Category Guatemala

Cobblestone streets, crumbling convents and volcanoes rising above terracotta rooftops. In Guatemala’s former capital, centuries of history remain written into the architecture of a city that has endured destruction and reinvention. There is something wonderfully theatrical about Antigua. Pastel-coloured buildings…

Deep in Guatemala’s Petén rainforest, an ancient Maya city waits beneath the jungle canopy. Reaching it before dawn is an experience of darkness, extraordinary sounds and a landscape that feels almost otherworldly. The jungle is almost entirely black. A narrow…

Deep within Guatemala’s tropical forests, an extraordinary sound echoes through the canopy. Part roar, part growl, the unmistakable call of the howler monkey is one of the most haunting voices in the natural world. There are few sounds in nature…