Lanquin Hostels - Reviews and Rates

The best way to travel in Guatemala is via shuttle bus. The prices are fair and they have a pretty good network to get you from one stikin' corner of the country to the next. In case you didn't know, Guatemala is pretty good and the points of interest are pretty spread apart! So...we took the shuttle from San Pedro all the way to Lanquin. In tot...

After four (seemingly long) weeks of Spanish classes, Andy and I decided to take a bit of a vacation from our vacation before a week of just buckling down and studying. No class for 2 weeks, yippee!

We chose Semuc Champey as the main attraction, said to be the most beautiful place in Guatemala, and conveniently only 7 hours away! It unoff...

So the bus journey to Lanquin has to be the worst yet. The jounrey is 7 hours, so we thought we'd be getting a decent coach. When our 15 seater minibus turned up, we were a little dismayed! So we did the rounds at picking up people from their hotels and the bus got fuller and fuller THEN when the bus was full up, the driver decided that he wante...

... according to Lonely Planet. It was a real trek to get out there, but it was worth the effort. There are lots of rivers, waterfalls, natural pools and caves in the area. Proof of the limestone beneath the jungle. One day I took a kayak out and tried my luck negotiating some waterfalls. I started with small ones (about one foot) and graduated ...

The second attraction in the Lanquin area, for us, was Semuc Champey. Semuc Champey is a series of natural pools and waterfalls set along the river, and before we headed over to Lanquin, I had a vision of walking along a boardwalk and taking in the pretty sights. Little did I know.

Our day started out when the transportation showed up. Se...

After spending one night in Coban, and getting some work done, Devin and I took the two-hour ride to Lanquin.  This bus was much better as it was meant for tourists so they didn't over-pack it.  We traveled further up into the mountains, enjoying the lush scenery the entire way.

After getting into town Devin and I went straight to El Reti...

Did you know it takes 2 hours to drive 11k on a dirt road? We do! Tracy here, after a 4hour bus ride which was really an 8 hour bus ride we have arrived in central guatemala. The area is amazing. Many hills and mountains all jumbled together. We have a small cabana which looks out on to a river. 9k up another dirt road is an area called Semuc Ch...

This morning, 14 of us gringos piled into the back of a pickup truck and went by very bad road to Semuc Champey. We started with a very cool cave adventure. We all got into our bathing suits, got candles and started walking. As soon as we got into the caves, it was pitch black (hence the candles). It was a little Indiana Jones-ish with the candl...

Finished off with the bats the next day we went to semuc champey it is a place in the mountians where 2 rivers meet and one goes under the other kinda like a bridge. In the morning 14 of us pile in the back of a pick up and drive for 40 min to go 10 km so you can guess how slow we were going at one point I felt bad for the truck going up a 30 de...

We took a tour to Semuc Champey where the limestone pools are and caves to explore. In typical Guatemalan stylee we all piled into the back of pickup truck and sped off. We all stopped to pick up lunch items. When Paul and I returned the pickup had gone. They had gone without us. We were livid. Tour guide Rule no.1 - head count. Fumed our way ba...