Allen’s Book of Mormon
Tours
The
Original Book of Mormon tour
16-Day Nephi to Cumorah Tour
November 8 – 23, 2025
$3,995 per person
double occupancy
Includes all internal air
flights.
Does not include
international air flights.
(United States to
Guatemala City and Veracruz, Mexico to the United States)
This
is our hallmark Book of Mormon Tour. You will follow the Book of Mormon history
from Lehi’s landing site to the land of Nephi to the land of Zarahemla,
concluding at the hill Cumorah where the Book of Mormon comes to an end. We
believe there is no better tour on the market. Most tours don’t even go to
Chiapas and Veracruz where some of the most convincing evidence on the Book of
Mormon is available. Over 85% of the history in the Book of Mormon has been
proposed as having taken place in the areas visited on this all-inclusive
deluxe tour. You will see seven LDS Temples, fifteen archaeological sites and
museums, and twenty locations associated with the Book of Mormon. Call today to
book your space on this deluxe Book of Mormon experience. 1.801.226.5200 or
email us at BookOfMormonTours@gmail.com.
Tour Includes: fifteen nights hotel accommodations, four
internal air flights (a $600 value), two or more meals daily except on first
and last days, first-class bus transportation, entrance fees and guide service
to places listed on the itinerary, taxes and tips on group items, literature
and maps pertaining to your tour, and escorted by professional tour director
Blake Joseph Allen.
A
tour deposit of $500 per person is due in order to reserve your space on the
tour. A second payment of $1,000 per person is due 6 months prior to departure
with the final payment due 60 days prior to departure. The deposit amount is
non-refundable; however, it may be transferred to another tour if taken within
12 months of the original scheduled tour departure. See terms and conditions
for details. Prices and itineraries are subject to change.
ITINERARY
Day 1: Sat, November 8, Guatemala City
Our flights take us to Guatemala City, the
city of Eternal Spring. Upon arrival we will transfer and check into our
deluxe hotel. (No meals included)
Day 2: Sunday, November 9, Guatemala City
After attending church with the local saints,
we will visit two Guatemala LDS temples and then later, we will explore
the archaeological zone of Kaminaljuyu, the area considered by many to
have been where Nephi settled in the 6th century BC (see 2 Nephi
5:5-10). We will discuss Altar 10 that dates to 147 BC and may suggest a
transfer of kingship from King Noah to Limhi (see Mosiah 18 & 19). We will
then visit the large relief map of Guatemala in order to orient
ourselves with the geographical overview of the country in relation to the Book
of Mormon. (Breakfast, Dinner)
Day 3: Mon, November 10, Guatemala City
Our air flight will take us to the awe-inspiring,
Maya archaeological zone of Tikal, occupied from 600 BC to AD 750. This
dense rain forest is considered by many to be the East Wilderness where the
Nephites, under the direction of the military leader Moroni, built many
fortified cities during the 1st century BC (see Alma 50:7-15). New evidence
shows a strong relationship between Teotihuacan and Tikal at the close of the
Book of Mormon history which resulted in the downfall of the Nephite nation. In
the evening, we will take a return flight to Guatemala City. (Breakfast,
Lunch).
Day 4: Tuesday, November 11, Lake Atitlan
This morning, we will check out of our hotel
and visit the National Museum of Archaeology of Guatemala where we will
view and analyze many artifacts from the ancient Maya of Guatemala. We will
then bus to Antigua, the old Spanish capital of Guatemala. Several
buildings date to the 16th and 17th centuries. We will visit the jade factory and
learn how jade, the most precious stone to the Maya, was found and made into
beautiful jewelry and other items. We will spend the night in a 500-year-old
convent, restored to the first-class Casa Santo Domingo Hotel with an amazing
atmosphere of history, plants and beauty. (Breakfast, Dinner)
Day 5: Wed, November 12, Lake Atitlan
Today we depart Antigua continuing by bus to
Lake Atitlan. En route, we will pass by the Cakchiquel Maya village of
Patzicia, almost entirely destroyed by the 1976 earthquake. We will recount the
courage and faith of the missionaries and members of the Patzicia stake. We
will continue on our trek to the village of Panajachel. Upon arrival, we will
take a boat cruise on beautiful Lake Atitlan. Flanked by three dramatic
volcanoes, Lake Atitlan has been a scenic retreat for over 2000 years.
