Fuego Volcano Overnight Hike

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The Fuego Volcano Overnight Trip is an epic adventure tour where you will find yourself watching the sunset from the volcanic knife ridge on the slopes of the angry beast.  Enjoy a cup of wine while waiting in anticipation for some ground shaking eruption from the ground underneath you. This one is a technical thriller!

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Fuego Volcano Overnight Hike

This tour is a guide favorite because of the technical trail that takes you through beautiful high-alpine meadows washed with flowers and breathtaking views. This hike is technical because of the challenging trail characteristics; and thrilling because you commune with an angry-active Fuego Volcano (one of the world’s most active volcanoes). We take you as close is as safely possible to the active summit of Volcan Fuego. After all this we camp at a relaxing safe distance on Acatenango Volcano with an awesome view of Fuego spewing lava if you’re lucky! This is an exhilarating trip; few folks can say they actually hiked Fuego Volcano, but you can be one of them.

FUEGO VOLCANO OVERNIGHT TRIP HIGHLIGHT:

Watching the sunset with a cup of wine on of the world’s most active volcanoes is definitely an incredible experience!

Fuego Volcano Eruption Guatemala 2018

The last major eruption was on June 3rd 2018. On this tragic day the Fuego Volcano erupted producing an ash column around 7km high. Pyroclastic flows and lahars descended the flanks of the volcano destroying several villages in their path. The official death toll was 19o with 256 missing (as of July 30th 2018). However the local communities estimate that around 2000 people died. The most tragic thing about the eruption is that with proper warning systems and education many of the deaths could have been avoided. Since the eruption lots of volcano monitoring equipment has been donated and many more studies are being conducted. These are looking at how to improve warning systems and educate the local people living in high risk areas so as to reduce loss of life in future eruptions. Click here for a more detailed account of the eruption.

Fuego Volcano Eruption: How does this affect hiking the volcano?

The Fuego Volcano’s activity varies constantly. Since the last major eruption on June 3rd it has returned to it’s “normal” activity levels over the last 5 years. This means several small eruptions a day; in the day you see the ash and at night you can see the red lava. On our Fuego Volcano hikes we actually spend most of our time on Acatenango Volcano. We hike up Volcan Acatenango and then traverse around until reaching our campsite taking the same route as our Acatenango Overnight Hike.

For the last part of the hike we descend to the saddle between Acatenango and Fuego and start climbing the Fuego Volcano itself. Due to the topography (there is a valley between our base camp on Acatenango and Fuego volcano) it is unlikely that we would be affected if Volcan Fuego were to erupt. This is because the pyroclastic flows and lahars follow the topography and flow down the flanks of Fuego. We are in contact with the local authorities monitoring the volcano and our guide always makes an assessment on reaching basecamp as to the safety of hiking over to Fuego. So rest assured we take all possible precautions to mitigate the risks involved with hiking an active volcano.

Acatenango Overnight, Fuego Overnight and Double Whammy tours: What´s the difference?

The Double Whammy Tour is a combination of our Acatenango Overnight Hike and our Fuego Overnight Hike. On any of these trips the first and last parts are the same. To start with we all hike to the camp site together; this takes about 5-6hrs and we arrive at around 2 PM. Then the people doing the Fuego Overnight or Double Whammy head over to the shoulder of Fuego and come back to the camp site for dinner (3-4hr round-trip). We all have dinner and wine together and sit around the campfire! Early the next day those doing the Acatenango Overnight or Double Whammy hike up to the summit of Acatenango for sunrise (this is truly magical). Then they come back down to camp and we all have breakfast together, break camp, and head back to the volcano to take the shuttle back to Antigua arriving at about 12:30 – 1 PM.

If you are booked for either the Acatenango Overnight Hike or the Fuego Overnight Hike you can decide to upgrade to the Double Whammy when you get to our camp site. This gives you the opportunity to see how you a feeling physically and mentally after you have complete the first part of the hike and if you feel up to the challenge! You can pay the difference when you get back to our office in Antigua, Guatemala.