GUATEMALA COMMUNITY TOURISM
GUATEMALA COMMUNITY TOURISM
All Tours Include: private transportation, certified tour guide, entrance fee to sites and experiences. CLICK ON THE PHOTO TO BOOK YOUR TOUR.
Join our tour guide in your hotel in Guatemala City or at La Antigua Guatemala. We will travel to Santo Domingo Xenacoj (1 hour away from the City) and meet with the weavers. Weaving is an ancestral art inherited from mother to daughter in Maya communities of Guatemala. The Council of weavers will be sharing with visitors the importance of the preservation of textiles and will teach you in a workshop how to use the back strap loom. Traditional lunch included. 8 hours tour. Minimum 4 visitors.
Join our tour guide in your hotel in Guatemala City or at La Antigua Guatemala. We will travel to San Antonio Aguas Calientes (30 minutes away from La Antigua Guatemala). Immerse yourself in the weaving world learning from the women the value of textiles in their daily life and the importance for their identity. Traditional lunch included. 4 hours tour. Minimum 2 visitors.
Join our tour guide in your hotel in Guatemala City or at La Antigua Guatemala. We will travel to San Antonio Aguas Calientes (30 minutes away from La Antigua Guatemala). Experience in our tour learning step by step the process of back strap weaving in Guatemala. The tour includes a talk about the community children weaving school. Traditional lunch included. 4 hours tour. Minimum 2 visitors.
Join our tour guide in your hotel in Guatemala City or at La Antigua Guatemala. We will travel to San Antonio Aguas Calientes (30 minutes away from La Antigua Guatemala) to meet with a local weaver. Enjoy a one on one back strap loom weaving class and become an expert weaver in Guatemala. Traditional lunch included. 4 hours class. Minimum 1 visitor.
All Tours Include: private transportation, certified tour guide, entrance fee to sites and experiences. CLICK ON THE PHOTO TO BOOK YOUR TOUR.
Join our tour guide in your hotel in Guatemala City. We will visit the ancient archaeological site and ceremonial center of "Kaminal Juyu". Continue to a walking tour at the Historical Center of Guatemala City. End your tour with a Visit to the Central Market in Guatemala City. 4 hours tour. Minimum 2 visitors.
Join our tour guide in your hotel in Guatemala City. Explore the first Maya Settlement in Guatemala City "Kaminal Juyu". Visit Miraflores museum and the Relief Map in Guatemala City. Walking tour at the Historical Center and enjoy lunch cooked by a Maya Woman (anthropologist and Chef). 6 hours tour. Minimum 2 visitors.
Join our tour guide in your hotel in Guatemala City. We will visit and explore the best two museums in Guatemala City. Visit Ixchel Museum to learn and appreciate the history of Guatemala Textiles. Continue with Popol Vuh Museum with a wonderful collection of ancient ceramic and colonial Art. 4 hours tour. Minimum 2 visitor.
Join our tour guide in your hotel in La Antigua Guatemala. Walking tour visiting La Antigua Guatemala Central Plaza, Cathedral ruins, La Merced church and convent, Museums of Casa Santo Domingo. End the tour with a cup of Guatemala coffee. 4 hours tour. Minimum 2 visitors.
Join our tour guide in your hotel in La Antigua Guatemala. Walking tour visiting La Antigua Guatemala Central Plaza, Cathedral ruins, La Merced church and convent. Continue to a Chocolate Workshop and Coffee Tasting. 4 hours tour. Minimum 2 visitors.
Join our tour guide in your hotel in La Antigua Guatemala. We will travel to San Antonio Aguas Calientes (30 minutes away from La Antigua Guatemala). Continue to a local home for a cooking experience preparing the most important ceremonial dish of town, PEPIAN. Traditional lunch included. 4 hours tour. Minimum 2 visitors.
Join our tour guide in your hotel in La Antigua Guatemala. We will travel to San Lorenzo El Cubo (30 minutes away from La Antigua Guatemala). Learn from our coffee expert all about the history and production of artisanal Coffee. End your tour with a coffee tasting. 4 hours tour. Minimum 2 visitors.
Join our tour guide in your hotel in La Antigua Guatemala. We will travel to San Juan Del Obispo and walk to the Loquat farm to enjoy the history of the process of this tropical fruit. Later join Gustavo and taste different tropical drinks including local wine and beer. Traditional lunch included. 4 hours tour. Minimum 2 visitors.
