours he paid close…
Marlon was wonderful. He set up the tour for our family of 4 including an awesome moonlight cling with no other people to the top on one of the pyramids with a nighttime view of the canopy. He arranged the paperwork and simplified the complex park entrance. A night time…