1. Get to Antigua at least a day early and stay the night – Antigua is the tourist hub of the country and nearly all transportation runs through here. There are shuttles every hour from the airport to Antigua (Q100, 45mins-1.5hr depending on traffic).

2. From Antigua direct - Get an 8am or 9am collective shuttle (or 9-10m private shuttle) direct to San Marcos la Laguna (Q100), 3.5-4.5hrs depending on traffic, roads and weather).  You can also come via San Pedro la Laguna if there are no shuttles leaving for San Marcos la Laguna (Q100), 3.5-4hrs). If on a San Pedro shuttle service, either get off the shuttle in San Pablo la Laguna and take a tuk-tuk (Q5) to San Marcos la Laguna (the next town over), or go all the way to San Pedro and then take the ‘lancha’ boat (Q10) to San Marcos.

3. From Antigua via Panajachel – From Antigua take a morning collective shuttle service (Q90) approximately 2.5hrs to Panajachel. From Pana take a ‘lancha’ boat (Q25) from the public dock (muelle publico) to cross the lake to San Marcos La Laguna. The boat leaves every 30 mins until 7.30pm and usually takes around 1 hour.

4. Arriving into San Marcos la Laguna — We are a 25 minute hike from the lakefront (15 mins escorted along the mountain paths to Kawoq Forest from the back of town. Please find The Kawoq Forest Meeting Point at Circles Cafe, just 30 meters down the path to the lake from the basketball court in the town center before 1pm.

Please note that Circles Cafe is a separate business entity. Our escorts will look for you outside of the venue. If you wish to enter and purchase items from the cafe, please be on the lookout for our escorts. 

Kawoq Forest is able to arrange a free escort service from Circles Cafe at 1pm sharp 7 days out of the week. Please email us to request the escort. Note our escorts do not go to Circles unless you have pre arranged the service with staff beforehand.