Country Info
- Guatemala
- Capital
- Quetzal (GTQ)
- Currency
- 12,974,361
- Population
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Top Hotels in Rio Dulce
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Marriott Guatemala City
197 reviews -
Intercontinental Hotels Real Guatemala Guatemala City
57 reviews
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The Westin Camino Real Guatemala Guatemala City
124 reviews -
Holiday Inn Guatemala City
44 reviews
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Crowne Plaza Hotel Guatemala Guatemala City
54 reviews -
Grand Tikal Futura Hotel Guatemala City
74 reviews
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Clarion Suites Guatemala City
52 reviews
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Hotel Vista Real Guatemala Guatemala City
67 reviews
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Radisson Hotel And Suites Guatemala City
42 reviews
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Biltmore Express Guatemala Guatemala City
40 reviews
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Hotel Princess Guatemala Guatemala City
43 reviews
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Hotel Museo Casa Santo Domingo Antigua Guatemala
257 reviews
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Porta Hotel Del Lago Panajachel
40 reviews
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Mercure Casa Veranda Guatemala Guatemala City
32 reviews
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Villa Antigua Resort And Conference Center Antigua Guatemala
62 reviews
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Ramada Conquistador Guatemala City
19 reviews
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Antigua Hotel Antigua Guatemala
97 reviews
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Del Patio Tikal Peten
2 reviews
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Pan American Hotel Guatemala City
19 reviews
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Hotel Casa Concepcion Antigua Guatemala
30 reviews
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Green Bay Hotel Livingston
7 reviews
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Peten Esplendido Flores
24 reviews
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Hotel Atitlan Panajachel
132 reviews
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Howard Johnson Inn Guatemala City, Gua
32 reviews
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Soleil Pacifico Resort San Jose
11 reviews
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Westin Camino Real Tikal Tikal National Park
65 reviews
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Hostal Dona Victoria Coban
9 reviews
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Best Western Stofella Guatemala City
53 reviews
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Legendario Porta Hotel Esquipulas
2 reviews
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Amatique Bay Resort & Marina Puerto Barrios
28 reviews
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Las Farolas Hotel Antigua Guatemala
14 reviews
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Hotel Regis Panajachel
38 reviews
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Hotel Ciudad Vieja Guatemala City
7 reviews
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Hotel San Carlos Guatemala City
14 reviews
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El Convento Boutique Hotel Antigua Guatemala
80 reviews
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Hotel El Carmen Antigua Guatemala
25 reviews -
Santander Plaza Hotel Guatemala City
4 reviews
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Hotel Real Santander Panajachel
5 reviews
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Bambu Santiago Atitlan
26 reviews
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Hotel Rio Azul Quetzaltenango
Rio Dulce
Travel Blogs from Rio Dulce, Guatemala
Long Time No Write
This is a top pick! ... (one of which appeared to be dead, some algae-covered humping turtles, more hot springs, and 4 days later we are back in Rio Dulce getting laundry done. It is strange to feel dizzy on land and right on the boat... Overall, the boat was not what ...
Coffee Fincas, River Caves and Carribean beats
This is a top pick! ... as we got off the bus we found refuge in a riverside restaurant. Lago Ixobel is the largest lake in Guatemala which feeds the river (Rio Dulce meaning Sweet River) that meanders through narrow gorges and eventually out into the Caribbean Sea. The town of ...
A quick explanation...
This is a top pick! Hello everyone. Because of a number of factors, none bad, we haven't made an entry in a while, and unfortunatly, we can't make one now either because we are going sailing for a few days. Hang in there for about five more days and we will get caught up. ...
Episode 19: Casa Guatemala Orphanage
This is a top pick! ... to donate $500 dollars of supplies and gifts to Casa Guatemala, an orphanage a few kilometers away from the small river town of Rio Dulce. I was informed that I was the tour leader that would pass through the area next and if I would wisely purchase ...
Finca Tatin was Awesome
This is a top pick! ... of an eco-lodge type place called Finca Tatin www.fincatatin.centramerica.com . Finca Tatin is set on an inlet of the Rio Dulce. Hammocks abound, fabulous food and absolute tranquility. This was the first time I got into a bathing suite ...
Will I see the Rhincodon typus?
This is a top pick! ... . November and December are supposed to be the wettest months here at the Bay Islands, but so far I have seen nothing but sun and Cuba Libre for two days. Lets hope it continues. I'm ahead of me here, this entry is actually from Rio Dulce, ...
Remember to ask if the Hotel has running water
This is a top pick! ... process the bikes into Guatemala. They had some nice Mayan style statues at the border too. It was an easy ride through Guatemala to Rio Dulce, where, just across the bridge, we found an apartment type of hotel. It looked halfway decent, so I pulled ...
Paid to Play Episode 7: Down the Rio Dulce
This is a top pick! Paid to Play Episode 7: the one about the cool trip down the Rio Dulce river to Livingston and Guatemala's little known Caribbean coast. Guatemala isn't well known for it's Caribbean coast. The city of Livingston is at best a rather ...
