{"id":185,"date":"2019-01-29T14:57:24","date_gmt":"2019-01-29T14:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site70.blogs.americavip.com\/2019\/01\/29\/natural-wonders\/"},"modified":"2019-01-29T14:57:24","modified_gmt":"2019-01-29T14:57:24","slug":"natural-wonders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/contents.guatemalavip.com\/en\/2019\/01\/29\/natural-wonders\/","title":{"rendered":"Natural wonders."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Semuc Champey. Guatemala.<\/p><\/div>\n

In spite of its relatively small territorial extension, Guatemala has a great climatic variety, product of its mountainous relief that goes from the level of the sea to the 4220 meters on that level. Its landscapes and its cultural roots and traditions are a great attraction for tourism.<\/p>\n

Its ecological diversity positions it as one of the areas of greatest tourist attraction in the region. The soil, very fertile, is the most important resource in Guatemala, which is basically a forest country. Some of the minerals available in the country, although not all of them sufficiently exploited, are iron, petroleum, nickel, lead, zinc and chromite; deposits of uranium and mercury have been discovered. In the highlands of the department of San Marcos, gold has been exploited since 2006. The Pet\u00e9n region provides timber and medicinal tree species, such as rubber tree, chicozapote, ebony, mahogany, and others; wood and its products are used both for local consumption and for export, and oil is also exploited to a lesser degree. In addition, there are the beaches in the Pacific and the Atlantic of Guatemala.<\/p>\n

Semuc Champey<\/strong>It was declared in 1999 Natural Monument. In the middle of a thick tropical forest there is a natural limestone bridge of about 300 meters long by which flows the river Cahab\u00f3n and in whose surroundings there are a large number of pools of 1 to 3 m deep , whose turquoise-green or jade color changes throughout the year, varying with climate, sunshine and other natural factors. It has a viewpoint of 700 m high to observe the 350 m long of the natural pools that make up “Semuc Champey “, with cataracts of up to 40 feet high and all the pools fed by streams of the place.<\/p>\n

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Volc\u00e1n Santa Mar\u00eda. Guatemala.<\/p><\/div>\n

The Santa Maria Volcano<\/strong> is located close to the city of Quetzaltenango and is the tallest room in Guatemala. Sometimes, in the cold period (Winter (October-February)), it is covered with frost or snow and can be seen from the city of Quetzaltenango its white cone, although it is not very common, but if occasionally fall snowfalls.<\/p>\n

The San Pedro volcano<\/strong> has stunning views over the Great Lake Atitlan. It is an almost perfect cone, that approaches to be symmetrical and is part of the Central American Volcanic Arc, a chain of volcanoes that extends along the western coast of Central America. The Pacaya volcano<\/strong>, south of Guatemala City, is one of the most active volcanoes in all Central America and easily accessible with a height of 2552 masl. It is one of the most recommended volcanoes for your visit, for its easy ascent and beautiful views.<\/p>\n

It has soft beaches on its Pacific coast and lowland plains to the north of the country, on the Caribbean or Pacific Coast, with landscapes as different as charming. The most outstanding are Monterrico<\/strong> and Playa Blanca<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Lake Atitlan. Guatemala.<\/p><\/div>\n

Lake Atitlan<\/strong> is one of the most beautiful places in Guatemala and perhaps, all over Central America. The word “Atitl\u00e1n” translates as among the waters and it is a lake of volcanic origin that nowadays is surrounded by villages of all kinds that for decades attract all the travelers who are encouraged to know Guatemala.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In spite of its relatively small territorial extension, Guatemala has a great climatic variety, product of its mountainous relief that goes from the level of the sea to the 4220 meters on that level. Its landscapes and its cultural roots and traditions are a great attraction for tourism. Its ecological diversity positions it as one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[115,112],"tags":[93,110,97,119,125,124,123,102,103,126],"class_list":["post-185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-main-destinations","category-natural-wonders","tag-atitlan-en","tag-beaches","tag-guatemala-en","tag-hikes-climbs","tag-natural-en","tag-nature","tag-semuc-champey-en","tag-tourism","tag-travel","tag-volcano"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/contents.guatemalavip.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/contents.guatemalavip.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/contents.guatemalavip.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/contents.guatemalavip.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/contents.guatemalavip.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/contents.guatemalavip.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/contents.guatemalavip.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/contents.guatemalavip.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/contents.guatemalavip.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}