(Originally published 03/13/2025) Your favorite sister duo chats with our guest about traveling to Guatemala as a solo female traveler. She gives her top recommendations for budget hostels (think glamping, saunas, and views of active volcanoes from your bed!), must-do activities (like cliff jumping, hiking, and yoga classes). She tells the story of how she found a local to teach her tz’utujil, the ancient Mayan language still spoken in parts of Guatemala. She shares her regrets and what she learned from her solo travels. By the end of the episode, you’ll be planning your own solo travel adventure, and likely to Guatemala!

Guatemala Recommendations:

Antigua - Acatenango and Fuego hike (Soy Tours), Museo Nacional de Arte Guatemalteco (MUNAG), GuruWalk tour, Chicken Bus Tour, Casi Casa Hostel

El Paredon (beach town) - Cocori Lodge, Caracola Boutique Hostel

Lago de Atitlán - Locutor Jeremias Hernandez for Spanish or tz’utujil class; cliff jumping and yoga retreat at San Marcos, La Iguana Perdida and Free Cerveza Hostels 

Flores - Tikal National Park (biggest Mayan ruin complex)

El Mirador - biggest pyramid in the world by volume 

Food - Tostadas, pupusas, atole, street food next to La Iglesia de la Merced in Antigua

Semuc Champey Nature Preserve  

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