At 5 am in the morning I rolled out of my hostel bed. The girl I had met the night before was already up and dressed, ready for our hiking adventure. This is the beauty of traveling in hostels. We caught a tuk-tuk along the pot-hole-ridden road until the driver told us we had arrived. For the next hour we navigated a narrow track through the dense forest before finally emerging atop the mountain. This is the view that greeted us as the sun slowly tried its best to burst through the morning haze. Thank you random girl at the hostel for the adventure and thank you Guatemala!
In the mountains towering over the towns surrounding Lake Atitlan, is one of the most epic sunrise viewpoints in Guatemala. The beauty of this hike for those who aren’t in it for the long haul is that the trek up is less than 30 minutes. At the summit, you will have views over San Pedro, San Clara, San Pablo, Lake Atitlan and San Pedro Volcano as the sun rises.
I booked a tour with a local operator from San Marcos for 115 Quetzal (14 USD). If you do the hike during the day this is not necessary at all. Just take a tuk-tuk to the hike and it is pretty straightforward to the top. However, in the early hours of the morning, I didn’t want to take the chance of getting lost and missing the sunrise with my one and only chance to attempt the Indian Nose hike. Also, I don’t think it would be easy to get a tuk-tuk at four in the morning but props to you if you can.
To read the full blog post if you need more details about the hike you can visit the full article about Indian Nose Hike on my adventure travel blog journeyera.com
You will also find some awesome articles about other epic places in Guatemala and spots from all over the world!
Love this! You're making me remember backpacking through Nicaragua and Ecuador. I just signed up for steemit and am thrilled to see so many people who love travel. Thanks for the pics and the story. I look forward to reading more of your posts!
@jacksongroves This is truly amazing! So if your photography :) Thank you for sharing. Steem on :D
Thanks so much it was one of the best mornings of 2017!
Travel around also good to make a new friend.:)
Yea making new friends is the best part of travel!
Very cool @jacksongroves!
Cheers man, I appreciate it
Lake Atitlan! I lived in San Marcos for 2 months and that place has such a special spot in my heart. 💜
Awesome view and landscape. I wish I was there :)
Cool man! I was there myself last summer. Love you purplish photo look btw!
Hey Jackson nice to meet you !;) Cool photos btw!
Fantastic images. Your post makes me want to travel more again and expand my own portfolio of images. I followed you and look forward to see more images from you Jacksongroves.
If you're looking for places to travel to check out this travel photography blog post I made about Slovenia. I think you'll enjoy it :)
https://steemit.com/photography/@markrmogensen/slovenia-a-european-photography-gem-travelphotography-blogpost
You have no idea how awe inspiring these pictures are! I got a gopro last year hoping to have the chance to go to places and take pictures like this. Keep up the amazing work, you're my favorite account on here right now!
epic pics! makes me wanna quit my job and just DO IT :-) just checked out our instagram - love it!
Stunning Guatemala
Stunning photos!
Hey @jacksongroves nice hike photos. I live in San Marcos. There is a little steemit enclave there. Are you still there? or is this trip from an earlier time?? Curious what hostel you stayed at in San Marcos?
anyway...glad i found you...consider yourself followed. 😉