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Waterfalls in Guatemala!
The beauty and nature of Guatemala has been hided from the world during all its history. Nevertheless, over time, the passionate interest of travelers to explorer their own country and explorer new counties has helped in the process to discover that beauty has been saved during thousands of years; this is the case of Waterfalls La Igualdad.
La Igualdad is a community located on the slopes of the Tajumulco volcano, this community is surrounded by forest, a unique flora and fauna in the region and a weather that makes mystic the trek to arrive the waterfalls that have an hight about 187 meters, this is considered one of the highest, not only in Guatemala but in Central America.
All area of this community was owner as a private property, a landowner farm in the past, that over time was given to the community with the proposed that all produced by the community was a benefit to the community not only for one person. This people have been producing coffee as a principal product, it means the community does a hard labour with all the process coffee production require.
Over time, the creativity of people woke up, they realized they owned a natural wealth that was hidden and it can give them a best benefits, opportunities and development, instead of coffee production.
Social tourism projects like this have been developing all over the country with a similar histories.
Because of the incentive of community itself, they started the construction of path where visitor can go to arrive where the waterfalls are located, and because of to be so close to the volcano, they can find vein in the area, those ones have been used in the best way, the community constructed pools to capture the hot springs and they put together the concept of eco-tourism and social tourism.
Social tourism because in order to do this trek is necessary the connection between the tour operator and the representatives of the community.
Travel & Health Guatemala gives you this connection, transportation and guides from Xela together the recommendation to enjoy this community. But arriving the community, they becomes into our guides. The principal objective of Social tourism is that the community get the principal benefit. Working together with the tour operator, including the people as a representatives of the community in order to show the world its culture, ecology, tradition and life, without affect negatively; it means, the culture is not going change, we are not going to destroy the ecology and we are not going to disturb its lifestyle.
For ending, we can enjoy a bath considered as a therapeutic or medical treatment because of the properties of the hot springs of volcano, making of this trip a natural paradise.
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- Guatemala is the number one exporter in the world of Chinese Snow Peas to The United States.
- Guatemala was selected by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) as the number one of the best ten vacation destination in the world according the cultural segmentation.
- Guatemala is the second country more efficient to produce sugar cane, and the fifth bigger exporter in the world.
- Guatemala has the biggest variety of coniferous wood, and this are native to Guatemala.
- More than a half of Guatemalan people form part of some civil organization.
- The “Cajita Feliz” (Happy Meal) started in Guatemala, spreading all over the world.
- Antigua Guatemala was cataloged as World Heritage by UNESCO in 1979.
- Guatemala is the principal provider of quality coffee to Starbucks chain.
- Guatemala is the only country in Latin America with 4 active volcanoes.
- In Guatemala are located the more important Mayan sites of Mesoamerica: Tikal, El Mirador and Cancuén.
- Manny Marroquin, recording engineer, was nominated to 3 prizes Grammy in 2004 and he won two of them.
- The Pollo Campero Restaurant in Falls Church, Virginia, has the highest sells in the USA. it sells $32.5 thousand in a day.
- Guatemala is the principal provider of wood for the Gibson´s Guitares.
- Ron Zacapa Centenario has been selected as the best rum in the world for five consecutive years.
- The shortest story of the world was written by Augusto Monterroso, The dinosaur” and won in 2000 the literary prize principe de Asturias.
I can you give you many more reasons to travel to Guatemala but I suggest you contact Travel & Health Guatemala to find out more.
We organize everything and will be with you throughout your adventure in order to make sure you have the best time possible. Transportation, accommodation, Guatemalan food, Spanish, activities for children, trips for their parents and a baby-sitter if you need it.
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Guatemala and T&H Guatemala are waiting for you….
Once we arrived to “San Martin Chile Verde” start the adventure, this little town is door to the volcano, we walk around three hour (always depending on the people) now we are traveling with a old man with his daughter and they want to enjoy the nature, forest, birds etc.. So, we decide to walk slowly but people can arrive to the lagoon in two hours.
When you arrive to Chicabal lagoon you will reach the most peaceful place you can reach,. This is important; in the lagoon is not allowed to touch the water, to swim or to take a bath, because this area is sacred, Mayan people comes here to make ceremonies to pray for raining, , nature, peace, agriculture etc… so, if you are in contact with the water of the lagoon something bad is going to happen to you ( is the history) but, is important to respect all beliefs and this religion is carefully with nature.
For sure, this trek is full of unforgettable moments for us and for our friend who are join us at the agency, Travel & Health is located on Quetzaltenango, interior Entremundos Building. Here we have all information about our treks to different places, communities and reserves around Quetzaltenango and all Guatemala.
We try to focus on discover routs or paths that few people know, this is why we want you to join us on our great adventure.