Getting Around Panajachel

Getting Around Panajachel, Guatemala

Getting Around Panajachel, Guatemala. Lake Atitlan is relatively easy to get around. There are four main modes of public transport, boat, pickup truck, chicken bus, and Tuk Tuk’s.

Getting Around Panajachel

Guatemala Chicken bus decorated for Christmas

Panajachel itself is small, and you can walk anywhere. However is you are in need of transportation Small three-wheel, Tuk Tuk continually circles the few streets of Panajachel.

Panajachel Church

Panajachel Church

A Tuk Tuk is also known, as an auto rickshaw (also known as an auto, baby taxi, bajaj, chand gari, lapa, tuk-tuk, 3wheel, or tukxi in various countries) is a motorized development of the traditional pulled rickshaw or cycle rickshaw. Most have three wheels and do not tilt.

Juan pictured below is one of many Tuk Tuk drivers in Panajachel. Juan has provided reliable and trustworthy transportation services for years. He speaks English and Spanish.  If you are in need of his services, you can reach Juan on WhatsApp at 502-4110-6611.

Getting Around Panajachel

Getting Around Panajachel

Juan provides transportation to villages around Panajachel including San Antonio, Santa Catarina, the Nature Preserve, and the village of San Jorge. If you are in need of late-night pickups in Pana Juan works on weeks until after midnight.