The Highlands (Antigua & Atitlán)4 places
- Antigua & Lake AtitlánA ravishing colonial city of cobbled streets and pastel façades framed by volcanoes, and, a couple of hours away, a…
- Semuc ChampeyA staircase of turquoise limestone pools spilling through the jungle, formed on a natural stone bridge under which an…
- Volcán AcatenangoYou climb a dormant volcano all afternoon, pitch a tent on the ridge at 3,600 m, and then spend the night watching the…
- Xela (Quetzaltenango)Guatemala's second city, at 2,330 m in the western highlands — where people go to actually learn Spanish, because…
El Petén (Tikal)3 places
- TikalOne of the greatest cities of the ancient Maya, its steep temple-pyramids thrusting up through the rainforest canopy…
- El MiradorThe largest Maya city ever built, still under the jungle — you walk five days through Petén to stand on a pyramid the…
- YaxháGuatemala's third-largest Maya city, on a ridge between two lakes an hour from Tikal — with a temple you can still…