For our family trip to Guatemala, we only had 1 week (7 nights/ 8 days) to tour the country (ok, so I've been living here for 6 months, but my family was on Spring Break and only had a week here.)
We opted for an itinerary that emphasized quantity over quality, spending only a day or so in each location in order to see as much of the astounding variety that Guatemala has to offer. Our trip took us from the jungle ruins of Tikal in hot, humid Peten to the volcano-rimmed lake Atitlan nestled deep in the highlands. Overall, this is what we managed to see in only seven days:
-The Guatemalan National Cemetery/ City Garbage Dump
-The Volcano Pacaya (hike)
-Ruins at Tikal
-Lanquin/ Semuc Champey, including the pools, the caves (grutas) de Lanquin and the caves of Semuc Champey
-The city of Antigua
-Lake Atitlan
Our itinerary went like this:
Day 1: Fly into Guatemala City, hike Volcano Pacaya
Day 2: Fly to Tikal early in the morning, Spend the night in Tikal
Day 3: Travel to Lanquin/ Semuc Champey, see the grutas de Lanquin
Day 4: Semuc Champey limestone pools/ Caves of Semuc Champey tour
Day 5: Travel to Antigua, dinner and shopping in Antigua
Day 6: Travel to lake Atitlan, shopping/ relaxing at Panajachel and La Casa del Mundo
Day 7: Morning at the lake, travel back to Guatemala City in the afternoon, dinner/ night in Guatemala City
Day 8: Fly home
Here are 7 select pictures, one for each day of our trip:
Following this post, I'm going to make approximately 1 blog post per day of our vacation that includes photos/ travel information for each leg of our trip, descriptions/ reviews of hotels and transportation, and information about the sites (age-appropriateness, history, facts, etc etc.)
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