Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Meer van Atitlán, Guatemala

Topdrukte — Dry season, Christmas and New Year

In januari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Xocomil on the lake (1 nov – 30 apr (meestal)), Dry season (1 nov – 30 apr (meestal)), Christmas and New Year (18 dec – 2 jan)

Druk — Dry season

In februari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Xocomil on the lake (1 nov – 30 apr (meestal)), Dry season (1 nov – 30 apr (meestal))

Topdrukte — Semana Santa at Santiago Atitlan, Dry season

• Festival

  Semana Santa at Santiago Atitlan

  29 mrt – 5 aprPasen & Goede WeekDrukBoek vroeg

  Santiago Atitlan brings Maximon out of the cofradia house and carries him through the town in Holy Week, alongside the Catholic processions. The lanchas across the lake run late and the villages fill before Panajachel does. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Xocomil on the lake (1 nov – 30 apr (meestal)), Dry season (1 nov – 30 apr (meestal))

Topdrukte — Semana Santa at Santiago Atitlan, Dry season

In april begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Semana Santa at Santiago Atitlan (29 mrt – 5 apr), Xocomil on the lake (1 nov – 30 apr (meestal)), Dry season (1 nov – 30 apr (meestal))

Rustig — een van de slechtste maanden qua weer

In mei begint er niets nieuws.

Rustig — schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de slechtste maanden qua weer

• Risico

  Landslide season

  1 jun – 31 okt · meestal

  Heavy rainy-season downpours bring mudslides off the volcanoes around the lake, and the steep road down from Solola to Panajachel has been cut for weeks at a time. Leave slack in travel days. Bron ↗

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

• Festival

  Santiago Atitlan town fiesta

  19–27 jul · meestalReligieus feest

  Santiago Atitlan celebrates its patron saint in the week around 25 July with processions, dances and a market, and fireworks each night that carry across the lake. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Landslide season (1 jun – 31 okt (meestal))

Druk — Feast of the Assumption at Solola, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Feast of the Assumption at Solola

  7–16 aug · meestalReligieus feestDruk

  The department capital on the ridge above Panajachel holds its fair for the Virgin of the Assumption in mid-August, ending with a dawn of fireworks and a procession on the 15th. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Landslide season (1 jun – 31 okt (meestal))

Druk — Independence Day, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Independence Day

  14–15 sepNationale feestdagDruk

  Torch relays come round the lake road through the night of the 14th and every school in Solola parades the next morning. Firecrackers from before dawn and the boats keep their own hours. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Landslide season (1 jun – 31 okt (meestal))

Druk — San Francisco fiesta, Panajachel

• Festival

  San Francisco fiesta, Panajachel

  1–7 okt · meestalReligieus feestDruk

  Panajachel's patron saint fair in the first days of October brings school parades, the Dance of the Conquest, a funfair and fireworks, with 4 October as the main day. Rooms fill with visitors from nearby towns. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Landslide season (1 jun – 31 okt (meestal))

Druk — Dry season

• Festival

  Todos Santos

  1 novReligieus feest

  Families spend 1 November in the cemeteries above the lake villages, repainting the graves and eating fiambre among them. The Solola market beforehand is at its busiest of the year. Bron ↗

• Seizoen

  Xocomil on the lake

  1 nov – 30 apr · meestalWindseizoenRisico

  The xocomil gets up over the water around midday and turns the crossings into a soaking. Boatmen do the long runs in the morning, and the last lanchas back leave earlier than visitors expect.

• Seizoen

  Dry season

  1 nov – 30 apr · meestalDruk

  Clear mornings with all three volcanoes out, and dust on every road down to the water. The villages are busiest around Christmas and Holy Week; February is the quiet middle of it.

Topdrukte — Dry season, Santo Tomas at Chichicastenango

• Festival

  Santo Tomas at Chichicastenango

  13–21 decReligieus feestDruk

  An hour and a half up from the lake, Chichicastenango spends the week to the 21st in masked dances, copal smoke on the church steps and the palo volador in the square. Day trips leave Panajachel early. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Christmas and New Year

  18 dec – 2 janKerst & nieuwjaarDrukBoek vroeg

  The year-end fortnight is a peak for Guatemalan and foreign visitors alike: hotels fill and raise rates, shuttles book up, and fireworks go off at midnight on 24 and 31 December. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Xocomil on the lake (1 nov – 30 apr (meestal)), Dry season (1 nov – 30 apr (meestal))