Guatemala's Eastern Guatemala
Eastern Guatemala
North and east of Guatemala City’s urban sprawl, discover a land of varied topography, where the misty pine covered mountains of Alta Verapaz meet the hot dry-tropic climate of the Rio Motogua Valley. The finest of these variations include the picturesque setting of Coban, the paleontology museum at Estanzuela, the great basilica at Esquipulas, the stunning Mayan stelae and zoomorphs at Quirigua, the tropical lake of Izabal and the jungle waterway of the Rio Dulce.
Smooth roads offer a scenic euphoria as you travel from one city to another, and delightful sights await when you get there. From the Biotopo del Quetzal, one of the country’s premier reserves nestled along the route to Coban, to the Grutas de Lanquin, the country’s most famous caverns.
