1 off of CA1 for Panajachel is the road I spoke of, but 14 off of CA1 is your choice for the less touristy towns direct. You can access all lake points by hired boat from Panajachel.
DO NOT transit 14 around the bottom of the lake, below Volcán San Pedro. Confirmed reports of bandit activity even though no reports very recently.
Panajachel is photo lower left on Lago Atitlán. I took this photo on Hwy 1 off of CA1 decending into Panajachel:
Route that me, Skizzman and Bob Crooks (now deceased) took from San Cristóbal to Lago Atitlán:
Atitlán lake taxis are everywhere:
Three GS Adventures in the stable in Panajachel:
Directly in the foreground, center photo, is Volcán Tolimán, behind it is Volcán de Atitlán. To the right is Volcán San Pedro (not the eroding cone on the lake, the volcano in the distance at the far right edge of the photo). The view in the photo is looking south. You do not want to ride 14 around these volcanoes without security, which can be arranged with the various police agencies dotting the lake. I personally do not, and have not heard from others, of any other security concerns in Guatemala. Subcomm on this forum lived in Antigua not too long ago and is another source of information on this forum. Subcomm and I took our bikes to Mahahual in Mexico and went scuba diving. But that's another tale.
In addition to my own visit, I partially sponsored Bonzai Becky and Andrea on their Motoventuring tour. They have a ride report on ADV and also about 100 videos on YouTube. They stayed at San Pedro La Laguna and visited Antigua; here is one of their videos:
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMhnc4ddUN0"]Motoventuring Ep 35 - Lake Atitlan and Antigua Guatemala - YouTube[/ame]
DO NOT transit 14 around the bottom of the lake, below Volcán San Pedro. Confirmed reports of bandit activity even though no reports very recently.
Panajachel is photo lower left on Lago Atitlán. I took this photo on Hwy 1 off of CA1 decending into Panajachel:
Route that me, Skizzman and Bob Crooks (now deceased) took from San Cristóbal to Lago Atitlán:
Atitlán lake taxis are everywhere:
Three GS Adventures in the stable in Panajachel:
Directly in the foreground, center photo, is Volcán Tolimán, behind it is Volcán de Atitlán. To the right is Volcán San Pedro (not the eroding cone on the lake, the volcano in the distance at the far right edge of the photo). The view in the photo is looking south. You do not want to ride 14 around these volcanoes without security, which can be arranged with the various police agencies dotting the lake. I personally do not, and have not heard from others, of any other security concerns in Guatemala. Subcomm on this forum lived in Antigua not too long ago and is another source of information on this forum. Subcomm and I took our bikes to Mahahual in Mexico and went scuba diving. But that's another tale.
In addition to my own visit, I partially sponsored Bonzai Becky and Andrea on their Motoventuring tour. They have a ride report on ADV and also about 100 videos on YouTube. They stayed at San Pedro La Laguna and visited Antigua; here is one of their videos:
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMhnc4ddUN0"]Motoventuring Ep 35 - Lake Atitlan and Antigua Guatemala - YouTube[/ame]
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