Izabal Department, Guatemala · North America
El Estor sits on the route: 40 minutes from Panzos, 55km from Río Dulce Gorge.
El Estor is in Izabal Department, Guatemala, with about 20,000 people. The nearest town is Panzos, about 36 km away.
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Within an hour or so of El Estor: Castle of San Felipe de Lara (38 km), Quiriguá (43 km), Río Dulce Gorge (55 km).
El Estor is in Izabal Department, Guatemala, about 36 km from Panzos.
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3 notable places within an hour's drive.
castle
A compact 17th-century Spanish fort of turrets and drawbridges at the narrowest point where Lake Izabal meets the Río Dulce, built to stop Caribbean pirates: a chain was once strung across the water to the far bank.
38 km · about 45 min drive
ancient ruins
UNESCO Maya site just off Guatemala's Atlantic Highway, home to the tallest stelae ever carved by the Maya: 10-m sandstone giants standing in a banana-plantation clearing.
43 km · about 50 min drive
natural wonder
A jungle river running out of Lake Izabal to the Caribbean through a gorge of 100 m limestone walls hung with bromeliads, with hot springs at the water's edge. The highway bridge at Fronteras gives the classic overview.
55 km · about 65 min drive
Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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