We answer our email promptly and you can pay on the internet by Visa or MC. Smoking is not permited in the rooms. Pets are not allowed on the premises. Birdwatching Cerro Cahui Park. Rooms #10 thru #13 (No available rooms upstairs). Thank you for your interest for information or reservations with us at Hotel La Casa De Don David, El Remate, Flores, Peten, Guatemala. We can now accept internet payments with international credit cards Visa or Mastercard credit cards for reservations over the internet. that you must communicate to the hotel by e-mail for room availability and instructions for secure conection to make your payment. If paying after arriving in Guatemala most bussineses charge a 5% - 8% for using credit cards in most areas of Guatemala. We do not charge extra to use your credit card. Please if you are in Antigua Guatemala you can make reservations at Pasion Maya with our friends from France. They have a souvenir shop at 2da Avenida Sur #12 Antigua Guatemala.They will accept cash payment and call us with your reservations e-mail. ROOM DESCRIPTION AND OUR INTERNET PRICES The hotel has 15 rooms. PLEASE READ CAREFULLY. Prices in US dollars and valid thru 2008. Pay 20% more for reservations in very high season 15 Dec. thru 15 Jan, Holy week, August 15 thru 25. These prices are per person, with two persons per room. (Double occupancy)(22% Tax Included) Extra persons 5 to 15 yrs. Pay $12 per person. Includes one meal, (22% Tax Included) Extra persons over 15 yrs. Pay $17 per person. Includes one meal, (22% Tax Included) If one person occupies the room, the price is $7.00 extra. No rooms have TV. Only room #3, thru #13 has A/C. All have fans and hot water shower, screens and are very tight. None have mosquito nets (not needed). Rm. A (5 single beds) max. 5 persons in this room. With hammock outside your door. (This room can be noisy when the electric fails and we must start the generator. We do not start the generator after 10 pm or before 6:30 am unless we have numerous people leaving for the daybreak tour to Tikal) One meal included. Dinner, Lunch (or Box lunch) or Breakfast. $18.00 per person. Rm. B (1 double bed, 2 single beds): max. 4 persons in this room. With hammock outside your door. This room can sometimes be noisy it is located next to the restaurant. The restaurant is open from 6:30 am to 9:00 pm. One meal includes. Dinner, Lunch (or Box lunch) or Breakfast $18.00 per persons. Rm. no. 1 (3 double beds) max 6 persons in this room. The bath in this room is located on a small veranda back / porch outside the room. Includes one meal. This room can sometimes be noisy it is located adjacent to the restaurant. The restaurant is open from 6:30 am to 9:00 pm Dinner, Lunch (or Box lunch) or Breakfast $18.00 Per person. Rm. no. 2 (2 double beds, 1 single bed): max. 5 persons in this room. The bath in this room is located on a small veranda back / porch outside the room. Includes one meal. Dinner, Lunch (or Box lunch) or Breakfast $18.00 Per person. Rm. no. 3 With air conditioned (three single beds): max 3 persons in this room. With veranda hammock. Includes one meal Dinner, Lunch (or Box lunch) or Breakfast $24.00 Per person. Rm. no. 4 With air conditioned (1 double bed and 1 single bed): max. 3 persons in this room. With veranda hammock. Includes one meal. Dinner, Lunch (or Box lunch) or Breakfast $24.00 Per person. Rm. no. 5 With air conditioned (1 double bed and 1 single bed): max. 3 persons in this room. With veranda hammock, chairs. Includes one meal. Dinner, Lunch (or Box lunch) or Breakfast $24.00 Per person. Rm. no. 6. With air conditioned (three single beds): max 3 persons in this room. With veranda hammock and chairs. Includes one meal. Dinner, Lunch (or Box lunch) or Breakfast $24.00 Per person. Rm. no. 7.With air conditioned (1 double bed,1 single bed): max 3 persons in this room. With veranda chairs (Located below the restaurant, can be noisy when the restaurant is busy. The restaurant is open from 6:30 am to 9:00 pm) includes one meal. Dinner, Lunch (or Box lunch) or Breakfast $18.00 Per person. Rm. no. 8. With air conditioned (1 double bed, 1 single bed): max 3 persons in this room. With veranda chairs (Located below the restaurant, can be noisy when the restaurant is busy. The restaurant is open from 6:30 am to 9:00 pm) includes one meal. Dinner, Lunch (or Box lunch) or Breakfast $18.00 Per person. Rm. no. 9 With air conditioned (1 double bed, 1 single bed): max 3 persons in this room. (Located below the restaurant, can be noisy when the restaurant is busy. The restaurant is open from 6:30 am to 9:00 pm) includes one meal. Dinner, Lunch (or Box lunch) or Breakfast $18.00 Per person. Rm. no.10 one of our best rooms with hot water shower and air conditioned (two double beds and one single bed) max 5 pers. in this room. With veranda hammock chairs. Includes one meal. Dinner, Lunch (or Box lunch) or Breakfast $26.00 Per person. Rm. no. 11 one of our best rooms with hot water shower and air conditioned (two double beds and one single bed) max 5 pers. in this room. With veranda hammock chairs, includes one meal. Dinner, Lunch (or Box lunch) or Breakfast $26.00 Per person. Rm. no. 12 one of our best rooms with hot water shower and air conditioned (two double beds) max 4 pers. in this room. With veranda hammock chairs, Includes one meal. Dinner, Lunch (or Box lunch) or Breakfast $26.00 Per person. Rm. no. 