Your stay will be healthy and relaxing. To start the day you will be greeted by the sunrise on the mountains in front of the hotel, while hearing a relaxing birds concert. You can walk or swim and then enjoy a delicious breakfast, courtesy of the hotel. Then you can visit local weavers and painters or a more demanding trip to natural areas.

Eco Hotel Uxlabil Atitlán, San Juan La Laguna, Sololá. Among the special places of the world, Lake Atitlán is one of the nicest, referred to as "The most beautiful lake in the world" by Aldous Huxley. Our eco hotel is located 175 kms from Guatemala city, and is just 100 meters from the shores of the lake. It is possible to arrive by paved road and by boat. After lunch you can rest on a hammock, have a cup of organic coffee or read. By night, breeze and frogs will connect you with nature. A mint fresh tea will make you sleep and have new energy. Alone or with company this can be part of a special journey to Guatemala, and we can assist you to arrange your trip to other areas like Antigua Guatemala, Tikal or Guatemala City.

Rooms, Food and Facilities:

At Eco Hotel Uxlabil we can offer you:

• Clean and comfortable rooms of different sizes, all with private bathroom.

• Big gardens in the surrounding with many local flowers.

• Coffee and macadamia nut plantations, vegetable and medicinal herbs.

• Private dock for swimming and canoing.

• Several paths and docks to relax.

• Solarium and corridors with hammocks.

• Mayan sauna (Temascal) and Jacuzzi.

• Parking area near the hotel.

• Friendly contact with the community.

Note: All these services are included in the rate.

We can also offer you (extra cost) Mayan ceremonials, bird-watching, coffee and volcano tours, all with local and certified tour guides of the community of San Juan La Laguna.

We are Family Friendly for those who are interested in ecology and culture; we offer plenty of opportunities like swimming, canoing, footing, bird watching, learning to weave and to paint, gardening.

The Restaurant:

• Breakfast: courtesy of the hotel

• Lunch or Dinner: US$ 8.00 per person/per day

Note: The restaurant is administered by a lady of the community who receive a percentage of the food income, making the food non commissioned.

The Rooms:

At Eco Hotel Uxlabil we have ten (10) rooms and two (2) bungalows; they are distributed in three levels at 15-30 meters above lake level. All have a nice view and corridors on which you can enjoy a peaceful look to the lake, gardens, dock and neighboring cultivated land, with hammocks and chairs. These areas are the ideal place to relax, read or simply observe the lake and life that surrounds it.

The beds are comfortable, some of them made up of carved stone, and all rooms have their own private bathroom. Guests are encouraged to have eco-friendly practices aimed at preserving energy and water. The rooms are extremely clean and decorated with locally made products.

How to find Eco Hotel Uxlabil? The hotel is 175 kms from Guatemala City by road, you can hire shuttles from Guatemala City to take you there directly, or go via Panajachel and then hire aboat transportation to take you to San Juan La Laguna.

What makes us different?

Eco Hotel Uxlabil Atitlán is an authentic eco-tourist project, built and run with environmental and cultural commitment. All our employees are from the community and their friendly attention is an expression of our policy. We provide direct employment to five families and 150 women weavers and nine painters are indirectly employed or consulted by the hotel.

We purchase different products produced locally and have contracts with local builders (buildings, docks, huts, hammocks, lamps, etc. (7 entrepreneurs).

We keep Lake Atitlán shores as clean as possible both in and out of the water. Sewage is collected and disposed into safe holes far from the lake. We endeavor to give protection to a great variety of plants and animals, especially birds. The production and exclusive utilization of organic fertilizer isjust one of our many other environmental measures; also, we use several local-organically produced vegetables and coffee.

 

Website: www.uxlabil.com

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