It has been proposed by many LDS scholars as a site for the Waters of Mormon
where Alma organized the church of Christ in the first century BC (see Mosiah
chapters 18 and 19). We will stop near the area where an ancient city was
covered by water. This city may have been Jerusalem mentioned in Alma 21:1 or
it may have been one of the other cities mentioned in 3 Nephi 9:7. After our
cruise, we will check into our hotel. The afternoon will be free for shopping
or relaxing or other available activities. A presentation on the historical
literature of the Book of Mormon will be presented by your tour director in the
evening. (Breakfast, Dinner)
Day 6: Thurs, November 13, Quetzaltenango
After breakfast, we will depart for the quaint
village of Chichicastenango. Today is market day in the town
where the native Mayan Popol Vuh document was discovered. Like the Book of Mormon, the Popol Vuh was
written in ancient Hebrew parallelism style, also known as chiasmas. We will
continue as we pick up Alma’s trail and make our way through the wilderness to
the Valley of Alma. Our journey will take us to Quetzaltenango, Guatemala’s
second largest city, and the location of Guatemala's second temple, which we
see before checking into our hotel that overlooks the city square. (Breakfast,
Dinner)
Day 7: Fri, November 14, Tapachula, Mexico
After checking out of our hotel, we will visit
the village of Almolonga, renowned for its pure water and lush vegetable
gardens, a place that may have been occupied by Alma and his followers
(Mosiah chapters 23 & 24). We will then travel down from the highlands to
the Pacific coast where we will cross the border into Mexico and check
into our hotel in the nearby city of Tapachula. (Breakfast, Dinner)
Day 8: Sat, November 15, Tuxtla Gutierrez
Today we will visit the archaeological site
of Izapa. While visiting Izapa, we will see Stela 5, the “Tree of Life
Stone”. This engraved stone dating back to 300 BC may depict Lehi’s dream
as recorded in first Nephi. Following our visit of Izapa we will bus along the
Pacific coast passing by the area of the “day and a half’s journey” as
well as the area of Ammonihah as we travel to the Chiapas valley, considered by
many to have been the Land of Zarahemla where the Nephites had their
headquarters for 550 years (Omni 1:13-15 and Mormon 2:28-29). (Breakfast, Dinner)
Day 9: Sun, November 16, Tuxtla Gutierrez
Following church services, we will see the temple
at Tuxtla Gutierrez and visit the Regional Museum of Tuxtla Gutierrez
that shows many pre-Classic (Book of Mormon period) sites and artifacts,
including an engraved stone that manifests the early long count date of December
9, 36 B.C. In the afternoon we will visit the zoo and see the majestic Quetzal
bird, the national bird of Guatemala and the bird used to represent the
white god Quetzalcoatl. (See Helaman chapter 4). (Breakfast, Dinner)
Day 10: Mon, November 17, Villahermosa
We will begin our day with a visit to the archaeological
zone of Chiapa de Corzo, a candidate for the City Sidom (See Alma
15:1-8). We will then take a boat ride through the majestic Sumidero Canyon
on the Grijalva River, with walls towering 3000 feet above our heads. The
Grijalva has been proposed as the River Sidon in the Book of Mormon.
Afterwards, we will transfer to the airport for a flight to Mexico City. (Breakfast,
Dinner)
Day 11: Tues, November 18, Mexico City
This morning, we will visit the ancient
ruins of Teotihuacan. Occupied from about 200 BC to AD 900, Teotihuacan was
one of the largest populated cities in the world during its peak. The inspiring
pyramids of the Sun and Moon attract millions of visitors to this most popular
archaeological zone in Mexico. This may have been the great city built by King
Jacob of the Gadianton Robbers (See 3 Nephi 7). Afterwards, we visit the National
Museum of Anthropology, one of the most spectacular archaeological museums
in the world. Touring the museum will provide us with an excellent review of
our tour and expose us to many beautiful exhibits ranging from ancient pottery
to gold and jade jewelry. We will conclude our day with a visit to the Mexico
City temple and Visitor’s Center prior to our return to our hotel.
