Lake Atitlan Guatemala Tours

Lake Atitlan Guatemala Tours are available from a number of qualified Tour Companies in Guatemala. Antigua Tour operators often offer Tours to Lake Atitlan. While Antigua Guatemala is only 2 hours drive to Lake Atitlan, tour operators from Antigua often book tours, then use local Lake Atitlan Tour Operators to complete the Tour.

Lake Atitlan Guatemala Tours

Join ‘Grow Your Own Cure’ for this unique 3-day tour that will immerse you in a journey where you will experience personal interaction designed to introduce you to Mayan indigenous herbal healing wisdom, explore medicinal gardens surrounding Lake Atitlán, and experience the local culture first hand.

Learn what plants and herbs are revered most by the curanderos/healers and how these plants and herbs heal us from the inside out. Demystify, understand and get to know and experience plants and herbs that have been used for generations as food and medicine and how you can utilize them in your own life.

Lake Atitlan Guatemala Tours

Itinerary: We will meet at 9:00 am at the ‘Pharmacy of Herbs – Grow Your Own Cure’ store conveniently located half a block from the lakeshore at Casa Loma, Rancho Grande, Panajachel.  After a tour of the store, we will embark on a 45-minute boat ride enjoying spectacular views of the volcanoes and mountains as we make our way to San Pedro La Laguna, on the west shore of Lake Atitlán.

San Pedro La Laguna is one of the larger villages on the lake having a population of 10,000 whose inhabitants are primarily Tz’utujil Maya.  The village of San Pedro is known for its curanderos/healers.

We will begin our exploration with a visit to a medicinal garden where we will meet with a local indigenous healer who uses the leaves, seeds, stems, bark, and roots of herbs to treat illness and disease.   Walking in the aromatic medicinal garden you will be greeted by the fragrance of the herbs.  The garden is flourishing with some common herbs such as lemongrass and chamomile as well as many rare and little-known medicinal plants.

We will then travel to the adjoining village of San Juan La Laguna where we will visit a medicinal garden that is run by a local women’s cooperative.  You will have an opportunity to tour the gardens, learn about the herbs and their uses, as well learn about their belief in caring for the land with love, and without harming it by using pesticides and synthetic fertilizers.

Lake Atitlan Guatemala Tours

Grow Your Own Cure is a company located in the highlands of Lake Atitlan Guatemala that is committed to educating and helping move from a world of chemical cures to a place where people are healed through the use of natural medicine found in the leaves, bark, roots, stems, and flowers of herbs.

We welcome your comments on Guatemala Herbal Medicine as you join us on this journey and help us spread our message to the world.

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