News from Lake Atitlan, Guatemala

All the news and events around Lake Atitlan are being covered with individual pages for the major tourism towns and villages at the lake. The news from San Pedro, San Marcos and Panajachel are already online, with Santa Cruz and Jaibalito, Santiago and Tzununa on the way.

Besides news and weather, this site also provides travel tips about each area, such as the best hotels and hostels, restaurants and bars at Lake Atitlan.

Happy Hours, movie schedules, and weekly and special events round out this information.

Lake Atitlan after Agatha

June 15, 2010: It will take time to recover from the storm, but tourism facilities around most of the lake were relatively unaffected. Hotels and restaurants are open and have water and electricity, most of the debris in the lake has been removed, and the shuttles are running again from San Pedro and San Marcos to Antigua and Xela.

Some agencies are advising tourists to avoid the lake, but apparently they have not visited the top tourism towns and seen that the lake has bounced back and still one of the best vacation destinations in Guatemala.

Lake Atitlan Devastated by Agatha

June, 2010: The tropical storm that crushed Guatemala in June, 2010, resulted in loss of life and severe damage to many homes around Lake Atitlan. More than 70,000 people were left homeless, and thousands of survivors have no food and only the clothes they were wearing at the time.

It will take years to recover from Agatha, and your donations will help. See Donations for Lake Atitlan for links to groups that are collecting contributions for the Maya and other victims of the storm.