Parkinglot oposite of the NP Entrance | Informal Campsite
Guatemala
Details
- Verified:
- about 1 year ago
- GPS:
- 14.40481, -90.60589
- Altitude:
- 1871.8 masl
- Website:
- None
- Contributor:
-
guthier.com
Amenities
- Electricity:
- No
- Wifi:
- No
- Kitchen:
- No
- Restaurant:
- No
- Showers:
- No
- Water:
- No
- Toilets:
- Running Water
- Big Rig Friendly:
- Yes
- Tent Friendly:
- No
- Pet Friendly:
- Yes
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Description
Here you can park a big rig and spend the night as well. Paid 20 Q to an old lady. It's in the middle of the village, so for the night it's safer than the other entrance. This entrance is called 'San Francisco'. Toilets available across the Street. We hiked in the afternoon with a guide to the very top and stood there after sunset to make photos of the eruptions. Unfortunatly the weather was really bad. Wet and windy. We came back in the dark with flashlights. Paid 200 Q for the guide.
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Good levelled place to stay while hiking the Pacaya. Overnight we payed 50 Q.
Report Check-InGood place to park before hiking. 50Q banos are clean enough. We started the hike at 630am and didn't use a guide. We paid 100pp after the hike at the park entrance.
Report Check-InWe stayed here for one night and felt safe. There are clean toilets. We paid 50 Quetzal.
Report Check-InGood and safe place. Friendly people. Parking overnight was 30Q per car. We arrived around 2pm and we were alone on this place. The next morning about 5 more cars and minibuses arrived.
We hiked up the volcano with a guide. Entrance to the National Park is 50Q pp. The guide is 200Q per group, climbing to the crater rim is additional 100Q pp. You need to take a warm jacket with you as it can be freezing cold at the top with very strong winds. We left for the hike at 3pm and arrived at the rim around 5:30pm. Some sections when climbing to the rim are a bit tiring because of the deep loose gravel. The timing allowed us to see the crater and the other volcanoes first at daylight, then sunset and then beginning night. Descending at night with flash lights. We were lucky that a new lava stream just started that day, awesome view after sunset! The whole hike up and down was around 3.5 hours plus about 45 minutes on the rim.
It is of course a tough hike up to the rim, but absolutely worth it.
Here you can park a big rig and spend the night as well. Paid 20 Q to an old lady. It's in the middle of the village, so for the night it's safer than the other entrance. This entrance is called 'San Francisco'. Toilets available across the Street. We hiked in the afternoon with a guide to the very top and stood there after sunset to make photos of the eruptions. Unfortunatly the weather was really bad. Wet and windy. We came back in the dark with flashlights. Paid 200 Q for the guide.
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