3 Day - Xela to Lake Atitlan Hike
- Duration: 3 Days (approx.)
- Location: Quetzaltenango
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An amazing off the beaten path hike from Xela to beautiful Lake Atitlan. We pick you up from your hotel or host family at 6am, come to the office for The first day after a short drive from Xela we hike up through a forest slope to a grasslands plateau, passing through cornfields, and remove villages accessible only by foot, where we spend the night with a local family (the homestays are very basic, we sleep on the floor with a pad and sleeping bag). The next day we pass through 2 remote river valleys, coffee farms and cloud forest and spend the night in a village overlooking Lake Atitlan. After watching an early morning sunrise over the lake we hike down to the lake passing through San Juan la Laguna and ending in San Pedro at approx. 10:30am. After lunch we pick you up and bring you back to Xela or you can continue your travel and we will bring your luggage to San Pedro.
Level: Difficult
Includes: private round trip transportation, 6 meals(lunch and dinner first day, 3 meals second day, breakfast third day), 2 nights lodging with local families, entrance fees, equipment, guide, and extra luggage transfer for clientes who will stay at lake Atitlan after the hike.
Not Included: breakfast first day, water (bring 2 liters of water for the first day and bottled water is available for purchase at the homestays) optional Mayan Temascal (sauana) Q15 per persona for the firewood paid directly to the family.
Bring: large backpack (35+liters) hiking boots or sneakers flashlight, insect repellant, 2 liters of water (for the first day you can buy more the 2nd and 3rd day) sunscreen, camera, jacket, raincoat during rainy season May-Oct, bathing suit and towel (if you want to do the mayan sauna temascal Q15 to the family for firewood), sandals.