(Breakfast, Lunch)
Day 12: Wed, November 19, Villahermosa
This morning, we will transfer to the airport
for a flight to the city of Villahermosa (Beautiful Village) which represents
the western edge of the “land among many waters” described in Mosiah 8:8
as well as the eastern edge of the Olmec/Jaredite lands. Upon arrival, we will
visit the outdoor La Venta Museum, a place that houses large, engraved
stone monuments dating to the Jaredite time period. We then check into our
hotel. (Breakfast, Dinner)
Day 13: Thurs, November 20, Villahermosa
Although only four percent of the population of
the country of Mexico live in the State of Chiapas, over 40% of the wild
animals live in the Tehuantepec, Chiapas and Lacondone mountains. This is
reminiscent of the statement in Ether wherein it states that the “land
southward was preserved for a wilderness to get game” (Ether 10:21). We will take a two-hour bus ride to the
majestic Classic period Maya ruins of Palenque. We will analyze the
panel of glyphs at the Temple of the Cross which shows the lineage of a 7th
century AD king named Chan Balaam, which dates to a Jaredite king named Kish,
who was born on March 8, 993 BC. We will return to Villahermosa where we will
spend the night. (Breakfast, Lunch)
Day 14: Friday, November 21, Catemaco
This morning, we will check out of our hotel
and We will see the Villahermosa Temple and then bus along Mexico’s “golden
lane” passing by both the “place where the sea divides the land”
(Gulf of Mexico), and the “narrow neck of land” (Isthmus of
Tehuantepec). (See Ether 10:20.) We will visit the archaeological site of La
Venta, a candidate for a Jaredite city. Prior to our arrival at beautiful Lake
Catemaco where we will spend the night, we will pass by the hill Shim
(Cintepec) where Mormon obtained the records for his history (See Mormon 1:3,
17). (Breakfast, Dinner)
Day 15: Saturday, November 22, Veracruz
Today is a highlight of the tour. We will check out of our hotel and visit the
hill where leading Latter-day Saint scholars agree as to the location of the hill
Ramah/Cumorah mentioned in the Book of Mormon (Mormon 6:2,6; Ether
15:11). We will travel through the area
of the waters of Ripliancum (Ether 15:8), a place that has the same
meaning in the Aztec (Nahuatl) language, “exceeding large waters.” We
will drive into the city of Veracruz where we will see the Veracruz Temple
and spend our last night of the tour. (Breakfast, Dinner)
Day 16: Sunday, November 23, Flights Home
Transferring to the Veracruz airport, we will
check in for our flights home. Our journey to the Book of Mormon lands has come
to an end, but we will take with us memories that will last a lifetime. (No
meals included)
Included
in the Tour:
● Fifteen nights in deluxe hotel accommodations
● Four internal air flights, a $600 value
● Two or more full meals daily
● First-class bus transportation
● Entrance fees and guide service to places
listed on the itinerary
● Taxes and tips on group items
● Literature and maps pertaining to your tour
● Escorted by professional tour director, Blake
Joseph Allen.
Not included in the
Tour:
●
International airfare
●
Third meal when not included in the itinerary
●
Additional beverages at group meals
●
All personal expenses, travel, and health insurance
●
Airport and country departure taxes
●
Anything not mentioned in the above “Included”
section
Additional
Information:
●
$975 single supplement for hotels
●
3% fee will be added to bookings paid with a
credit card
●
Provided meals are noted at the end of each day.
●
Time will be given for optional third meals or
snacks during the day.
●
Prices and itineraries are subject to change.
A $500
tour deposit per person is due in order to reserve your space on the tour. A
second payment of $1,000 per person is due 6 months prior to departure with the
final payment due 60 days prior to departure. The deposit amount is
non-refundable; however, it may be transferred to another tour if taken within
12 months of the original scheduled tour departure. See terms and conditions
for details.
Call today to book your space on this deluxe Book of
Mormon experience. 1.801.226.5200 or email us at BookOfMormonTours@gmail.com.
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Allens’ Book of Mormon Tours
PO Box 938
Richfield, UT 84701
Telephone: (801) 226-5200
BookOfMormonTours@gmail.com
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