"Quirigua (The Other Mayan Ruin)" Top 5 Page for this destination Guatemala Things to Do Tip by vaticanus

(KEER e gwa)
Pronounced KEER e gwa (say it quickly). Fantastic, fabulous and extravagant Maya stone stella are the largest ever made - over 10 meters- with exactingly carved figures and glyphs. Don't miss the zoomorphs (see photo).

You can do this site in a day trip from Guatemala City

or spend the night at the Hotel Royal (basic) in the nearby village of Quirigua.

Park admission is about $10. There is a shortcut from the village along some railroad tracks through a banana forest (as Dorothy says: "Lions, Tigers and Bears Oh My") but I would not recommend it for the mud, tree roots, insects, spiders and humidity. I saw the trail at it's termination outside the park and it looked unkempt and rough. The local people told me, however, it was passable....

By vehicle use any bus or van running the main Highway aka El ATLANTICO. They will drop you off at the entrance road and there are vans and pickups running to the ruins from the highway.

Address: Parque del Quirigua 7:30 AM to 5 PM
Directions: If you are day tripping, make sure the bus/van/pickup driver knows you want to get off for the dirt road to
"las ruinas" and not at the village of Quirigua.