Hey everybody, my name is Raffael I'm 21 years old and originally from Vienna, Austria. Since November last year, I live in Central America. I did a 10-month volunteer service in Costa Rica but I also travelled to Panama and Mexiko. Currently, I'm finishing this social service in the city of Guatemala. From 27 onwards I'm planning to make a round trip through Guatemala by bus. The trip will start and end in Guatemala City. Starting date 27.09. and end date 19.10. I am fluently in Spanish and have already experience in trip planning and guiding. I planed already quite a lot of things but if you have any suggestions we could take them into the account as well. I will travel with a swiss girl I met in a hostel in Panama she will come on the 27.09. evening and then we will start travelling. If you would like to join us please send me a short message. We will mostly stay in hostels and the country Guatemala itself is quite cheap so I'm expecting to spend around 550 euros for the whole trip. Please notice that only hotels and transportation is included in that price. For activities and entrance fees, you must pay extra. Food is really cheap so I can not include it because I'm not sure how much transportation and hotels will cost. Depending on the number of people maybe we will also hire a car. Please notice that the trip will start very soon so if you want to join us please write to me quick.
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Trip Itinerary
1
Guatemala City
Day 1
I will meet the swiss girl at the airport and then we will sleep one night in the city of Guatemala. Maybe we will visit the next the day the local market and then continue to Antigua where we will stay for another two nights.
2
Antigua Guatemala
Day 1-3
In Antigua, we will stay at the Adra hostel which is directly located in the city centre. From there we will explore the old historical city of Guatemala on foot. You can visit nice restaurants and bars.
3
Lake Atitlán
Day 3-7
At the lake atitlán, we will stay for 4 nights at the La Iguana Perdida hostel. There we will sleep directly in front of the lake. I want to do a scuba diving course which will take me around three days but you can also just chill at the lake, do stand up paddling or visit one of the vulcanos in the surroundings.
4
Tajumulco
Day 7-10
The Tajumulco is the highest mountain in Central America at 4.220 m we will go there by bus and sleep one night in the small town of San Marcus. On the next day, we will start our ascent during the night at 1 a.m. so that we will be at the top around 6 a.m. for sunrise (normally you need only 5 hours because you already starting at around 3.000 meters.) After the hike, we will sleep another night there before we continue to the next stop.
5
Grutas del Rey Marcos
Day 10-11
After that, we will travel to some caves in the centre of the country. There we will only stay one night as it is a stop on the way to Lanquin. There you have a giant cave, can do canopy and boat tours.
6
Natural Monument Semuc Champey
Day 11-14
After that, we will travel to Semuc Champey. We will visit this amazing natural site and stay in Lanquin at the Zaphir Lodge for 3 nights. The lodge itself is located in the centre of the town with a pool, bar and restaurant right next to the river.
7
Flores
Day 14-16
The next stop will be Flores located in the north of the country next to the historical site Tikal. We will stay there for two nights and a hostel right in the centre. We will visit the city and enjoy the lake.
8
Tikal
Day 16-17
One of the highlights will be our time in Tikal. Tikal is one of the biggest and best obtained Maya ruins in Central America. Moreover, Tikal consists of a huge area directly located in the jungle. Maybe we will sleep there one night if possible.
9
Rio Dulce
Day 17-20
The next stop will be the Rio Dulce. We will sleep in the Hotelito Perdido which is located directly in the jungle of Rio Dulce. We will stay there 3 nights and visit the waterfalls and hot springs in the surroundings. The only possibility to come to the hotel is by boat.
10
Livingston
Day 20-23
On the next day, we will travel to Livingston on foot. We will do a half-day hike from the hotel to Livingston. On the way, we will visit the rural community school project Ak'Tenamit. Maybe we can find a possibility to transport our luggage by boat.
11
Guatemala City
Day 23-24
We will take the boat from Livingston to Puerto Barrios and from there the bus to the city of Guatemala. We will stay there another night before I have a flight back to Costa Rica on the 20.10.2021 and after more than three weeks it's time to say goodbye.
Trip Summary
Accommodation
Hostel & Bed & Breakfast & Camping & Other
24 days trip
Guatemala City, Antigua Guatemala & 9 more
Transportation
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