looking down the tunnel created by the colonnaded arcade of the Palacio de los Capitanes Generales on the south side of the Parque Central in Antigua, Guatemala

Planning our weekends in Guatemala

We have recently been trying to make plans for this weekend. One of the things we want to do while we’re down here is swim the limestone pools in the river at Semuc Champey and swim through the Grutas de Lanquín. We really enjoyed swimming through the ATM cave in Belize and it sounds like the caves in Lanquín have a similar adventurous quality. Both of those adventures require relatively dry conditions, but the forecast for this weekend up there is for lots and lots of rain. We’re still in the dry season here, but the jungle can get rain anytime. So we can’t do that this weekend. ...

March 17, 2021 · 3 min · jtalbot