
GUATEMALA Cobán to the Semuc Champey Pools and Caves
A rocky descent to the Río Cahabón for a dip in the turquoise pools and tromp through the caves Dist: 73 km; Date: Feb 2017 You leave the pleasant city of Cobán going northeast on sinuous, forested Highway 5. This 51 km stretch will take well over an hour for all the lovely curves. There will be some truck-passing but traffic shouldn’t be too bad as the main artery to the north is Highway 9 through Chisec. At the small community of Pajal Highway 5 turns to dirt but this is wh