Semuc Champey

From Lanquín, a tour took us to the 9km away natural monument Semuc Champey. We first had a 40 minute hike to a view point, then went back down to swim down a part of the river, jumping from one step into the other. After lunch, we went into a bat cave, only lighting our way with candles. It was a continuous change between walking through knee-deep water, climbing up and down ladders and swimming (all holding the candle). At the end we tubed down the river back to our starting - of course provided with beer.
The only sad thing about this otherwise perfect day, was that we were sold the beer by 14 year old boys. Even worse were the maybe 8 year old girls that wanted to sell us chocolate, which tried to convince us in Spanish, English and even French and German.Read more