On the river
Free kayaks from the dock and guided trips upriver. Take a hammock-house paddle out before breakfast. Lie still all afternoon. Both count.
Take a hammock-house kayak out before the heat lands and slip into the limestone gorge while the mist is still on the water. No guide, no schedule, just the paddle by the dock and a tide that does most of the work.
Included
A lancha runs you upriver to the riverside hot springs where warm sulphur water meets the cool Rio Dulce. Soak, swim the cold side, and motor back before the afternoon rain. Towels from the palapa, snacks from the kitchen.
Q150 per person
Walk the dock, leave the shoes, and slip into the deep green water below the limestone walls. The gorge holds the cool through midday. Bring a dry bag for the way back if you wandered upriver.
Included
A slow paddle into the protected lagoon where the manatees come up to breathe. The guide cuts the motor a hundred meters out and you drift the rest of the way. Most people see one. Some see five.
Q200 per person
The Thursday lancha to the Q’eqchi’ market upriver. Cacao pods, river fish, hand-tied hammocks if you want one for home. The boatman waits, the kitchen takes whatever you bring back.
Q120 per person
After the generator cuts at ten the jungle gets loud. A guide with a single red headlamp walks you the dock path and names what you are hearing. Frogs, fishing owls, the slow river itself.
Q80 per person
A short boat ride and a longer walk to the family cacao farm. Pick a pod from the tree, taste the fruit, watch the slow roast that becomes the bar you take home. Bring a bag, the farm sells.
Q180 per person
A quiet hour on the back dock as the river goes orange. No mat, just a folded sarong from the palapa. A guest leads it most weeks. Some weeks nobody shows and the dock is yours.
Included
Booked at the dock. Paid in quetzales. No advance, no commitment.
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