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Elevation: 13,041ft / 3976m

Last major eruption: 1972

Status: Dormant

Duration: Day trip (up and back from 5am to 5pm).

Excursion Highlight: Sitting at 13,000ft eating lunch watching Volcan Fuego groan, moan and belch volcanic debris!

Damage: (u.s.)$49. bucks!
 
 
   
 
   
Trip Description:
Got a tight travel agenda? Want to do a real adventure climb full of beauty and diversity but not too much time to spare?!! This is the excursion for you. 5 to 5!! Up and back in a day. Hike light through Mayan “farmland”, lush “cloud forest”, “high alpine forest”, and finally the “volcanic zone”. Have lunch at 13,000ft and watch as Volcan Fuego growls, moans and coughs up huge plumes of smoke and shoots red hot rocks the size of Volkswagen vans hundreds of feet in the air. All in a days work with Acatenango’s 5 to 5 tour. Includes: lunch, transportation, guide, and good time.