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Mountain and national park in Guatemala
Photo: USGS, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Pacaya Volcano (Spanish: Volcán de Pacaya) is in Central Highlands region of Guatemala. Pacaya is an active volcano that showed spectacular eruptions for several years. There is still some volcanic activity but there is no hot lava to be seen anymore.
The Pacaya National Park is about 90 minutes by car or bus from either Antigua or Guatemala City.
Read in the guideWalk and take a hiking stick. Hiking sticks are sold at the park entrance for Q100. The ground is rocky, and in sections it is unstable.
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