Guatemala · Independent guide

All destinations.

Eight destinations with their places counted: how many there are, how many are open and what remains closed, restricted or unconfirmed.

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Buildings in Guatemala City with volcanoes on the horizon.
Tiled-roof houses and a volcano among clouds in Antigua Guatemala.
Maya stone temple rising above the forest at Tikal.

8 destinations · 45 places

01 · Guatemala

Guatemala City

1 destination · 5 places

Buildings in Guatemala City with volcanoes on the horizon.

Guatemala department

Guatemala City

The National Palace, Kaminaljuyú and the museums of the capital.

5 places

  • 2 open
  • 3 unconfirmed

02 · Guatemala

Antigua & volcanoes

1 destination · 10 places

Tiled-roof houses and a volcano among clouds in Antigua Guatemala.

Sacatepéquez, Chimaltenango and Escuintla

Antigua & volcanoes

The CNPAG monuments, two museums and the Acatenango, Pacaya and Agua volcanoes.

10 places

  • 5 open
  • 5 unconfirmed

03 · Guatemala

Atitlán & Chichicastenango

1 destination · 4 places

Motorboat on Lake Atitlán with a volcano in the background.

Sololá, Quiché and Chimaltenango

Atitlán & Chichicastenango

San Pedro volcano, the Atitlán Nature Reserve, Chichicastenango and Iximché.

4 places

  • 1 open
  • 3 unconfirmed

04 · Guatemala

Quetzaltenango

1 destination · 4 places

Layers of mountains and a green slope with crops in the foreground.

Quetzaltenango department

Quetzaltenango

Santa María volcano, Chicabal lake, Fuentes Georginas and central Xela.

4 places

  • 4 unconfirmed

05 · Guatemala

Petén

1 destination · 7 places

Maya stone temple rising above the forest at Tikal.

Petén department

Petén

Tikal and Uaxactún, Yaxhá, the Sayaxché sites, El Mirador and Cerro Cahuí.

7 places

  • 1 open
  • 6 unconfirmed

06 · Guatemala

Izabal & Río Dulce

1 destination · 7 places

River between two forest-covered slopes in Río Dulce.

Izabal department

Izabal & Río Dulce

Río Dulce, San Felipe fort, Siete Altares, Quiriguá and Finca El Paraíso.

7 places

  • 7 unconfirmed

07 · Guatemala

Las Verapaces

1 destination · 6 places

Terraced turquoise pools among dense forest at Semuc Champey.

Alta Verapaz and Baja Verapaz

Las Verapaces

Semuc Champey, the Lanquín caves, the Quetzal Biotope and the northern waterfalls.

6 places

  • 1 open
  • 5 unconfirmed

08 · Guatemala

Pacific coast

1 destination · 2 places

Waves reaching a dark beach as the sun meets the horizon.

Retalhuleu, Escuintla and Santa Rosa

Pacific coast

Tak’alik Ab’aj, the Sipacate–Naranjo mangroves and the Monterrico turtles.

2 places

  • 1 open
  • 1 unconfirmed