Lake Atitlan Boat Tour to Santiago and San Juan

Explore the west of the country where most of the indigenous villages of Guatemala are concentrated. Start in a wooded area and continue on to a valley where vegetables and fruits are grown by local people. Upon arrival to Panajachel, take a boat to cross Lake Atitlan and visit Santiago Atitlán to learn of the local Saint "Maximon", the "guardian protector" of the Tz'utujil people.

Santiago is the most popular lakeside settlement outside Panajachel, and many atitecos (as its people are known) cling to a traditional Tz'utujil Mayan lifestyle. Women weave and wear huipiles (tunics) embroidered with brilliantly colored birds and flowers, and the cofradías town's maintain the ceremonies and rituals of tradition, the syncretic traditions, and practices of Mayan Catholicism. There's a large art and crafts scene here as well.

Continue to San Juan la Laguna, a city full of peace, art galleries, textile dyeing, weaving women, fishing men, medicinal plants, and a culture that will make you fall in love with the warmth of its people. Throughout the town, you will find murals painted by the Xocomeel (painters). At the end of your walking through the town, take a boat back to Panajachel.

Duration: 10 - 11 hours