Eastern Guatemala
This is a top pick! ... places remind us of Jamaica (the little we saw of it when we weren´t barricaded in our room because of the hurricane). After Rio Dulce, we continued south on to Honduras. Overall we really liked what we saw of Guatemala. Life here feels calmer, more ...
Sweet river, hot waterfalls, and a cool lodge
This is a top pick! ... scenic stops that constituted the "tour" along the way. A couple of hours after we started, we arrived in the town of Rio Dulce, a congested, non-aesthetic place, very different from what we were expecting. We grabbed lunch at a cheap comedor, ran ...
Oh my god not a road surely?
This is a top pick! ... hosts managed to arrange a lift for us to Rio Dulce, which made things so easy for us!! Said our goodbyes and headed to Rio Dulce...in a posh little launcha. Was another lovely journey...the river opens right out and is 5km across at the widest point, it ...
Coban, Lanquin/Semuc Champay, Tikal, Rio Dulce,
... birds. We even saw a family of monkeys playing in a tree above our heads. It was an another incredible day. Yesterday we headed for Rio Dulce. We were lucky enough to get on a direct shuttle which only took about 4 hours. We are staying at a Hotel ...
Rio Dulce
On est arrivé à Rio Dulce à 1h30 am sous la pluie, la première du voyage! L`hotel est fermée, du moins il n`y a pas de réponses au bureau, on squat un lit dans le dortoir à aire plus qu`ouverte! Je crois que j`ai attrapé 4 souches de ...
Moving on
We arrived in Rio Dulce by boat from Livingston...a 2 hour journey mostly in the rain. There´s really no point in spending any time here so we´re having lunch and moving on, heading north towards ...
Mayan Ruins, Rio Dulces and 9mm Berettas
... growl of a lion than a howl!) and Toucans calling to each other. On leaving Flores, I headed back South with Chad to Rio Dulce (literally meaning 'Sweet River') and immediately was taken back by the beauty of the place. I got a job volunteering at the ...
First stop... Rio Dulce (12-14 Dec)
... . He waits patiently while we discuss our options. We decide to try a place on the river called "Bruno's". Sidebar: Bruno's Rio Dulce, because it's a short sail from the southern Carribean islands, is a place where a lot of 'yachties' (yacht ...
Sweet River
Staying in the town of Rio Dulce, on the river of the same name, for one night I was underwhelmed based on the glowing reviews I had gotten from other travelers. It wasn't a bad town, but I found no great point of interest or redeeming quality other than ...
Rio dulce
ca y est on a enfin reussi á partir d'utila on est arrivé a rio dulce au guatemala. voici les dernieres photos d'utila, et peut etre les dernieres du voyage car l'appareil photo a rendu l'ame, je vais voir si je peux en trouver un autre, mais c pas ...
Jungle River
... been comfortable. We left Texan Bay Wednesday morning to head for the town of Fronteras where most cruisers spend their time on Rio Dulce. We found a nice marina at Bruno's from which we could walk into town. No other marina was that ...
the pictures get worse a the trip comes to an end
being the last few days of my travels.. i splurged on a private boat around the lake. wooo fun! cept.. not as exciting as i hoped for, wanting to see cayman and tucans.. but it was relaxing non the less.. finally a comp where i can upload pics. ...
Rio Dulce
Thursday we thought we would avoid the chicken buses and take a shuttle to Rio Dulce on our way to the Caribbean coast -- long story, but this didn't quite go as easily as planned. Fortunately we finally arrived at about 10pm and found a hostel that ...
oh my stummy
after a pleasant evening of dinner and hanging out with a new friend from the states.. i wasn´t feeling so great and decided to opt out of the town hall dance party (which looked REALLY lame anyway) and the tamales dinner at oscars place and just ...
Up the Rio Dulce river to Honduras
... our rooms from now on!!! Kerry decided that she needed to take control again and got us both up at 7am to catch a boat up the Rio Dulce river. Unfortunately the first boat doesn't leave until 9am though so between us things didn't run too smoothly ...
Guatemala
... city family. He choose to turn his back on his family (and their wealth) and now runs a moorings/bar/accomodation on the Rio Dulce in northern Guatamala. saying this, compared to his neighbors, he is still very rich. He spoke of his childhood and it ...
Tikal and then banana wigs in Livingston
... vertigo, so that gives a sense of the scale of the structures. Rio Dulce Our next stop was another jungle lodge on the Rio Dulce. The place we stayed had a fantastic pool with two elevated spa pools with water that ran down into the main ...
Journeying down the sweet river
We managed to find a non-chicken bus to take us south to Rio Dulce, after deciding to give more expensive Belize a skip. It was really cool and our thatched hostel was tucked amongst the jungle on the edge of the huge river and only accessible by boat. ...
Boating on Guatemala´s largest lake
Spent 3 days over Easter beside the largest lake in the region. Hoards of locals arrived by the truck load to camp and party in the streets and swim in the lake. Who can blame them, it´s 38 degrees and very humid! We ventured downstream to the ...
Kayaks and Howler Monkeys
Our next stop in Guatemala was Rio Dulce one of my favorite places in Guatemala. We made our way down to Rio Dulce which took about 5 hours on the bus we were still using our private transport and with so many of us it was working out the same price as ...