Guatemala Travel Agents

Well organized and excellently flowing introduction to the beauty that is Guatemala!! We preferred a more active trip with plenty of hikes and natural wonder; that is exactly what we got. Our guide, driver and new friend Esteban was a wealth of local knowledge and tips about the areas we visited. Highly recommend!!

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Semuc Champey

Guatemala

Awesome hike and soak in the limestone pools. We also visited a cave. Great day for the active, outdoor enthusiasts!

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Pacaya Volcano Hike & Picnic, Private.

Guatemala

Beautiful hike!!

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Villages Around Lake Atitlán by Boat

Guatemala

Fun to explore the unique villages and learn about the various Mayan trades and traditions! Great day of exploring communities.

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Mayan Face Sunrise Experience (Group)

Guatemala

Definitely worth the early rise time!! Great albeit challenging hike to a beautiful view of sunrise accompanied by coffee and local baked goods.

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My daughter and I had a wonderful time on this trip. We only had 4 nights/5 days in Guatemala and wanted to make the most of this short trip to some fairly remote areas. Our guide Oliver took us to see the Mayan ruins in Tikal (for sunrise) and in Yaxha, and he was wonderful. Fernando was our driver and took us everywhere - he was also amazing! And Daniello was our captain for the day on the Rio Dulce to Livingston.

I had a pretty big delay with my flight getting from Atlanta to Guatemala City, which meant I had to wait to get a flight into Flores until the next morning. Chris was so helpful in adjusting things for me, and we were able to fit in all of the outings originally planned by making some adjustments. Thank you very much for making this a very special trip for us! I was also delighted to add a lot of new birds to my bird list!

Erin

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Sunrise Tour of Tikal National Park

Guatemala

Incredibly powerful to watch the sunrise from the Mayan temple and we saw so many cool birds in the jungle after sunrise!

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Oliver, Fernando and Daniello were all so wonderful!

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Our driver was always on time and did a great job coordinating everything

Vinicio was exceptional.

Hotel Review

Porta Hotel Antigua

Antigua Guatemala

Excellent accomodations and good food. Grumpy front desk staff was the only negative.

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Be friendly

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4x4 Acatenango Volcano Camping Tour - Day 1

Guatemala

Once in a lifetime experience

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Boat Tour of Lake Atitlán Villages

Guatemala

Beautiful. The cooperatives felt like a shakedown, though, with disinterested presenters explaining the work and then hovering until a purchase wasade.

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Pacaya Sunset hike

Antigua

Incredible views. Great experience overall.

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Our trip was amazing! Our primary guide, Vinicio, was the best guide ever. He was knowledgeable, very friendly, well spoken and made sure we were happy at all times. The entire trip was extremely well planned and organized. Our transportation was always on time and our drivers were professional and courteous. The entire team worked seamlessly together and we're very attuned to the details. I would highly recommend Alex and his group to anyone traveling in the area.

Chris helped us plan a really fantastic trip for our first visit to Guatemala. He was helpful, communicative, knowledgeable, and undertook to deal cheerfully with our preferences and frequent changes of plans! It was a good mix of planned activities and free time. We visited Antigua and Lake Atitlan. The hotel Porta in Antigua was beautiful, calm and a great experience with a relaxing pool and really great staff. My favorite activities included the half day Pacaya volcano hike with our fantastic guide Esmeralda and local guide Sheni, and visits to smaller towns outside Antigua to learn about weaving and chocolate making. On Lake Atitlan, we stayed in a lovely hotel in Panajachel, but had I researched the area more, I think I would have preferred a quieter town. However, we didn't have much time there and it was a convenient base. Our guide for a trip to some lake towns, Nicolas, was excellent - he taught us a lot about Mayan culture and history and it was great to visit Santiago with him. I appreciated that Chris planned a tour for us with a local Mayan guide at a really interesting archeological site on the way to the lake since we were not going to Tikal. Guides and drivers that Chris arranged through Old Town Outfitters were all professional, really kind, and great to be with. People were so patient with our elementary Spanish. On our own we visited a few things I would recommend: Cafe Azotea (coffee farm we walked to in Antigua), the Central Market in Antigua where locals buy and sell produce and many other things), Caoba Farm in Antigua for lunch, free salsa lesson at Las Palmas in Antigua.

Hotel Reviews

Porta Hotel Antigua

Antigua Guatemala

Lovely set up, nice pool, good food, attentive service. Our room was on one side of a courtyard and a little dark, but very nice! No complaints!

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Regis Hotel & Spa

Panajachel, Sololá

Really nice small and comfortable hotel with lovely staff and a small hot spring bath in the backyard. They were kind enough to pack us a breakfast the day we left to go back to the US as we were leaving at 6 am. Really enjoyed our stay at this hotel but I would have preferred to stay in a town on the lake that is less busy than Panajachel.

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Convenient but a busy area.

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Activity Reviews

Driving Tour of Almolonga Valley

Antigua

We had a wonderful guide and met some really interesting and friendly local people at their shops. I would have liked to have a little more time to just walk around and see things as well. I don't think the visit to the macadamia farm is particularly necessary or enlightening, at least that was my feeling.

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Day Hike to Pacaya Volcano

Guatemala

Boat Tour of Lake Atitlán Villages

Guatemala

Fascinating to see what Mayan life is like around the lake. Extremely colorful and beautiful. People are really enterprising despite some hardships. Textiles, produce, friendly people and beautiful views are everywhere. Personally I could have done without visiting the town of San Pedro, which is really crowded with tourists and shops selling the same items. My favorite part was going through the town and streets of Santiago with our guide Nicolas.

Transfer to Lake Atitlán, Visit the Iximché Ruins

Guatemala