One of Guatemala's most frequently visited sites is Lake Atitlán. To the naked eye, it is stunning. Its teal-colored freshwater sits just over 5,000 feet above the ocean in the highlands of Guatemala.

A peer-reviewed study published in the Journal of Maritime Archaeology has confirmed that sonar and bathymetric surveys ...

NPR's Lilly Quiroz brings us a postcard from Guatemala about Lake Atitlán, considered to be one of the most beautiful lakes in the world. In Central America's highlands lies a beautiful lake that was ...

In this Lake Atitlan travel guide we explore 5 villages around the lake. Including Santiago De Atitlan, San Juan La Laguna, Santa Catarina, San Antonio Palopo and Panajachel. I would say this is the ...

Hundreds of years ago, in the middle of Lake Atitlán, a complex Mayan city settled that built temples, squares, houses and stelae until, suddenly, the same waters that gave it sustenance began to sink ...

Imagine wandering through a lush, verdant landscape in search of the perfect oasis to reconnect with nature and feeling like you’ve stumbled on something out of a postcard. That’s exactly what it’s ...

A team of US scientists has returned from a two-week expedition to Guatemala's tropical high-mountain Lake Atitlan, where they are working to find solutions to the algae blooms that have assailed the ...

Some 85,000 years ago, the mighty Los Chocoyos eruption blew volcanic ash all the way to Florida, and the massive magna flow collapsed the surface terrain forming a huge cauldron-shaped caldera. Water ...