HIRING A GUIDE PERSON AT THE SITE
Once
at a site you will have to make the decision as to whether you want to hire a guide. It
depends on how large the site is, if you have a good guide book in hand, and how
comfortable you feel on your own. We only hired a guide at Copán, since it was our first
site. I was glad that we did..... Oscar (our guide) explained the significance of the
various buildings, stelae, and inscriptions that we saw, and made the experience more
worthwhile. We also spent some time with a guide at Tikal on our first day there, another
good choice. On the second day we explored on our own. At the other sites we did not use
or need a guide, though we could have used one at Yaxchilán. Oh, and don't forget to tip
them at the end of the tour.