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The Complete Guide to Hiking Acatenango Volcano (Near Antigua, Guatemala)

If you’re staying in the beautiful town of Antigua, Guatemala, you’ll definitely be enamored by the city. However, turn your head to the sky and you’ll be in awe of the massive volcanoes.

If you’re in Antigua, I’d highly recommend you make the trek to Acatenango Volcano. Here are some things you should know before you do.

Things to Know

The first thing on most people’s minds when it comes to signing up for a tour is the price.

My partner and I paid $90 each for the tour up to Acatenango plus an additional $25 to hike over to Volcan de Fuego..

Our tour guide sent us an email with things to bring on the hike, the most important of which were a headlamp (or flashlight), warm clothing, water, and sunscreen.

We were told that we needed to bring about 2 to 3 liters of water per person. In our experience, you should bring far more water than that.

You start the hike up Acatenango in a small village called La Soledad. There are essentially three sections: the cornfields, the dense rainforest, and the alpine forest.

Climbing Volcan Acatenango

The beginning of the hike is through a series of cornfields. But they may have been growing other types of produce as well.

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