City overview
Guatemala packs volcanoes, Maya cities and colonial streets into a country you can cross in a day. Antigua's cobbled centre sits beneath three volcanoes, Lake Atitlan fills a crater ringed by Maya villages, and Tikal's temples rise out of the Peten rainforest. The Jewish community numbers under a thousand people, almost all of them in Guatemala City, where an Orthodox congregation and a Sephardi society have both been established for a century. Three Chabad houses serve travellers - one in the capital, one in Antigua and one on the shore of Lake Atitlan - and each of them cooks. Kosher food, Shabbos meals and a minyan are all reachable on the standard Guatemala route.
Grutas de Lanquín
Antigua · Guatemalan visitors Q20; foreign visitors Q30; children Q10.
A river cave system near Lanquín with lit walkways over the water, and tens of thousands of bats streaming out of the mouth at dusk.
Time needed
1–2 hours
Hours
Open daily 8:00 AM–6:00 PM
Tips
Arrive shortly before sunset for the bat exodus. The walkways are permanently wet and slick, so grippy shoes matter more than usual.
Neighborhood
Lanquín, Alta Verapaz
Activity providers
Kosher map of Antigua
Pick a place on the map or search an address or hotel to see what is kosher around it.