Guatemala Trek Highlands 8 days tour

• Day 1 – Arrival – and Explore the Antigua City
• Day 2 – Chichi market tour + Lake Atitlan
• Day 3 – Cerro de Oro tour + Santiago Atitlan
• Day 4 – Volcan Chicabal + Xela
• Day 5 – Cerro quemado & Fuentes Georginas
• Day 6 – San Andres Xecul – Iximche – Laguna Chichoy
• Day 7 – San Andres Itzapa – Antigua
• Day 8– Departure day

Available all year round

Group size 1-25

Guatemala

What’s Included

Activities

• Day 2: Chichi Market (private group)
• Day 3: Hike to Cerro de Oro (private group)
• Day 4: Hike to Volcan Chicabal (private group)
• Day 5: Hike to Cerro Quemado(private group)
• Day 6: Visit San Andres Xecul Church (private group)
• Day 7 -Visit San Andres Itzapa City

Transportation

• Day 1: Transport from Guatemala City Airport to Antigua
• Day 2: Private Transfer From Lake Atitlán to Antigua
• Day 4: Transfer from Atitlan to Quetzaltenango
• Day 7: Transfer from Quetzaltenango to Antigua
• Day 8: Trasnfer Guatemala City for Your Departing Flight
• Accommodations : Write directo for options on 3,4 or 5 star hotel

Excludes

❌ International flights
❌ The meals not mentioned in the trip plan
❌ Personal expenses
❌ Travel insurance, and repatriation insurance
❌ Optional excursions, activities, and optional tours

Itinerary

Day 1
Arrival – and Explore the Antigua City
Antigua is a vibrant colonial city with a rich history, including impressive ruins and a wide variety of cultural attractions. To explore Antigua, you can start in the Central Plaza, surrounded by churches and historic buildings, visit the San Francisco Church and the La Merced Church, or walk along the picturesque Arch Street. You can also climb Cerro de la Cruz to enjoy panoramic views of the city and the surrounding volcanoes.

Day 2
Chichi market tour + Lake Atitlan
Today we will pick you up at your family house with our van. The guide will take you to the Chichicastenango market to stroll through its popular and very colorful market. The trip will long around 2.5 hours, Here You are able every Thursday and Sunday to see local vendors gather in the central part of the town to offer a wide variety of goods, such as fruit, vegetables, flowers, handicrafts, pottery, and even livestock.

Day 3
Cerro de Oro tour + Santiago Atitlan
You may have heard this place mentioned in your Spanish class. “Cerro de Oro” (lit. “Golden Hill”) is a volcanic plug located in the lower skirts of Tolimán volcano right behind it. A hike from the lakeshore to the top will take anywhere between 45 minutes and 1.5 hours, depending on whether you decide to hire a pick-up transfer or not. Located inside a coffee plantation, the plug is accessible from the road leading to it from the nearby community of the same name. Its peculiar shape has inspired many stories in local lore, which you will hear firsthand from your guide. We will move in boat from Pana to San Martin dock and then to Santiago Atitlan to walk and discover the town. We will have time to eat lunch at Santiago (on your own).

Day 4
Volcan Chicabal + Xela
Today we willget an early breakfast and head up to Chicabal. The Lake onto the summit of the volcano is a Guatemalan lake sacred to the Mam Mayan people. The lake is located in the municipal boundary of the town of San Martín in the department of Quetzaltenango. It is an easy hike for 1 hour or 1.5 hours. You will be able to see the rituals of the mayan people and its offering on the altars in the lake. After this we will head to Quetzaltenango (Xela) where we will know our family for today to sleep in one of the coldest place of Guatemala.

Day 5
Cerro quemado & Fuentes Georginas
Today we will leave our family in Xela and we´ll head to Cerro Quemado village, where we will hike the volcano wiht the same name: Volcan Cerro Quemado. This Cerro Quemado Volcano Hike takes you on a journey where you can see breathtaking views, explore the Juan Noj Caves, and learn about Mayan ceremonies and traditions along the way. We will need a box lunch for this tour upon we finished we will address to Fuentes Georginas to stay in their cabains for the night and strecht legs and enjoy the thermal hot springs of the location. This place does not have restaurante in the nights wo that we will need to prepare our dinner for tonight.

Day 6
San Andres Xecul – Iximche – Laguna Chichoy
Today we will wake up early to get the breakfast from the restaurant of the Fuentes Georginas. After this we wil pack our stuff and we´ll head to our first city for today. San Andres Xecul there is not doubt that this is one of the most colorful churches in Guatemala, visited for thousand of people, this church will be in your memories. After the explanation about the village´s economy and cultures we will take againt he bus that will take us to Chichoy Lagoon. This is no doubt one of the places that are nor very common for tourism but a paceful and beautiful place in Guatemala. You wil lhave the chance to camp tonight infron of the lagoon, it´s a great place to see a sunset if the weather let us stare the landscape.

Day 7
San Andres Itzapa – Antigua
Hoy será el último día de la reunión, el grupo se despertará temprano o más tarde para el amanecer y el desayuno, después de eso recogeremos las carpas y los sacos de dormir en la camioneta. Conduciremos para desayunar a solo 10 kilómetros en vehículo hasta el restaurante Chichoy. Después de la comida nos dirigiremos a Antigua. Sin embargo, haremos una parada en el camino para visitar el pueblo de San Andrés Itzapa, donde podrá visitar la iglesia de Maximón (San Simón). Este lugar es visitado por personas que creen en este santo contradictorio que no es aceptado por la iglesia católica pero que tiene un montón de devotos de todas partes del país. Después de esto, caminaremos por el mercado central para ver la economía local de los locales. Para concluir esta increíble aventura, obtendremos la Cena en la escuela con un CHURRASCO hecho por la escuela.

Day 8
Departure day
Depending on your departure flight time, you will leave the hotel on time for check-in the international airport.