Itinerary:

10/27 (Sunday) Arrival

We will meet you at the airport transferring you to Antigua Guatemala for a special welcome dinner and celebration.

10/28 (Monday) Antigua Shuttle Day

We will shuttle up below Acatenango and active Fuego Volcano – beginning a day full of blistering descents coffee farms and milkshakes. 3 shuttles in three of the prominent ecosystems in the Antigua valley [justified_image_grid preset=c4 rml_id=412]

10/29 (Tuesday) Highland Traverse

We will follow a thousand year old route connecting mountain peaks starting high above Antigua and finishing in the mountain city of Tecpán. In the afternoon we will visit the Ruins of Iximche before shutting to a unique mountain lodge for the night at 2900m. [justified_image_grid preset=c4 rml_id=454]

10/30 (Wednesday) – La Infinita

The glory day. One of the largest descents in the country La Infinita drops from icy alpine highlands to the hot coastal plains of the pacific. We will shuttle up to 3400m connecting a patchwork of technical trails. A second 4×4 shuttle brings us to the rim of the Lake Atitlán Caldera where we finish the day in a boat accessed hotel. [justified_image_grid preset=c4 rml_id=456]

10/31 (Thursday) – Rest Day

Today we will enjoy the beauty of Lake Atitlán and rest up with a day of swimming and relaxing. In the evening we will boat over to Panajachel for the town’s annual day of the dead fiesta in the cemetery.

11/01 (Friday) Tecpan Enduro and Giant Kite Festival.

In the morning we will shuttle back up to the mountains of Tecpán where we will sample an an epic 1200m technical descent through steep pine forests. En route to Antigua we will attend the Giant Kite Festival in Sumpango in the afternoon. The Festival de Barrialetes Gigantes is one of the largest day of the dead celebrations in Guatemala where locals display enormous 30m kites that they have been working on for many months. We will wrap up the week back in Antigua.

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