Mirador del Volcán Santiaguito

Trail description

A 5 km hike from the outskirts of Llanos del Pinal, following paths and trails along the slopes of the Santa María volcano, to the Santiaguito volcano viewpoint near Quetzaltenango. Santiaguito was born in 1922 within the massive crater left by the 1902 eruption of Santa María, one of the largest of the 20th century. It has been erupting ever since, and its cone reaches about 2,500 m.

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