Stay : All facets of Guatemala

A stay of one month is the ideal time to have a general "overview" of the country. The density of sites would require a very sustained pace to move closer to a hypothetical comprehensiveness, in the name of which one would deprive the people of the country of their daily lives.

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Detail of the stay : All facets of Guatemala - 30 days

  • Antigua
  • Guatemala City
  • Antigua
  • Antigua
  • Nebaj
  • Nebaj
  • Huehuetenango
  • Huehuetenango
  • Esquipulas
  • Esquipulas
  • Antigua
  • Volcán Pacaya
  • Sololá
  • Panajachel
  • Santa Catarina Palopó
  • Santa Cruz La Laguna
  • San Marcos La Laguna
  • San Pedro La Laguna
  • San Juan La Laguna
  • Chichicastenango
  • Chichicastenango
  • Chichicastenango
  • Panajachel
  • Chichicastenango
  • Quetzaltenango
  • Zunil
  • Las Fuentes Georginas
  • San Andrés Xecul
  • San Francisco El Alto
  • Laguna De Chicabal
  • Volcan Santa María
  • Nebaj
  • Huehuetenango
  • Todos Santos Cuchumatán
  • Huehuetenango
  • Huehuetenango
  • Cobán
  • Cobán
  • Uspantán
  • Cobán
  • Lanquín
  • Lanquín
  • Semuc Champey
  • Semuc Champey
  • Flores
  • Flores
  • Santa Elena
  • Tikal
  • Tikal
  • El Remate
  • Tikal
  • Biotopo Protegido Cerro Cahuí
  • Biotopo Protegido Cerro Cahuí
  • Parque Nacional Yaxhá-Nakum-Naranjo
  • Río Dulce
  • Río Dulce
  • Las Conchas
  • Río Dulce
  • Livingston
  • Quiriguá
  • Quiriguá
  • Puerto Barrios
  • Chiquimula
  • Esquipulas
  • Monterrico
  • Monterrico
  • Monterrico
  • Monterrico
  • Monterrico
  • Antigua

Day 1: Arrival in the capital

Steps: Antigua, Guatemala Ciudad

Arrival in Guatemala City and then direction Antigua.

Day 2: Antigua, a jewel of colonial architecture

Steps: Antigua, Nebaj, Huehuetenango, Esquipulas

Antigua is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Walk through the streets, stroll on the Central Parque and in the handicraft market where you discover the thousand colours of traditional clothing. Visit of churches and monasteries in colonial times. One morning, climb at the lookout of Cerro la Cruz to enjoy a panoramic view of the city surmounted by its majestic volcanoes.

Day 3: A little sport

Steps: Volcán Pacaya

Ascension of the Pacaya volcano.

Day 4: Around Lake Atitlán

Steps: Sololá, Panajachel

Direction Lake Atitlán, with a first stop in Panajachel. Visit of the city and especially souvenir shopping in the main street. We will also be able to visit the market of Sololà, one of the most authentic of the country. Night in Pana.

Day 5: Indigenous villages bordering the lake

Steps: Santa Catarina Palopó, Santa Cruz La Laguna, San Marcos La Laguna, San Pedro La Laguna, San Juan La Laguna

Visit of villages bordering the lake. You can massage in San Marcos, relax in San Pedro, dive in the waters of the old crater in Santa Cruz, admire the beautiful turquoise clothes of the women of Santa Catarina Palopó, visit the painting workshops or start fishing in San Juan. Overnight, in one of the villages.

Day 6: Indigenous villages bordering the lake,

Continue exploration.

Day 7: The Chichicastenango market

Steps: Chichicastenango, Panajachel

Early departure for Panajachel, and then take a bus for Chichicastenango. Visit its famous market (most frequented by Guatemala) in the smoke of incense that permanently burns, attend the religious ceremony at the Santo Tomás Church on Sunday morning, tinged with traditional Mayan rites.

Day 8: Visit of Xela

Steps: Quetzaltenango

Departure for Xela (Quetzaltenango) and its region. Xela is the second largest city after the capital. We start with a guided tour of the city.

Day 9: Relaxation in thermal waters

Steps: Zunil, Las Fuentes Georginas, San Andrés Xecul, San Francisco El Alto

After the market in Zunil, you can relax in the springs of warm and hot waters of Las Fuentes Georginas, go to the San Francisco el Alto market, make a hook by the village of San Andres Xecul and visit its famous church full of colours.