Join our tour guide in your hotel in Guatemala City or at La Antigua Guatemala. We will travel to San Juan Comalapa, Chimaltenango (1.5 hours away from Guatemala City). During our tour we will meet with local naif painters, sharing with them their history and art. Traditional lunch included. 8 hours tour. Minimum 2 visitors.
Join our tour guide in your hotel in Guatemala City or at La Antigua Guatemala. We will travel to Solola, Lake Atitlán. Visit the communities of San Antonio and Santa Catarina Palopó. Learn about daily life, ceramic and textiles. Traditional lunch included. 10 hours tour. Minimum 2 visitors.
Join our tour guide in your hotel in Guatemala City or at La antigua Guatemala. We will travel to Chichicastenango artisanal market (Thursday or Sunday). We will explore the community, visiting the church, the brotherhood and the colorful local market. Traditional lunch included. 10 hours tour. Minimum 2 visitors.
Join our tour guide in your hotel in Guatemala City or at La Antigua Guatemala. Hike Pacaya Volcano (50 kms away from Guatemala City), it's one of the four active volcanoes in Guatemala. If we are lucky in our hike, we will appreciate lava and smoke. 8 hour tour. Minimum 2 visitors.
Join our tour guide in your hotel in Quetzaltenango. We will travel to Santiaguito volcano and start the hike. Reaching the lookout we will appreciate Santiaguito Volcano, formed due to the eruption of Santa Maria Volcano in 1902. 8 hours tour. Minimum 2 visitors.
Join our tour guide in your hotel in Flores. We will travel to Tikal National Park. Walking archaeological tour in complex Q, main plaza, templo IV, lost world, plaza of the seven temples, central acropolis. Picnic lunch included. 8 hours tour. Minimum 2 visitors.
Join our tour guide in your hotel in Flores. Early morning transfer to Tikal National Park. After arrival birding walk inside the Park, visiting the best hot spots in the site. Picnic lunch included. 8 hours tour. Minimum 2 visitors.
All Journeys Include: private transportation, certified tour guide, hotels or home stays, entrance fee to sites and experiences. CLICK ON THE PHOTO TO BOOK YOUR JOURNEY.
Join our tour guide in your hotel in Guatemala City or at La Antigua Guatemala. Transfer to San Juan La Laguna, in Lake Atitlán. The town is recognize for the tradition of using natural dyes in their textiles. Experience a natural dye and weaving workshop with the Tzutuhil Maya weavers, tour around the town and enjoy the visit of a coffee Coop. Includes: private transportation, certified tour guide, natural dye and weaving workshop, meals, 2 nights homestay. 3 days journey. Minimum 2 visitors.
Join our tour guide in your hotel in Guatemala City. Travel through the highlands of Guatemala and learn the traditions of weaving art. This travel journey is supporting the Council of Weavers of Guatemala. Our goal is to keep alive the weaving identity of Maya communities. We visit Guatemala City, Sacatepéquez, Sololá and Quetzaltenango. Includes: private transportation, certified tour guide, weaving experiences and workshops, meals, 7 hotel nights. 8 days journey. Minimum 2 visitors.
All Journeys Include: private transportation, certified tour guide, hotels or home stays, entrance fee to sites and experiences. CLICK ON THE PHOTO TO BOOK YOUR JOURNEY.
Join our tour guide in your hotel in Guatemala City or at La Antigua Guatemala. We will travel to the highlands of Guatemala, known for the colorful handmade textiles, the Maya Cosmovition and the ceramic. Explore with us Santa Catarina Palopó, San Antonio Palopó and Santa Cruz La Laguna, interacting and learning about the daily life. Includes: private transportation, certified tour guide, interaction with local families, meals, 1 hotel night. 2 days journey. Minimum 2 visitors.
Join our tour guide in your hotel in Guatemala City or at La Antigua Guatemala. San Juan La Laguna and San Pedro La Laguna are two communities around Lake Atitlan famous for the local art. Join us in this adventure and meet several families, well recognized in the communities for the preservation and transmission of art to new generations. Includes: private transportation, certified tour guide, art experiences with local families, meals, 1 night home stay. 2 days journey. Minimum 2 visitors.
Join our tour guide in your hotel in Guatemala City or at La Antigua Guatemala. We will explore the Maya Ceremonial Centers of Iximché and Chichicastenango, to discover the ancestral legacy of Maya Cosmovisión in Guatemala. Includes: private transportation, certified tour guide, cultural experiences, meals, 1 hotel night. 2 days journey (saturday and wednesday). Minimum 2 visitors.
