Volcano summits, Maya cities, jungle pools and the Pacific coast. Private trips that leave from Antigua and go wherever you want to go.
Each of these runs as a private trip for your group, on the day you choose, at a price agreed before you go.
You will not sleep much, and that is the point. Fuego erupts through the night close enough to hear, and your cabin door faces it. Before dawn you climb the last stretch in the cold, and the sun comes up over a sea of cloud with three volcanoes standing out of it.
The boat is yours for the day, so nobody rushes you back to a dock. San Juan for the weavers and the painted streets, San Marcos for the cliff jump and the quiet, Santiago for the market. Swim when you feel like swimming.
We collect you in Antigua at 3am for the dawn flight north, and by eight you are walking into the ruins while it is still cool and the howler monkeys are loud. Toucans crossing the plaza, stone that has stood for more than a thousand years, then the island of Flores in the afternoon and the evening flight back. We are waiting at the airport to drive you home. The flights themselves are not included, you book those, and we build the day around them.
The easy volcano, and the strangest afternoon on the list. You walk out over old lava fields, feel the heat coming up through your boots, and find a vent still hot enough to cook on before the light goes.
The Pacific side is closer than people think. We drive you down in the morning and collect you after the sun goes into the water. Bring a towel, rent a board there, eat at whatever place looks good.
Spend the day around town instead. Chocolate and jade workshops, a macadamia farm, weavers still working on backstrap looms. Or ride up to the ridge viewpoints and look down on the whole valley from Hobbitenango and Antigua Boreal.
Guatemala looks different at ground level. Highland pine on the way to the lake, sugar cane and volcanic sand going down to the coast, jungle flattening out towards Petén. You see all of it from the road.
Because the vehicle is private, it is your group in it and nobody else. No shared shuttle, no waiting on strangers, no detour to pick up other passengers. You agree the plan for the day with us before you set off.
JP Tours GT works out of Antigua Guatemala and was founded by Antonio Juárez, who is from Alotenango, the town at the foot of Acatenango. He started out in tourism in 2020 and still drives most of the trips himself. You book straight with us, so the route, the timing and the price come from the people running the day, not from a reseller.
In his words: what he likes is showing people the culture, the food, the traditions and the landscapes of Guatemala, and he would rather you finished the day feeling you had travelled with a friend than with an operator.
On the trips that include a guide, Acatenango, Lake Atitlan and Tikal, we work with certified bilingual guides who know those sites properly. Everything on the road, the driving, the timing, the stops, stays with us.
Published in full, in quetzales, so you can plan before you write to us.
| Trip | 1 - 3 | 4 - 5 |
|---|---|---|
| Acatenango, 2 dayscabin, meals and gear. Park entrance not included | Q450 per person | |
| Atitlán, village routeSan Juan, San Marcos, Santiago. Private boat and guide | Q2,500 | Q3,000 |
| Atitlán, hike and reserveSanta Cruz to Jaibalito, nature reserve, swim and kayak | Q2,500 | Q3,000 |
| Tikal, one day by airpark entrance, guide, meal and Petén transfers. Flights not included | Q1,600 | Q1,300 p/p |
| Pacayaguide, marshmallows and chocolate. Entrance not included | Q1,000 | Q1,300 |
| Pacaya on ATVs, sharing a quadguide, snack, short horseback ride and farm entrance included | Q1,450 | ask us |
| Pacaya on ATVs, one eachsame trip, your own quad instead of sharing | Q2,100 | ask us |
| Antigua, artisan routechocolate, jade, textiles, macadamia farm | Q500 | Q700 |
| Antigua, village routeleather, San Felipe de Jesús, Ciudad Vieja, beer stop | Q500 | Q700 |
| Antigua, ridge viewpointsHobbitenango, Altamira, Antigua Boreal, 3 h wait included | Q500 | Q700 |
| Iximché ruinstransport and guide, entrances not included | Q1,000 | Q1,300 |
| Guatemala City, Cayalá and zoowith the Centro Histórico | Q1,000 | Q1,200 |
| Guatemala City, museumsMuseo del Telégrafo and Kaminaljuyú park | Q1,150 | Q1,500 |
| Route | Rate |
|---|---|
| Airport to Antigua, either way | Q300 · 1 person Q350 · 2 to 3 Q500 · 4 to 5 |
| El Paredón, there and back | Q800 · 1 to 3 Q1,000 · 4 to 5 |
| Anywhere elsemulti day routes, other destinations, other departure points | write to us |
Rates are per group of up to five, except where they say per person.
Park and site entrance fees are separate unless the trip says otherwise.
On tours, 50% to hold the booking and 50% when the day ends. Nothing is charged through this site.
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