Private Tour

Pacaya Volcano & Guatemala City Private Tour

Overview

Available languages

English

Spanish

8 hours

Mobile ticket

If you’re looking for a little bit of history and adventure at the same time this tour is your best option.

First we drive to the Pacaya Volcano, which is an hour and 30 minutes drive, so we can climb it to appreciate the fauna and flora of the region. Once we get at the top, where the lava rivers are, we will have lunch so you can taste the famous pizza and roast some marshmallows. After spending more than an hour there we start going back to the base camp and then back to Guatemala City to visit the Historical Center. In the city we will walk through the Plaza of Constitution, the National Palace of Culture, the Metropolitan Cathedral, the Central Market and the 6th Avenue.

Additional Info

Service animals allowed

Specialized infant seats are available

Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries

Not recommended for pregnant travelers

Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health

Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

What‘s Included

Private transportation

WiFi on board

Bottled water

Lunch

Snacks

Air-conditioned vehicle

Alcoholic Beverages

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

What To Expect

Parque Nacional Volcan De Pacaya

The road to the parking lot of the Pacaya Volcano is approximately 1 hora 30 minutes. The total duration of the hike is approximately 4 hours and its difficulty level is 4 of 10. There is horses available for rent during the hike. The purpose of the climb is to get the experience to taste the Volcanic Pizza, made of an artesanal oven of the lava rivers. Also, during the climb you would be able to roast marshmallow at the lava rivers.

4 hours • Admission Included

Plaza de la Constitucion

We star the tour by walking around the Plaza of Constitution, so you can have a better sighting of the historical buildings that surrounds it.

10 minutes • Admission Not Applicable

Options

Pacaya Volcano & Guatemala City Private Tour

Pickup included

Reviews

4.72

18 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

10/10 Highly Recommend
Keila S,
May 27, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
The experience was very personal and amazing. Pamella was with me the entire day. Franklin hiked the volcano with me and was able to accommodate me with a horse for the hike. This was a solo trip for me I definitely enjoyed myself every person I met in Guatemala was very genuine and nice. I would definitely recommend taking the trip and learing about the history as well with a personal tour of the city center.
Awesome
sharon E,
Jan 26, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
Excellent service. Prompt. Professional. Learned so much history. Horse ride to Pacaya was incredible
Pacata family adventure
Saul A,
Jan 4, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
We were picked up where we were staying right on time. Our guide Esteban driving us was friendly and knowledgable. When we arrived he introdiced us to our guide that walked usbup the mountain. This guide was also friendly and patient. The hike was quite steep. I would refomend bringing plenty of water and snacks for the way up. For the climb, horses are also available separately, and can be engaged on site at the trail head if desired. My family who took the horse ride up had a good experience. Once at the end of the hike, you are introduced to the lava store which sels jewlery and mementos made with volcanic rock. Afterwords, We enjoyed a pizza (included with the tour) with the volcanoe as a background. Please note that you do not hike to the top of the volcanoe, but you do get a good view (see picture). After hiking down, guide that drove us there took us to the city center and gave us s brief walking tour of the Palacio Nacional and a couple of other points of historical interest. Afterwards we were dropped off back at where we were staying. It was a fun experience and a greatbwaybto spend the daybwith pur family.
A Volcanic experience
Pascal G,
Nov 14, 2024
- Review from Viator
5.00
A challenging excursion through a volcanic experience. Franklin was friendly and professional guide.
Not worth the price
Michelle G,
Apr 4, 2024
- Review from Viator
3.00
You can’t really see anything. It’s not like the photos. You see the city for about an hour and then drive to the volcano. The volcano hasn’t been active for years. Very foggy and you can’t really see the volcano either, just the ruins. The hike is pretty easy. Nothing spectacular. No views. The pizza was good and the marshmellow roasting was cool. But overall pretty underwhelming and not worth the price.
Neat Experience
Amy P,
Apr 4, 2024
- Review from Viator
3.00
Guide was on time and was friendly & knowledgeable throughout the trip. We started with a tour in the historic district to see a few different important buildings & learn more about the historic district. As it was Holy Week there were processions happening and our guide was very accommodating to get us to a spot where we could witness part of a procession which was very interesting. Traffic getting out of the city to head to Pacaya was very busy but our guide navigated it very well and stopped at a highway rest stop so we could use an ATM to grab money for renting horses to take us up the volcano. Once we arrived at Pacaya we were swarmed by mostly children wanting us to rent their horse so we deferred to our guide to arrange this. Horses were 300Q round trip each and a person walks up with each horse. Our guide also arranged an official ‘Pacaya Guide’ for us and waited for us at the bottom. We were grateful for horses to take us up as the trail has a lot of loose hardened lava rock. It was also quite cool so light jackets/sweaters are helpful to have. There are a couple washrooms at various parts of the trail. We went as far up as the horses would take us and enjoyed delicious pizza cooked on volcanic rock. We were given the option of roasting marshmallows but passed on that. We chose not to trek to the very top of the volcano as visibility was low and there is no longer any active lava flow. Overall, it was a neat experience.
Hiking an active volcano
Hayley J,
Feb 17, 2024
- Review from Viator
5.00
INCREDIBLE. 10/10. We had the most incredible day with Esteban as our guide. He was extremely accommodating, knowledgeable, and friendly. The hike was a challenge but the local guide was so kind and did not rush us. We walked the entire way but there is an option to ride a horse. We got marshmallows and pizza at the top which was such an amazing experience. They have a base camp setup for the pizza that has the most gorgeous view. The guide also carried/brought water for us which was helpful and there’s bathrooms there. Such a fun day!
Recent city tour and volcano trip
Luke E,
Feb 7, 2024
- Review from Viator
4.00
Great tour, guide Pamella and our local guide for the volcano were excellent. Tour of town was very informative and Volcano was a very impressive sight. Pizza and mashnellows cooking from heat of rocks was cool. Only reason it's not a five was not seeing any lava/lava river. Would highly recommend
Magical and unmissable
miguelcS9657AJ,
Nov 12, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
It is an unparalleled experience, we started with a very friendly and knowledgeable guide (Esteban) who gave us a very interesting tour through the center of the capital city, then we traveled to the Pacaya volcano and that tour is magical, the landscape, the sunset, the smells , the flavors (the pizza cooked in a lava oven), with the company of an excellent guide (Franklin). An unmissable experience.
Brilliant day out!
AmbsTV,
Aug 20, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
We had the best time on this tour, it wasn’t a sunset tour as we imagined & there is no longer active Lava but still brilliant. We first went to Pacaya and hiked with a local guide where at the top we had freshly cooked pizza! We then returned to the base and went into Guatemala City for a walk around the historic centre!