ASOAVA Acatenango community guides | Tourist Attraction

Guatemala

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1380.5 masl
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mariaswhewell

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We rarely do tours, but this is a true Guatemala experience. Catalino picked us up from the tourist police park and took us to his house in San Jose where we slept and had a home made dinner with his family, cooked by his wife.
Before trekking the Acatenango volcano, ASOAVA offered us direct contact with the guides without an agency intermediating (we felt our money was going to who really deserves it). It was just me, my girlfriend and our dog Pancho trekking, with a guide just for us, not the typical excursion. Once again we were offered home made meals while in the volcano, they offered us jackets, gloves, hats, sleeping bags and a tent with an amazing view to the volcano. The trekking took us 4 hours to reach the campground on the first day. We spent the night watching a beautiful show of lava explosions right in front of us, cooking dinner and drinking hot chocolate around a fire pit. On the 2nd day we woke up at 4am to start a 1h30 trek to the top of the volcano to watch the sunrise while the fire explosions continue! Catalino told us the best way to contact him is trough WhatsApp and Facebook, so we’ll leave his number here
tel: +502 55004707
Hope you enjoy it like we did :)

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This place is in wrong location - it is located at 14.55137, -90.86942

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yes it's a great tour. but be prepared that the group has also till 16 persons! it's only a little bit cheaper than others. Catalino and his family are really lovely and very helpful people and we would do the tour with his company again. but the young guides are interested to bring you fast from the mountain back. look that you get enough breaks because it's really hard work.

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We had a great tour with ASOAVA tours. Like already described, everything was good and a really great experience. I think it was one of the most special things in Central America for us.

It costs 400 quetzal per person and it is worth every cent!!

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Nous avons passé 2 journées inoubliables. Très bonne organisation, merci à Werner et Fernando qui sont très professionnels et ont été très attentifs et bienveillants avec chacun d’entre nous, sans tomber dans l’angélisme. La montée fut annoncée très dure et elle le fut. Mais nous avons fait des pauses aux bons moments. Le froid, une fois le jour tombé, est glacial. Il faut bien le prendre en compte pour faire votre sac. Pas besoin de brosse à dents ni de savon, ni de serviette, ni de brosse à cheveux ( vous ne quitterez pas votre bonnet ou bandeau), il n’y qu’un WC naturel. Pour la nuit prévoir de bonnes chaussettes supplémentaires et quelque chose de chaud pour les jambes, dans la tente il y a un vrai matelas confortable et des duvets adaptés mais il faisait 5 degrés donc très très froid, on dort tout habillé. Prévoir également de la place dans son sac à dos pour 2 bouteilles d’eau d’un litre et le sac avec le pique nique ( délicieux) + 2 bananes et une pomme. Emmenez du chocolat ou des fruits secs.
Je répète il fait glacial en haut, pour monter nous avions le soleil donc short et tee-shirts, mais une fois en haut mettre les épaisseurs teeshirt manches longues mérinos, sweat fin et moins fin ou pull et legging. Si vous n’avez pas de doudoune, ils vous en prêtent ainsi que bonnet et gants. Ils louent des bâtons (5Q un gros bâton en bois) indispensable si vous n’avez pas les vôtres. Autre indispensable la lampe frontale pour la marche du matin à 4h et pour le repas autour du feu le soir (vérifiez les piles ) il n’y a pas d’éclairage, sauf celui d’El Fuego !
Les capes de pluie sont également à emporter car s’il pleut ( ce qui n’a pas été notre cas ) je n’imagine même pas être trempé ainsi que le sac à dos avec le froid glacial.
Prenez des photos et exercez-vous avec votre appareil avant de partir pour être prêt au moment où il crache de nuit.
Avec tout cela vous passerez des moments magiques à admirer El Fuego et vous serez fier(e) d’être monté(e) à 3976 mètres.

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We rarely do tours, but this is a true Guatemala experience. Catalino picked us up from the tourist police park and took us to his house in San Jose where we slept and had a home made dinner with his family, cooked by his wife.
Before trekking the Acatenango volcano, ASOAVA offered us direct contact with the guides without an agency intermediating (we felt our money was going to who really deserves it). It was just me, my girlfriend and our dog Pancho trekking, with a guide just for us, not the typical excursion. Once again we were offered home made meals while in the volcano, they offered us jackets, gloves, hats, sleeping bags and a tent with an amazing view to the volcano. The trekking took us 4 hours to reach the campground on the first day. We spent the night watching a beautiful show of lava explosions right in front of us, cooking dinner and drinking hot chocolate around a fire pit. On the 2nd day we woke up at 4am to start a 1h30 trek to the top of the volcano to watch the sunrise while the fire explosions continue! Catalino told us the best way to contact him is trough WhatsApp and Facebook, so we’ll leave his number here
tel: +502 55004707
Hope you enjoy it like we did :)

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