13. one of our best rooms with hot water shower and air conditioned (two double beds ): max 4 pers. in this room. With veranda hammock chairs, Includes one meal. Dinner, Lunch (or Box lunch) or Breakfast $26.00 Per person. Extra persons 5 to 15 yrs. Pay $12 per person. Includes one meal, To check availability and make your reservations best to send email: CHECK IN and CHECK OUT information. You can register and leave your bags in the reception any time between. Your bags are 99.99% safe left in the reception lounge but we DO NOT accept responsability. You can occupy your room at or at anytime earlier when the previous occupants have checked out and the room has been cleaned and is ready. You can make you reservations and payment with your USA or International. Ask and we will send your secure connection after we have e-mailed you with confirmed availability. Or; Please send International Money Order or check in US dollars. Please ask for address. Or.;if someone is i n Guatemala they can deposit to our bank account. (Please ask for details). Or;If you wish to make payment by Western Union send in the name of Yohana Rodas, El Remate, Flores, Peten, Guatemala. Please notify us when you have sent payment and send us the details. La Casa De Don David and it Tour Guides, its affiliates, assignees, cooperative agents etc. act only as agents for the passenger with respect to transportation and accommodation arrangements. The vehicles, operators and companies of their tours have the full responsibility or individuals engaged in the conveying of passengers. La Casa De Don david cannot be held responsible for personnel injury in connection with the service of any type of transportation, airplane, train, automobile, any other conveyances which is used in carrying out the booked arrangements. La Casa De Don David cannot be held responsible for delay accident, sickness, loss of personal property, strikes, armed conflicts, additional expenses due to weather, disruption of advertised schedules, refusal of visas, or other causes beyond their control. Cancellation Policy: If you cancel your prepaid reservations you will receive a return of 80% of your payment if you have notified us in writing 30 days before your reservation date, Or 50% of your payment if you have notified us in writing 15 days before your reservation date, Or 25% of your payment if you have notified us in writing 10 days before your reservation date. No refunds if you have not notified us in writing before reservation date. Pleas...

Guatemala Tel (502) 7928-8469 or (502) 5306-2190 e-mail. (updated May 2008... We answer email almost immediately all day.) info@lacasadedondavid.com. This is the most informative site that you will find on Tikal National Park, Flores, parts of Belize and Guatemala. For local Tikal weather. H e has several brochures in his lobby on area attractions and can either make arrangements from the hotel or put you in touch with several guides, Spanish language school contacts, or give you directions on most any of the many activities in the area, including birding, swimming, horseback riding, fishing, hiking, archeology, anthropology, r Ruta Mayaya tours, wood carving, artifact hunting, tropical or medicinal plants, spiders, tarantulas, native fruits and vegetables, and just meeting new friends. Click on any subject. INDEX TO OUR WEBSITE. Don David's opinion of Survivor Guatemala. Brief history of Don David. Bird watching Cerro Cahui Park. Transportation in El Remate. More About the Hotel. Driving to the Hotel: Horseback Riding Swimming. Guatemala Information. Links to other sites that may interest you. Weather information for regions of Guatemala. Tikal visitors looking for hotels should stop at Hotel and restaurant LA CASA DE DON DAVID in El Remate. We welcome your visit. Don David, with his 30 yrs. living in Peten, has lots of helpful information and services. The lodge has 15 nice rooms with private baths, hot water, fans. Eleven rooms have AC. Reservations $18- $26 per person with dinner or breakfast. They offer great tips on how to get the most from your day in Tikal or on trips in the Tikal and Flores, Peten area. Provide laundry service, cash traveler's checks, change US currency have bus service to Tikal, Flores ($5.50 R/T), and also to Guatemala City, Palenque, Rio Dulce, Coban, Belize, and Chetumal. The restaurant offers home style meals from $4 to $8 and Breakfast from $3 to $6. If you are staying in the area or just passing, we welcome your visit. Breakfast/Lunch 6:30 A.M. to 4:00 P.M., DINNER AT 7:00 P.M. The hotel has a computer and Satellite Internet service for answering your e-mail. You can pay by Master Card or Visa over our internet payment service. In El Remate La Casa De Don David is the only hotel that has a generator for emergency electricity. La Casa De Don david is listed in more than a dozen guide books in several languages, including The Rough Guides (Central America, Maya World, Belize Guatemala), Let's Go, Fodors, Hunters, Frommers for Belize, Adventure Guide to Belize, Le Guide Du Routard, Lonely Planet for Guatemala (their latest edition), ULYSSE, Travel Handbook for Stefan Loose Verlags, Footprints, and more. All give us positive comments. Large wood carvings of Ixchel and Itzamna. Tikal lunches are packed EVERYDAY and we have a DINNER SPECIAL every night. The restaurant closes at 9:00 PM. Meals are about $4 to $8 with a good menu. Our restaurant prepares the best of local dishes and a variety of vegetarian dishes. Rosita's pies, cheese cake fresh fruit desserts are local favorites. have fans, double beds, and tile baths. All have hot water. Rooms 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 13 have A/C. All rooms except #1, #2, #7, #8, #9 have hammock and chairs on the verandah. Room Cost Description. ROOM COST PER PERSON (Double Occupancy): 7 nice rooms without AC cost $18 per person includes Dinner or Breakfast. 