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Volcano Acatenango hiking and packing check list

Volcano Acatenango hiking and checking packing list Guatemala backpacking itinerary

Destination: Central America, Guatemala, Volcano Acatenango

Season: December 2017

Length: 2 days

Theme: Backpacking  Hiking | Sceneries  |

Volcano Acatenango, since I loved it so much, I thought I do a page just for it. This is just a quick guide on Volcano Acatenango hike. I straight forward and you can easily arrange it from different city in Guatemala. However from my experience the most effective way of doing it is by going to Antigua city and arrange it from there.  Below you will find some useful information on how I did it, with some tips for you.

Volcano Acatenango Hike

Guatemalau backpacking Itinerary
  • The Icon for the transfer method
  • The h for the number of hour of transportation time
  • am or pm is the time of departure from the city
  • The D for the number of days i spent in the city
Antigua ←→ Volcano Acatenango → Antigua

Volcano Acatenango Hike

Volcano Acatenango hike
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Volcano Acatenango Hike

Volcano Acatenango hike is the number of activity in Antigua and it is one of those once in life experience, where you going to spend the night sleeping on base camp next to the active volcano Fuego watching its lava falling off and hear its sound at altitude of 3500 meters above the sea level. The hike is long, around 9 miles each ways, and relatively difficult and different company offer different option. I am not an expert on the company available in Antigua but I did my hike with Tropicana Hostel, which was very good and we had our private camp and private toilet. Just so you know, there is a public base camp and some tour have its own private one. Plus we only had to carry our personal belongs and our water, some company will ask you to carry other things for the camp, so check these thing in advance. One thing you need to know, make sure you have taking with you some warm clothes, gloves, head cover, walking sticks and a good hiking shoes. If you don’t have any you can buy them second hand from Antigua market, Alternatively you can hire them from you tour agency. Just ask them in advance. It dose get very cold at night, So make sure you take extra clothes to wear at night.

Volcano Acatenango Hike

What you need to take with you when you hiking Volcano Acatenango:

  • Heavy clothes (its hot during the day and very cold at night)
  • Gloves
  • Head cover
  • Good hiking shoes
  • Camera. One thing I have to say, If you like taking photo its worth taking a good night lens, tripped and an extra camera battery. The volcano erupt at random time so its not easy to capture it, best bet to leave your camera on for few hours.
  • Water 3 letter at lest (your water for drinking, cocking and personal use)
  • Snacks (take a decent amount I had about 5 snickers barI think 🙂 )
  • Head lamp

What usually you should get with your tour:

  • Sleeping tent
  • Sleeping bag
  • Food Breakfast before you leave Antigua and 3 meals on the hike
  • Two tour guide

Useful links to plan your Volcano Acatenango hike

You can book your tour from different agency you can refer to my Guatemala backpacking itinerary page form more information, I booked my tour with this company:

Its always best to book your tour from Antigua, rather than online. The tour to Volcano Acatenango go regularly and their are plenty of agency usually a day or two is enough to arrange everything.

Volcano Acatenango Hike