Parque Nacional Grutas de Lanquín — Attraction in Lanquín

What an adventure. This cavetour is crazy. We were very early so we kinda had a private tour just the guide and me and my girlfriend. it was insane for me to see that we entered the cave just with some candles - no helmet, no swimvest, no flashlights nothing. While it is somewhat frightening it is also super exciting. The Guide always tells you what to do and what to look out for.

you can bring a waterproof phone or camera if you like.

you will have to swimm, climb and probably hurt yourself a little while doing so. I recommend wearing water shoes. If you don't have any you can rent them there or you can buy them from a local for about 5$ a pair.

There are also families selling food and little children selling chocolate close to the entrance. Buy it! the food is great and the chocolate is amazing and totally handmade (we saw that first hand) and the people living there are very poor.

all in all an amazing place and a...

If you are a climber and want to go off the path to climb the inside of these caves... FIND CHRISTIAN (a local guide) . You can go through the cave in a walking path that’s pretty easy and beautiful. But Christian created a whole adventure for us. From knowing all of the best picture spots and exactly how to take it to make it perfect, to taking us down a 150m off path down to the river, to taking us Climbing through holes instead of just walking on a path. Then he told me that he could tell my boyfriend knew how to climb cause that drop was a trial run to see if we had the skills to do more extreme climbing. He took my boyfriend behind the caves, to climb towers and ginormous stalactite with only a phone flashlight and their bare hands. My boyfriend rock climbs as a hobby and it was such a dream to climb a cave with nothing but a local guide as gear. He was absolutely fantastic. Made our whole...

This review is specifically for the tubing. Beware! This river flows very fast (at least when we were here in dec). You have to navigate many turns and avoid hitting the low hanging limbs. Super rough conditions and if you fall off the tube, it’s challenging to get back up due to the fast and hard current. I highly advise against bringing your phone on this adventure. My tube ran into tree limbs which flipped me over in a backwards somersault and that’s when the phone slipped off my neck. I had to focus on breathing (each time I’d pop up for air another branch would push me down). It was once I stabilized and got back to my tube when I realized the phone was gone. Definitely don’t do this tubing on your own if you aren’t a local. You really need a guide to lead you. I’d recommend tubing near Semuc instead of this river, as the waters were less rough there.

If anyone happens to find my phone,...