Santa Maria
What is trekking you ask? Depending on where you’re from you might also know it as hiking, backpacking, tramping, bushwalking or serendismo. Trekking is experiencing the natural environment the way it should be experienced - with your own two legs.

The volcanoes and mountains of Guatemala serve up word-class trekking. Whether you’re scaling a towering volcano or going from highland village to highland village – participating in our treks is a truly unique experience. At Quetzaltrekkers, we welcome people of all ages and all trekking abilities – keep in mind, however, that trekking is a challenging physical pursuit and is most suitable for people with a reasonable level of fitness.

Our prices are all-inclusive. That means all food, water, equipment rental, transportation, guides, entrance-fees and accommodation are provided. Alcoholic beverages, personal insurance and gratuities for the guides are not included
The best way to reserve a trek with us is to come to our Quetzaltenango office in Casa Argentina several days before the departure date of your trek, and no later than 11:00 AM on the day before your trek. We require a 50 Quetzal deposit (about US$7) and ask you to complete a brief medical form. At this point you will be added to our trek manifest and guaranteed a spot on the trek.

If you are unable to come to our office because you will not be arriving in Quetzaltenango until the afternoon before your trek leaves, or if you simply want to guarantee your space on one of our treks to set your mind at ease, you may pay the deposit on line using the link below. We only accept dollars, and the deposit will be $10 (instead of $7), to help cover our additional processing costs.

In normal circumstances your deposit, which is in addition to the cost of the trek, will be fully refunded to you at the end of the trek, once you have returned any borrowed equipment. If you pay your deposit on line, your refund will be 50 Quetzales, not $10. In extremely rare cases, usually related to exceptionally bad weather, a trek might be cancelled by us, in which case your deposit will be fully refunded.

With sufficient notice, deposits are usually transferrable to a different trek, but they are not refundable. Should you need to forfeit your deposit, however, please be assured the money will be going to the EDELAC kids, and they are thankful for your understanding!

Please also note that as we prepare fresh food for the trips, guides go to the market on Friday. We generally leave at 11:00 AM to do this shopping. Therefore anyone who signs up later than 11:00 AM the day before the trek leaves will be charged an extra 50 Quetzales, to cover the extra work last minute sign ups create.

If you wish to organize a private, off-schedule trek, we encourage you to contact us several days in advance.

If you have any unanswered questions, feel free to contact us and we will do our best to answer them. We are fairly good at returning emails, but bear in mind there are times when all of us are trekking and your inquiry will have to wait a few days (usually this is just on weekends).

Good news! You can now sign up for our treks online by paying a $10 deposit. Please pay the deposit no later than 11:00 am the day before the trek leaves. Come by the office the day before the trek to pay the remaining cost and learn about our pre-trek meeting.

RESERVE YOUR SPOT ONLINE

Please note that a minimum number of people (usually 3) must be signed up in order for a trek to run at the normal price. This is rarely an issue for our more popular treks such as the weekend  Tajumulco and Xela- Lago Atitlán treks, the monthly full moon trek to Santa María and the bi-monthly Nebaj-Todos Santos trek. This calendar is not definitive and is liable to change without notice, and is only accurate two to three months in advance.