Package Cobàn - Semuc Champey - Lanquìn

Cobàn, Semuc Champey and Lanquìn

Semuc Champey is the name of this place in mayan language. It means water under the rocks and it's a natural bridge over the Cahabon river, with emerald-green water born from the rain forest around the place. Another beautiful place to visit is Lanquín, situated in a valley and surrounded by green hills. It's hard to reach the village; the only road that goes there is barely wide enough for one car, goes up and down mountains, and is unpaved. It's worth the effort though, and Lanquín offers enough opportunities for utter relaxation. You can go inner tubing on the river that passes through the town, good fun. The best place for backpackers to stay at is "El Retiro": highly recommended.

About a half hour drive from Lanquín is Semuc Champey, one of the most beautiful nature reserves you'll find in Guatemala, where nature's powers created an impressive powerful roaring river that disappears into an underground cave. On top of the cave all sorts of stone plateaus have formed over time, thus creating a large number of crystal blue cool water pools in which you can swim. At the end of the plateaus is another cave in which the underground river surfaces again. The viewpoint (mirador) gives you an absolutely stunning view of the whole reserve. The locals refer to Semuc Champey as the 8th world wonder, and they have a point. It's one of the most impressive places in Guatemala, and really shouldn't be missed.

Cobàn - Biotope - Semuc Champey - Lanquìn

3 days / 2 nights

includes:

1. round trip with minibus
   
2. entrance fees
   
3. walking tour in the biotope of the Quetzal (the national bird of Guatemala)
   
4. observation of the Quetzal
   
5. visit in the park of orchids Verapaz
   
6. 2 nights of accomodation
   
7. visit in Semuc Champey
   
8. visit of the caves of Lanquìn
   
9. optional: tour on the river
   

Departure:

Tuesdays and Fridays at 1:30 p.m.

Return:

Thursdays and Sundays at 6:00 p.m.

Excursion to the Lake Atitlàn

The Lago de Atitlán is a large lake in the Guatemalan Highlands. At 320 meters deep, it is the deepest lake in Central America. It is surrounded by volcanoes and towns and villages of the Maya people.

The lake is volcanic in origin, filling an enormous caldera formed in an eruption 84,000 years ago.

It is renowned as one of the most beautiful lakes in the world, and Aldous Huxley famously wrote of it: "Lake Como, it seems to me, touches on the limit of permissibly picturesque, but Atitlán is Como with additional embellishments of several immense volcanoes. It really is too much of a good thing."

The forests surrounding the lake are an important habitat of the Guatemalan national bird, the Resplendent Quetzal. The lake surroundings also support extensive plantations, with communities harvesting coffee, rubber, sugar cane, macadamia, tea, bananas and lumber.

1 day includes:

round trip in minibus

boat trip on the lake, visiting some villages at the lake

Departure:

6:00 a.m.

Return:

6:00 p.m.