Living Roots: Cultural Encounter in the Heart of Guatemala

08:00 – Arrival at La Aurora International Airport (Guatemala City)

09:00 – Private transfer to Antigua Guatemala (approx. 1 hour)

10:30 – Accommodation in a colonial house with gardens and social terraces

• Shared spaces, homemade breakfast, central location

13:00 – Welcome lunch in a home-style ancestral kitchen

• Food prepared by local women in a wood-fired oven

• Shared table, artisan tableware, and natural beverages

15:30 – Afternoon integration in the historic center

• Walk through cobblestone streets and colonial landmarks

• Secret visit to a community library in a hidden old church

• Group introduction activity at a viewpoint facing the volcano

19:30 – Homemade dinner at the accommodation

20:30 – Cultural activity: marimba performance and local legends



22:00 – Overnight in Antigua Guatemala

08:00 – Breakfast with fresh fruit and homemade bread

09:00 – Transfer to a rural village nearby (approx. 30 minutes)

09:30 – Volunteer day in a local community

• Support in community organic garden and recycling

• Painting and refurbishing school furniture

• Games with children and educational activities

13:00 – Collective lunch with the women's cooperative

• Cooked over wood fire, using ingredients from the community garden

• Shared on banana leaves, in an open-air setting

15:30 – Afternoon of learning and symbolic closing

• Chocolate-making workshop from cacao bean to bar

• Symbolic Mayan ceremony to close the day

19:00 – Dinner at a rustic restaurant with courtyard and candlelight

20:30 – Group discussion and reflective activity



22:00 – Overnight in Antigua Guatemala

08:00 – Traditional Guatemalan breakfast

09:00 – Departure to San Juan del Obispo (approx. 20 minutes)

09:30 – Visit to women’s weaving cooperative

• Exclusive access to a traditional Mayan textile workshop not open to general tourism

• Direct interaction with artisans: design, natural dyeing, and backstrap loom weaving

11:30 – Free time for mindful shopping

• Handwoven textiles, cacao products, and natural cosmetics

13:00 – Lunch at a community kitchen surrounded by a medicinal garden

• Menu prepared by local women with grandmothers’ recipes

• Cooked without gas or electricity, all over firewood

15:00 – Exchange activity: balm-making workshop with medicinal plants

18:00 – Dinner on a panoramic terrace with volcano views

20:00 – Bonfire night, with live music and shared testimonies



22:00 – Overnight in Antigua Guatemala

06:30 – Early breakfast and departure to Lake Atitlán (approx. 2.5 hours)

09:30 – Boat ride across the lake to San Juan La Laguna

10:30 – Visit to a self-sustaining eco-village

• Practices in organic farming, natural architecture, and composting

• Access to an ancestral meditation space among coffee plantations

13:00 – Lunch at an ecological dining space by the lake

• Vegetarian menu, served in clay dishware

• Accompanied by natural juices and a direct lake view

15:00 – Meditation and earth-connection workshop

16:30 – Visit to a coffee plantation

• Tour of the roasting process

• Ends with a local coffee tasting

19:00 – Dinner in a torch-lit garden

20:30 – Group activity: "Circle of Words" under the stars



22:00 – Overnight at an eco-hotel by the lake

08:00 – Breakfast with corn bread and hot chocolate

09:00 – Visit to the most traditional indigenous market in Guatemala

• Explore stalls with handicrafts, masks, textiles, and ritual items

• Group activity: guided cultural exploration challenge

11:30 – Special visit to the Mayan altar at the colorful cemetery, with a spiritual guide

13:30 – Lunch in a family home converted into a dining space

• Cooking by mother and daughter

• They share stories and traditions while serving

16:00 – Return to Antigua Guatemala

19:00 – Dinner at the hotel with a collective cooking activity



22:00 – Overnight in Antigua