PANAJACHEL has an abundance of fantastic views but the best are of the elevated variety. There are several HILLS surrounding the TOWN and on my last day I decided to HIKE up one of them to get an elevated view of LAKE ATITLAN.
As a BACKPACKER its always good practice to do some research before TREKKING up a hill that you know nothing about. My RESEARCH consisted of pointing to a hill with my finger and trying to find my way up it. The first hill I selected was inaccessible by foot, a fact pointed out to me by a local before I attempted to venture up it. The GUATEMALAN gentleman pointed to a second hill and put his thumb up, the sign of approval. I headed towards the hill with a new found vigour. Lets do it.!!
The hill in question was called PIEDRA DEL ZOPE. I'm sure there are a dozen other ways to CLIMB up it, but this is my way. It turned out to be a very exciting and pleasant TRAIL. Through the back STREETS of Panajachel and then up a make shift path through what ca only be described as an open skip. Then we are onto the official route. It took about an hour and a half to get up to the look out point and I was rewarded with an epic view of the town below, and of course LAKE ATITLAN. I highly reccomend this route to anyone wanting a cheeky venture outside of town to get some elevated views of the town below.
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