4 rooms with A/C cost $24 per person includes Dinner or Breakfast. Their best rooms with air condition: $26.00 per person include Dinner, Lunch (or Box Lunch) or Breakfast. Extra person ages 5 to 15 yrs pays $12 per person. Includes one meal. Extra persons over 15 yrs pays $17 per person. Includes one meal. If one person occupies the room, the price is $7.00 extra. Traveler's checks accepted, Guatemala, and U.S. money. We are located along the lake in the village of El Remate right on the road to Tikal just 15 min. before entrance. Collective minibus and private taxi services pick up and return from the front of the hotel. Most people find our prices low and a great value. Hope you come and stay with us. If you arrive and we are full, we will help you find another acceptable place. For all lodging and accommodations you can arrive easy from Antigua, Guatemala City, Belize, Chetumal, Palenque, by bus or fly to Flores. See how to get there. Photos in El Remate, courtesy of Dr. Mark Brenner Univ. of Fla (Project Paleoambiental Lago Peten Itza). Lake Peten Itza is the deepest lake in the Yucatan Peninsula Below is the URL for the PISDP project website latest information on the scientific studies on Lake Peten Itza. http://www.icdp-online.de/sites/peten-itza/news/news1.html. For your lodging and accommodations this is a beautiful hotel and your best option. A great place and location for all of your activities in Peten and Tikal area. The hotel rooms are well cared for and most have at least a partial view of the lake. The grounds are lush and walkways are beautifully laid native rock. Each hotel room has a fan, and there are four air-conditioned rooms. The water is safe, although most guests drink bottled water. People tell us the food is excellent. Exotic Fruits are served when in season. The dining room is spacious and airy, with a great view of the lake. Rosita's desserts are well known and favored by local visitors. The hotel restaurant serves both Guatemalan dishes and international plates Our customers say our meals are excellent. David is originally from Florida and has been in Guatemala for twenty five years. He built the first Jungle Hotel on the lake. Locals named him The Gringo Perdido (the lost gringo). He no longer owns the Gringo Perdido Hotel or has any association with it, but now has a small 10 room hotel/bungalows called La Casa De Don David Hotel and Bungalows in El Remate. (1999) ---David's Guatemalan wife and their daughter help run the place. He arranges horseback rides to the jungle, boat rides touring the lake, fishing trips, and excursions to Tikal and other ruins. On request he will take small groups on his legendary tarantula tour. ---E. Lawrence (2000). Have just returned home from 3 week La Ruta Maya trip toMex/Guat/Honduras. I wanted to thank you for what was the nicest,most relaxing 3 day stop that you provided for us, from our entire trip. I do hope that I will be fortunate enough to make a return trip to stay with you in the future. November 29, 2004 1:21 PM. Spatial Data Management. SRM/Registries and Titles Branch. The food is excellent and reasonably priced. Lodging at the hotel is a great value. David's wife, Rosita Kuhn, is an excellent cook and provides box lunches for picnics at Tikal. There is also a large gazebo with hammocks in the large botanical garden area of the hotel. The entrance fee to Tikal is relatively inexpensive, about $6 US, and if you will convert to the local currency at the hotel you will get a further break as the hotel offers the best conversions rates available. The exchange rate at the park entrance is sometimes very low.--- May 2003. Bruce McNellie, Project Belize, a repeat customer of the hotel. See what our hotel guest say. There are flights daily to and from Guatemala City, Cancun, and Belize. Try American, Delta, TACA and others to Guatemala City. TACA International (Guatemala, Cancun): Tel. 2332-6034, 7926-1238, web site http://www.grupotaca.com/. Tropic Air (to and from Belize): http://www.tropicair.com. Warning. Be sure to check immigration requirements for re-entry to Belize. We have had Swiss and Argentina visitors who had a one entry visa and were required to get a new visa for re-entry. If you bring the form we can make your pictures (no charge if you are staying with us) and you will be prepared for re-entry. Cost varies depending the country. Guatemalan airport tax of $2.50 for the flights to and from Tikal, Guatemala International Airport departure tax ($30 per person). Belize International Airport departure tax ($35 per person)

 Luggage storage
 Central situation
 Conference and meeting room
 Currency exchange service
 Dinner may be served in the room
 Laundry services/washing machine
 Smoke-free guest rooms
 Parking lot
 Private park, garden, courtyard
 Quiet surroundings
 Restaurant
 TV sets in rooms
 Cheques accepted