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.
Activity providers
OX Expeditions
Antigua · Acatenango overnight hike: US$119 / Q950 per person, plus required Q100 park fee. Minimum group of 6. Optional Fuego hike +US$40; porter Q200 each way; poles US$5 per pair. Other OX tours priced separately.
An Antigua adventure company running since 2004, offering Acatenango and Fuego overnights, Pacaya day climbs, mountain biking, kayaking on Lake Atitlán and city walking tours.
Hours
Open daily 9:30 AM–4:30 PM
Tips
The office keeps an emergency line separate from the booking number for anyone already on the mountain. Warm layers and sleeping gear are included on the overnight trips.
Phone
+502 3727-0652Neighborhood
Antigua Guatemala
Kosher map of Antigua
Pick a place on the map or search an address or hotel to see what is kosher around it.