Panisté Experiences
Our kitchen gardens
Don your hat, grab your shovel, and come and pick your own vegetables from our garden. Get to know the great variety of fruits and vegetables that we grow with pride and serve in our restaurant. Have fun and take your bounty home with you!
Consult prices at the reception.
Panisté Hike
Feel the magic of Panisté by exploring its forests, gardens and trails accompanied by our guide. Visit the kitchen gardens and the wonderful orchid garden. Visit our deer reserve and finish the tour at the restaurant, where you can enjoy natural drinks and excellent coffee.
Consult prices at the reception.
Panisté Picnic
Choose from our delicious menus and enjoy a traditional picnic in our woodlands or gardens.
Includes: Tablecloth, plates and picnic utensils + sandwich of your choice + crudités with dip + seasonal fruit + water or natural juice.
Consult prices at the reception.
Bonfires with marshmallows
Few things are as comforting as an evening campfire with friends or family. Come and roast delicious marshmallows under the stars.
Consult prices at the reception.
Wildlife Watching
Don’t miss the opportunity to discover the local wildlife first hand! Hotel Panisté will provide you with all the information and facilities you need to enjoy a unique experience in nature.
Feed the deer
Come and meet the beautiful deer of different ages that inhabit our reserve. Feed the deer yourself from outside the reserve! It’s quite an experience, especially for the little ones. Includes: Guide and vegetables for feeding.
Consult prices at the reception.
Place to kiss
Climb up our 25 m. lookout to enjoy the wonderful view of the forest and romantic sunsets alongside your partner.
Activity free of charge.
Movie night
We invite you to watch an exciting family movie in our meeting room every weekend while you enjoy a selection of dishes from our restaurant.
Price: Per restaurant consumption.
Kids Club House
A place where the little ones can play in a safe, friendly environment while watching a film or being encouraged by our team to develop their cognitive skills with a variety of educational games.
Free activity
Mixology Class
Let our experts show you how to prepare delicious cocktails. Choose 4 cocktails and enjoy this unique experience at the Bierstube Panisté.
Consult prices at the reception.
Tours and Excursions
Orquigonia
Immerse yourself in a forest at an altitude of 1480m and discover more than 450 types of orchid growing in luxuriant natural surroundings. Take a 1 km interpretative trail accompanied by a specialist guide and learn about orchids, medicinal plants and historical species. Observe flora and fauna such as ferns, palms, bromeliads, butterflies, tree frogs, insects and birds.
- Location: Km. 206, Ruta las Verapaces, Aldea Chicuxab, Cobán
- Distance from the hotel: 15.5 km. (25 min)
- Schedule: Monday to Sunday, 8 am to 5 pm
Package: Tour with local guides + printed guide to orchid cultivation + instructional video + insect repellent + hot drink at the end of tour
Sachichá River
The Sachichá River is also home another natural treasure, the Sehacú waterfall, with a drop of approximately 40 metres. The waterfall emerges from the Sapoc Cave, forming a transparent pool surrounded by lush forest.
Activities: River tubing + Swing jumping from 5 levels into Tarzan’s pool + Children’s pool + Hiking + Flora interpretation tour + Guided tour of the cave + Cenote and semi-natural pools.
- Location: Km. 241 route Cobán to Chisec.
- Distance from hotel: 45 km. (1 hour)
- Schedule: Monday to Sunday 8 am to 6 pm
- Entry to the Park:.
- Guided 400 m tubing ride on the river.
- Guided 400 m tubing ride on the river.
Transport:
4×4 Van for 1 to 4 people.
Bus for 1 to 13 people.
Hun Nal Ye Ecological Park
We invite you to visit the Hun Nal Ye Ecological Park, a place replete with history, myth and legend, and which is also home to a cave, located at the source of the Dolores River, where an important archaeological discovery was made. Important: for water activities you must know how to swim and take particular care in deep areas with a strong current.
- Location: Km. 259.5 on the road to Chisec. San Vicente Chicatal village, San Pedro Carchá, AV: 75 km (2 hours)
- Schedule: Monday to Sunday 8 am to 5 pm
- Admission includes: Horses, Trails + Museum + Boats and fishing equipment + Tubing + Pole Vault jumping + Use of pool, rivers and facilities
Transport:
4×4 Van for 1 to 4 people.
Bus for 1 to 13 people.
Grottoes of Rey Marcos
A visit to the Grottoes of Rey Marcos is an adventure in which you will learn about our millenary culture in the Alta Verapaz rainforest, a place that has been visited by our ancestors since pre-Columbian times. The excursion includes walking trails, suspension bridges, canopy, boat rides and a visit to the impressive caves.
- Location: San Juan Chamelco, Alta Verapaz
- Distance from the hotel: 34 km. (1 hour)
- Schedule: Monday to Sunday, 8 am to 5 pm
- Package 1: Entry to the park, cave, canopy, boat, lunch.
- Package 2: Entry to the park, cave, canopy, and boat.
- Package 3: Entry to the park and cave Q.
Transportation:
4×4 van for 1 to 4 people.
Bus for 1 to 13 people.
Quetzal Biotope
The Quetzal Biotope forms part of the Cloud Forest Biological Corridor and is one of the most important reserves in the country, its objective being to protect and conserve the quetzal, Guatemala’s national bird. Start your adventure in search of the quetzal, hiking the trails while appreciating some 50 species of tree and an infinite variety of tropical wildlife. If crystalline waters are your thing, along the way you will pass by cool pools and waterfalls where you can swim.
The Quetzal Biotope is part of the Cloud Forest Biological Corridor and is one of the most important reserves in the country, it’s objective being to protect and conserve the quetzal, Guatemala’s national bird. Along the trails you will observe some 50 species of trees and a wide variety of wildlife. The reserve also features waterfalls and pools with crystalline waters for swimming. Go in search of the quetzal!
- Location: Purulhá, Baja Verapaz
- Distance from hotel: 48 km (1 hour 10 min.)
- Schedule: Monday to Sunday 6 am to 4 pm
- Entry to the park: 2 trails – 2 cold water pools – Courtesy parking. Specialized guide.
Transportation:
4×4 van for 1 to 4 people.
Bus for 1 to 13 people.
Semuc Champey
Semuc Champey is the ultimate experience and one of the most exciting places to visit in Guatemala. Its name in the Q’eqchi’ language means “where the river hides”, due to the effect that the Cahabón river causes when passing under the cave that forms the incredible turquoise water pools. Start the adventure by climbing to the 700m lookout, from where you will have a spectacular view of the pools. Immerse yourself in the crystal clear waters surrounded by stunning vegetation and explore the K’anb’a caves.