Day 10: From the top of the volcano

Steps: Laguna De Chicabal, Volcan Santa María

For nature lovers, take the ascent of the Santa María volcano (maybe a full moon night) and discover with a Mayan priest Laguna Chicabal.

Day 11: Immersion in the heart of charming villages

Steps: Nebaj, Huehuetenango, Todos Santos Cuchumatán

On the last day, if it is a Sunday, go to the market of the traditional village of Todos Santos, in the department of Huehuetenango. Alternatively, the alternative may be to make a trek in the Cuchumatanes, from Todos Santos or Nebaj with indigenous guides of the "Ixil Triangle".

Day 12: Cobán and its environs

Steps: Huehuetenango, Cobán, Uspantán

We arrive in Cobán and its region after taking the road passing through Uspantán. Visit of Orchideario (greenhouse with orchids) and walk in the city around the Central Parque. Take a tour also at Calvario church.

Day 13: Grottes Caves

Steps: Lanquín, Semuc Champey

Cap on the caves of Lanquín and the beautiful natural water site of Semuc Champey. Swimming. Night on site, the route from Cobán is quite difficult.

Day 14: Natural Pools of Semuc Champey

Steps: Semuc Champey

Continue exploring Semuc Champey.

Day 15: Travel to the north

Steps: Flores

Departure for Petén. Night in the island of Flores.

Day 16: City of Flores and surrounding Area

Steps: Flores, Santa Elena

Visit of the city of Flores, you can also take a tour at the Santa Elena market.

Day 17: The famous Mayan ruins of Tikal

Steps: Tikal, El Remate

Visit of the archaeological site of Tikal and its legendary pyramids in the heart of the jungle. Night in El Renate on the shores of Lake Centra Itzá.

Places of interest :
SITIO ARQUEOLÓGICO 
DE TIKAL

Day 18: Ruins of Yaxhà

Steps: Biotopo Protegido Cerro Cahuí, Parque Nacional Yaxhá-Nakum-Naranjo

Walk in the biotope of Cerro Cahui and visit the site of Yaxhà.

Places of interest :
BIOTOPE DE CERRO CAHUI

Day 19: On the banks of the Río Dulce

Steps: Río Dulce, Las Conchas

Arrival in Río Dulce. Visit of the beautiful cascade mixing hot water and cold torrent of La Finca Paraíso to half an hour from the village or visit the waterfalls of Las Conchas.

Day 20: Cruise on the Río Dulce

Small cruise on the Río Dulce, and night in a jungle lodge. Guaranteed change!

Day 21: Cruise on the Río Dulce, next

Steps: Livingston

Continuation of the cruise along the canyon leading to the mouth on the Caribbean Sea. Night in Livingston, birthplace of the Garifuna community. . music and Caribbean flair.

Day 22: Géantes giant Stelas

Steps: Quiriguá, Puerto Barrios

Boat for Puerto Barrios. From here, we go to the site of Quiriguá admiring the giant stelas in this place which was one day the center of the Mayan civilization.

Day 23: The Black Christ of Esquipulas

Steps: Chiquimula, Esquipulas

En route to Esquipulas through Chiquimula. Don't miss the black Christ.

Day 24: Break in Honduras

A short break in Honduras, a few kilometres from the border to visit the royal city of the Maya in Copán.

Day 25: Hedmann, next

Visit Macaw mountain also.

Day 26: Beaches on the Pacific Coast

Steps: Monterrico

After so many kilometres, sun and well deserved relaxation on the Pacific black sand beaches in Monterrico: wilde in the waves of the ocean (with great attention!), boat tours in mangroves at dawn, grilled fish and seafood...

Day 27: Beaches of the Pacific Coast,

Steps: Monterrico

Relax and relax on the beach.

Day 28: Beaches of the Pacific Coast,

Steps: Monterrico

Relax and relax on the beach.

Day 29: Last Shopping

Steps: Antigua

Return to Antigua. Last shopping in the craft market to bring gifts to friends and family. A last good coffee in the heart of this splendid colonial city, and hop! Or discover the capital, its history, its museums.

Day 30: It is the end-

Immediate boarding for the airport!

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