We offer a variety of mountain bike tours around Xela including popular trips to the Fuentes Georginas Hotspings and tours to San Andres Xecul and Salcaja. Contact us for more information and availability. 

In the village of Salcajá sectional charge starts to saddle up and ride horse for 3 hours along rural roads and scenic trails through farms, towns and forests. Professional guides and experienced horses. There are runs for all levels of experience.

Quetzaltenango, also commonly known by its indigenous name, Xelajú [ʃelaˈχu], or more commonly, Xela [ˈʃela], is the second largest city of Guatemala.[1] It is both the capital of Quetzaltenango Department and the municipal seat of Quetzaltenango municipality.

Glassblowing is a glassforming technique that involves inflating molten glass into a bubble, or parison, with the aid of a blowpipe, or blow tube. A person who blows glass is called a glassblower, glassmith, or gaffer.

visit the traditional vegetable growing town of Almolonga where we visit the Catholic Church and vegetable market (Wednesday and Saturday main market days) From there we travel to the pic-turesque town of Zunil where we visit the market (Monday main market day) a weaving cooperative, the majestic 16th century Catholic church, and San Simon (a colorful local Saint worshipped in Zunil) Next...

This is a large market visited by few tou-rists and is famous for the handicrafts produced in the regions (weavings, woodworking, and ceramics).

Totonicapan, more commonly called Toto has an interesting Catholic Church and Theater as well. You have two hours to explore the market. On the way back to Xela we stop in San Andres Xecul to see their famous yellow church, and colorful shrine to San Simon.

San Fransisco El Alto which has the largest indigenous market in Central America every Friday. This is an authentic market visi-ted by few tourists with food, vegetables, tools, weavings, and live animals for sale. You have two hours to explore the mar-ket. On the way back to Xela we stop in San Andres Xecul to see their famous yellow church, and colorful shrine to San Simon.

Visit the town of San Cristobal where we see a 17th century church and monastery with beautifully restored alters and statues. We continue on to San Andres Xecul to see their famous ye-llow church, and colorful shrine to San Simon. Next we travel to Salcaja to visit the oldest church in Central America built in 1524. We also visit a local family who weave traditional Jaspe style cloth on treadle looms and make Caldo de Fruta a traditional fruit liquor. Bring: camera Includes: private roundtrip transportation, guide, and entrance fees.

Are thermo sources that eminate from the Zunil volcano and which flow into the place known today as FUENTES GEORGINAS. These thermo sources were discovered by two laborers from Zunil in the year 1902 and they changed it into communal bath, where people who lived around there or nearby the place of the therme baths took a bath when they considered it necessary.

We offer tours to the following Pacific beaches: Champerico, Tulate and Tilapita. All three beaches have black volcanic sand, large waves and are 2-3 hours from Xela. There are simple restaurants serving fresh seafood and other dishes on the beach. Champericco is the closest beach to Xela, Tulate is on a small barrier island, Tilapita is located in a mangrove reserve on a small barrier island and has a small sea turtle project. We can arrange for a boat tour through the mangroves. Bring: camera, bathing suit, towel, insect repellent and sunscreen.

Chichicastenango Market (Thursday and Sunday morning only) Full DaTour............................25$p/p* We pick you up at your hotel or host family at 7am and drive to Chichicastenango, 2 ½ hours away, which has the most famous handicraft market in the country. This is the best place to buy local textiles, jewelry, carvings etc. There is also a mayan ceremo-nial site Pascual Abaj a short walk from the plaza and the famous Santo Tomas Church , and a small museum with Pre-Colombian and colonial artifacts. Return to Xela or get connecting transport to Antigua or Panajachel. Bring: camera Includes: private roundtrip transportation

Momostenango is a municipality in the Totonicapán department of Guatemala. The municipality is situated in the North-West of Totonicapán, in the Western highlands of Guatemala.

Tak'alik Ab'aj is a pre-Columbian archaeological site in Guatemala; it was formerly known as Abaj Takalik; its ancient name may have been Kooja. It is one of several Mesoamerican sites with both Olmec and Maya features. The site flourished in the Preclassic and Classic periods, from the 9th century BC through to at least the 10th century AD, and was an important centre of commerce...

In the pacific coast for one ½ hours. We visit the worker owned organic coffee and macadamia collective Nueva Allianza. We have a guided tour through the coffee and macadamia nut plantati-ons, visit the19th Century processing facilities, purified water plant, bio-diesel plant, and learn about organic and shade grown cof-fee production and the workers struggle for their land. We have lunch at the cooperative before returning to Xela by 5pm.

 We visit the Santa Anita plantation, which is a collective of 35 families who were members of the guerilla movement during Guatemala´s civil war. Now they grow organic fair-trade coffee and bananas. We have a guided tour through the plantations with an explanation of the production and harvest techniques as well as a visit to a tropical waterfall, and the coffee processing and roasting facilities. Afterwards we have lunch at the cooperative before returning back to Xela by 3pm. Also possible in the afternoon without lunch.

An exhilarating ride on 11 zip lines over picturesque forests and a working coffee plantation. Soar over 50 meters above the ground over trees, rivers, a waterfall, and the highway. Afterwards tour the coffee plantations and processing facilities.

Guatemala is a world class birdwatching destination with more than 700 species of birds. We offer of variety of birdwatching tours including Finca Patrocinio, the Laguna de Chicabal, and the Refugio del Quetzal in San Rafael Pie de la Cuesta in San Marcos.