Fronteras/El Relleno (Rio Dulce) Hotels

In Rio Dulce (an area containing two towns, Fronteras and El Relleno), you can expect hot weather and stunning natural beauty. The towns are located at the mouth of Guatemala´s largest lake, Lago de Izabal, which drains along the stunning Rio Dulce into the Caribbean Sea. The towns themselves aren´t much to see, the real places to go are outside of town and by the water.

Rio Dulce hotels range from the threadbare, orphanage-run Hotel Backpacker´s for about US$4.00 a night to much nicer options such as Hotel Banana Palms, in nearby San Felipe, which offers lakefront suites for a little over US$100.00. If you´re looking for something in the middle, consider the ecoactivity-rich Hacienda Tijax (US$30-50.00), which offers swinging bridges over mangrove swamps and cheap campgrounds (it´s next to a swamp, so take the word "cheap" with a grain of salt).