All Journeys Include: private transportation, certified tour guide, hotels or home stays, entrance fee to sites and experiences. CLICK ON THE PHOTO TO BOOK YOUR JOURNEY.
Join our tour guide in your hotel in Quetzaltenango. We will travel to San Marcos and start the hike. Admiring the beauty of the sunrise will be our reward hiking the highest peak of Central América, Tajumulco Volcano. Includes: private transportation, certified tour guide, entrance fee to national park, breakfast. 2 days journey. Minimum 2 visitors.
Join our tour guide in your hotel in Flores. Archaeological experience visiting Tikal National Park. After lunch we transfer to the Hotel to rest and later appreciate sunset. Next day we continue to Yaxha National Park, walking through the causeways, plazas and monuments, learning about Maya archaeology. Includes: private transportation, certified tour guide, entrance fee to Tikal and Yaxha, 3 meals, 1 hotel night. 2 days journey. Minimum 2 visitors.
Join our tour guide in your hotel in Flores. We travel early in the morning to visit the community of Uaxactún and do a birding experience. In the afternoon we travel to see the sunset in Tikal. Next morning we do birding in Tikal and the archaeological visit to the site. Includes: private transportation, certified tour guide, entrance fee to Uaxactun and Tikal, 4 meals, 1 hotel night. 2 days journey. Minimum 2 visitors.
Join our tour guide in your hotel in Flores. One lifetime adventure through the jungle of the Maya Biosphere Reserve. Our goal is to reach and climb the second biggest pyramid in volume in the world "LA DANTA". Includes: private transportation, certified tour guide, community guide, mules, meals, 4 camping nights, 1 hotel night. 5 days journey. Minimum 2 visitors.
All Journeys Include: private transportation, certified tour guide, hotels or home stays, entrance fee to sites and experiences. CLICK ON THE PHOTO TO BOOK YOUR TOUR.
Join our tour guide in your hotel in Guatemala City or at La Antigua Guatemala. We will travel to Rabinal to witness the Maya drama Rabinal Achí, pre-hispanic dance that keeps an important significance in the daily life of the Maya. The festivity takes place the third week of January. Includes: private transportation, certified tour guide, community festivity experiences, meals, 2 hotel nights. 3 days journey. Minimum 2 visitors.
Join our tour guide in your hotel in Guatemala City or at La Antigua Guatemala. We will travel to the most important Maya Women Event in Guatemala (Rabin Ajaw). The event takes place the third week of July. Includes: private transportation, certified tour guide, community festivity experiences, meals, 3 hotel nights. 4 days journey. Minimum 2 visitors.
Join our tour guide in your hotel in Guatemala City or at La Antigua Guatemala. Maya brotherhoods are ancestral authorities that preserved their traditions and culture generation through generation. Join us and share experiences with the local brotherhood in town. The festivity takes place on August. Includes: private transportation, certified tour guide, community festivity experience, traditional lunch. 6 hours journey. Minimum 2 visitors.
Join our tour guide in your hotel in Guatemala City or at La Antigua Guatemala. The dance of Palo Volador of Joyabaj, is a community festivity that show us the relationship of the Cosmos, the Maya Calendar and nature. The festivity takes place the second week of August. Includes: private transportation, certified tour guide, community festivity experiences, meals, 2 hotel nights. 3 days journey. Minimum 2 visitors.
Join our tour guide in your hotel in Guatemala City or at La Antigua Guatemala. We will follow the path of Las Orquideas (women kite makers group), to appreciate the art of making and flying giant kites in Guatemala. The festivity takes place November first. Includes: private transportation, certified tour guide, kite festival experiences, traditional lunch. 8 hours journey. Minimum 2 visitors.
The service of the Certified Tour Guide is Per Day/Per Group. Click on the photo to book your guide.
Ivania (certified tour guide in Guatemala) is specialized in weaving and textiles experiences in Guatemala. She also works co-creating and developing community tourism experiences in Guatemala. Price of service is per day/per group.
Richard (certified tour guide in Guatemala) is specialized in community cultural experiences in Guatemala. If you like to travel getting out the beaten track, he is your best travel companion. Price of service is per day/per group.
Travel with Pablo (certified tour guide in Guatemala) he is specialized in bird watching in protected areas of Guatemala. Certified by Audubon in Guatemala as a birder tour guide. Price of service is per day/per group.