Panajachel Campgrounds - Reviews and Rates

We arrived in Pana after a very long shuttle from Antigua because of construction. We were set on camping and the best place that lonely planet recommended was Campana Campground which is run by Mike - born in the US but living in Guatemala for many years. It was a 20 minute walk from downtown and when we arrived there wasn´t anyone else there b...

Panajachel, or Pana to pretty much everyone is the busiest most built up of all the lakeside settlements on Lake Atitlan and was going to be out base for the next 2 days. The main street of Santander was lined with little stalls and shops made up of the Kaqchiquel and Tz´utuhil Mayas from the surrounding villages who come to Pana to sell there h...

This was an excellent journey thanks to Quetzaltrekkers, great route, great guides, and although there were 15 + 2 guides, a cohesive group. Rested in Xela most of the day on Friday, then attended the 6pm meeting for the trek. Went to bed early for 6am round up and breakfast. Walked 30 min through Xela for chicken bus, then a 20 min. ride to ¿?....

The last few days have been a quicksilver blur. 8 am breakfast (coffee) 9 am K'iche' class 10:30 lecture (Ethnic Identity, Home Life) (with coffee) 12:30 lunch (chile relleno, steak, and fish on Friday) 2:00 lecture (Protestentism, Politics) (with coffee!) 3:30 K'iche' review 4 pm free The Ministry of Health has been holding a conference this we...

We're now at lago de Atitlan. The lake is beautiful, and situated in an ancient collapsed caldera, creating a ring of mountains and volcanos around it. Panajachel is the main town on the lake, and we took a boat ride to several of the villages at other spots along the lake. A word of advice: don't take the quick tours. They promise 45 to 90 minu...

Yesterday morning at 6am I left my homestay family to travel across the border to Guatemala. Trying to say goodbye to a family that speak no English is not easy especially when my Spanish hasn´t advanced enough to hold a conversation. My conversations with the family were often interupted by my use of the dictionary, which kid of puts a dampener...

On Monday night after drinking too much coffee, we were in bed by 10pm. Yesterday we woke up early and went for breakfast in a restaurant with a beauiful view on the lake. Then we decided to go for a walk along the lake and took a boat to Santa Cruz La Laguna. We walked along the lake to the next village, a very nice 1 hour walk with a beautiful...

Oh my...today is August 29th. I have a lot of updating to do: August 20th. We left Antigua early this morning and arrived to Panajachel early as well. Went for a boatride along the lake. Stopped at 2 different villages along the lake. At the first to have lunch and at the second to visit a local Mayan God (strangely dressed up doll with a coffin...