Best Guatemala

Finca El Injerto Pacamara is a high-altitude coffee grown in the Huila department of Colombia, known for its distinctive floral aroma and cup profile characterized by bright acidity, complex sweetness, and notes of caramel and citrus.

Tikal Temple I stands within the ancient Mayan city of Tikal, Guatemala. This stepped pyramid served primarily as a royal tomb for several rulers, most famously Jasaw Chan K’awiil I. Constructed during the Classic Period, it offers valuable insight into Maya funerary practices and architectural desi...

The San Bartolo murals are Preclassic Maya wall paintings preserved inside a buried ceremonial structure at the archaeological site of San Bartolo in Guatemala. Discovered in 2001 and generally dated to around 100 BCE, they depict mythological and royal scenes connected with maize, sacrifice, creati...

Goodnow Farms’ Asotechive 77% is a single-origin dark chocolate made from beans sourced directly from the farm’s estate in Nicaragua, resulting in a bar with pronounced cocoa notes and a relatively low sugar content.

Tikal Temple IV stands within the ancient Mayan city of Tikal, Guatemala. This pyramid represents one of the site’s tallest structures and is associated with the ruler Yik'in Chan K'awiil I. The monument provides insight into Maya architecture and royal dynasties, primarily for archaeologists and th...

Goodnow Farms Special Reserve Las Palomas Coffee is produced by a single farm in Oaxaca, Mexico, where the beans are meticulously harvested, processed, and transformed into chocolate bars directly on-site via a bean-to-bar method.

A significant sinkhole formed in Guatemala City during 2010 following Tropical Storm Agatha’s heavy rains. The collapse involved a dramatic breach of approximately 18 meters, consuming a factory building. This event highlighted underlying urban infrastructure vulnerabilities and poses risks to areas...

Tikal is a significant ancient Mayan city located within the Guatemalan jungle. It was a major political and economic center of the Maya civilization between approximately 200 and 900 CE. The site contains numerous monumental structures including towering temple pyramids, offering insights into Maya...

A significant sinkhole opened in Guatemala City during 2007. The collapse, resulting from deteriorating sewer infrastructure and porous pumice bedrock, created a dramatic chasm. This event tragically led to fatalities and substantial property damage. It is of interest to geologists studying urban su...

The Maya Biosphere Reserve, established in 1990, is Guatemala's largest protected area, covering over 2 million hectares in the Petén region of northern Guatemala. It forms part of the larger Maya Forest shared with Mexico and Belize, protecting extensive lowland tropical rainforest and seasonal wet...

Ixcanul is a 2015 Guatemalan drama directed by Jayro Bustamante. The film, notable for being produced in the Kaqchikel Mayan language, premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival and received the Alfred Bauer Prize. It was submitted as Guatemala’s entry to the Academy Awards for Best Foreign...

The North Acropolis of Tikal is an ancient Maya architectural complex and royal burial site located within the ruins of Tikal in the Petén Basin of Guatemala. Functioning as a necropolis, the site was used continuously for over a millennium and served as the primary resting place for early Tikal rul...

Laguna del Tigre National Park lies in northern Guatemala within the Maya Biosphere Reserve and protects a broad landscape of wetlands, seasonally flooded savannas, lagoons, rivers, and lowland tropical forest. The area is also recognized under the Ramsar Convention for its internationally important...

The Petén rainforest is a dense tropical broadleaf forest covering the northern lowlands of Guatemala's Petén Basin. It is a crucial component of the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor and encompasses the Maya Biosphere Reserve, which is the largest protected tropical forest in North and Central Ameri...

Chocolate Tree Guatemala Lachua 70% is crafted from cacao beans grown in the remote Lachúa region of Guatemala, utilizing a bean-to-bar process that emphasizes direct sourcing and minimal processing for distinct flavor profiles.

Wm. Fourth Estate Guatemala 70% is a bean-to-bar chocolate crafted from single-origin Guatemalan cacao beans, offering a rich flavor profile with notes of dark fruit and spice developed through careful roasting and conching.

Fuentes Georginas is a scenic geothermal park in Guatemala's Quetzaltenango department featuring naturally heated pools and steaming volcanic mudpots surrounded by cloud forests.

Bare Bones Chocolate’s Guatemala 70% is crafted by the brand from single-origin Guatemalan cacao beans, roasted and conched in small batches to develop rich, complex flavors with notes of dark fruit and spice.

Fuentes Georginas is a natural hot spring complex in the mountains of Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, noted for its lush cloud-forest setting and sulfuric geothermal pools developed in the 1930s.

Piedras Negras Panel 3 is a carved Maya limestone from 8th-century CE Guatemala depicting a bloodletting ritual, notable for its exceptional artistic detail and historical context.

The Fuego Summit Fumaroles are gas vents in the summit crater of Guatemala's Volcán de Fuego, one of Central America's most persistently active volcanoes.

The Río Azul tomb murals are Early Classic Maya paintings found in elite tombs at the archaeological site of Río Azul in northern Guatemala. Dating to roughly the fifth century CE, they combine figures, hieroglyphic inscriptions, calendrical information, and symbols associated with death, water, dir...

The Arch of Santa Catalina is a historical structure located in Antigua Guatemala, constructed in 1694 to connect the Santa Catalina convent to an adjacent school. The primary purpose of the covered archway was to allow cloistered nuns to cross the public street while maintaining their vow of enclos...

Quiriguá Stele C is a sandstone monument located at the ancient Maya archaeological site of Quiriguá in Guatemala. Erected in 775 CE by the Maya ruler K'ak' Tiliw Chan Yopaat, the stele bears intricate hieroglyphic inscriptions. It is particularly notable for containing one of the earliest precisely...

Aguateca is a Classic Maya archaeological site located in the Petén region of Guatemala. The city was rapidly burned and abandoned around 810 CE, which left household artifacts and structural remains remarkably well-preserved in situ. Positioned on a limestone bluff overlooking the Petexbatun Lagoon...

Grave Secrets (2002) by Kathy Reichs is the fifth Temperance Brennan novel, in which the forensic anthropologist uncovers links between clandestine Guatemalan civil-war mass graves and Montreal murders.

The Tacaná fumaroles are vents on the Mexico-Guatemala border volcano Tacaná, where a phreatic explosion opened new steaming vents in May 1986.

Starbucks Casi Cielo is a dark roast espresso blend featuring notes of black cherry, cocoa, and brown sugar, developed to deliver a full-bodied flavor profile with a smooth finish.

The Zunil fumaroles are surface vents in Guatemala's Zunil geothermal field, associated with hydrothermally altered rock along the regional Zunil fault zone.