Holtun
Holtun is a Mayan Archeological site that offers a contact with the Mayan legacy. Located in the center of the Yaxha, Nakum and El Naranjo Triangle, Holtun offers visitors a contact with remains of the Mayan culture. Holtun comes from the Mayan word "Hol" that means head and "Tun" that means stone. This site was built from the Preclassic to the Late Classic Period of Mayan civilization. The site has several structures that form a triangle. It has 3 buildings placed over a platform, an acropolis, pyramides and a ball court. This site also has two faces, one antropomorph and one zoomorph and also a tunnel with murals. Experts in Archeology coincide that Holtun as a big and important site like Yaxha and Tikal but it has not been explore much. Holtun is 60 kilometeres away form the Island of Flores.
