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Guatemala
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The Pacific Lowlands is a region in Guatemala. It consists of the rolling foothills of the Sierra Madre, extending across the wide Pacific plain to beautiful beaches, stretching from the Mexican border in the west to the border of El Salvador in the east. Land use is divided between cattle ranching and sugar plantations across the plain itself, with coffee and rubber plantations at differing altitudes in the foothills. The climate is hot, with the rain season lasting from May to October, including raging lightning storms and torrential downpours.
Buses from Guatemala City to Escuintla, or from Quetzaltenango to Retalhuleu. If crossing the Mexican border from Tapachula, you are likely to end up in Malacatán.
Read in the guideThe CA2 highway runs the length of the Pacific plain, from border to border.
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Escuintla is a town in the Pacific Lowlands of Guatemala.
Mazatenango (often referred to as Mazate) is a town in the Pacific Lowlands of Guatemala.
Puerto San José is a city of 24,000 people (2018) in the Pacific Lowlands region of Guatemala.
Retalhuleu (often shortened to Reu) is in the Pacific Lowlands of Guatemala.
San Rafael Pie de la Cuesta is a busy agricultural town in San Marcos department of western Guatemala, set amongst coffee plantations.
Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa is in the Pacific Lowlands of Guatemala.
The beach closest to Guatemala City and Antigua, volcanic sand. The mangrove swamps separating it from the mainland are a beautiful nature reserve.
A coastal village popular among surfers and backpackers
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