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El Higuerito Destination Guide

Delve into El Higuerito in Guatemala

El Higuerito in the region of Izabal is a city in Guatemala - some 135 mi or ( 217 km ) North-East of New Guatemala , the country's capital .

Interactive map of El Higuerito

Current time in El Higuerito is now 01:30 PM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " America/Guatemala " with a UTC offset of -6 hours. Depending on your travel modalities, these larger destinations might be interesting for you: Dangriga, Belmopan, San Salvador, Zacapa, and Sarstun Creek. While being here, make sure to check out Dangriga . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you curious about the possible sightseeing spots and facts in El Higuerito ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Garifuna Music and Dance: A Night Out in Livingston, Guatemala

1:04 min by umarket
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An evening spent at Rasta Mesa in Livingston, Guatemala enjoying Garifuna music, dance and food. The Garifuna are a small population of descendants of Africans and Carib-Arawaks who were exiled from S ..

Guatemala Shore Excursion

1:49 min by HappyFishTravel
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Route in boat by the Bay of Amatique, later we will cross the majestic Cañón de Río Dulce where We will visit the hanging gardens after that we'll visit Ak´tenamit project, hot water (thermal), the ga ..


Rio Dulce Guatemala

1:57 min by titock
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Viaje en Rio Dulce, IZABAL Guatemala ..

Tikal - Spectrum / Satellite

4:15 min by sonicwindpipe
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Part 3 of my Mexico travelogue. After catching the bus from Belize City into Guatemala, we made our way to Flores, a beautiful little island town on Lake Peten Itza. We used it as our base for our daw ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Chocón Machacas

The Chocón Machacas Protected Biotope is a protected nature reserve in eastern Guatemala. It is located in the municipality of Livingston, in a densely forested area covering the lower reaches of the Chocón Machacas River basin and the northern shores of the Río Dulce-Golfete Dulce system . The Chocón Machacas river and Golfete Dulce complex form one of Guatemala's few remaining habitats for the endangered Caribbean manatee.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 15.76 -88.87 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Protected areas established in 1989, Protected areas of Guatemala

Chocón Machacas River

The Chocón Machacas River is a river in eastern Guatemala. The sources of the 53 km-long river are located on the eastern slopes of the Sierra de Santa Cruz at {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:15.793835|N|89.133890|W||||| | |name= }}. From there it flows in a generally west-south-west direction into the Golfete Dulce. The Chocón Machacas river and Golfete Dulce complex form one of Guatemala's few remaining habitats for the endangered Caribbean manatee.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 15.76 -88.88 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Rivers of Guatemala

El Golfete

El Golfete is a long narrow lake in Guatemala. It lies at sea level and is connected by the Dulce River from Lake Izabal draining to the Amatique Bay in the Caribbean Sea.

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Located at 15.73 -88.88 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Lakes of Guatemala

Livingston, Guatemala

Livingston is the name of a town in Izabal Department, eastern Guatemala, at the mouth of the Río Dulce at the Gulf of Honduras. The town (whose name is occasionally adapted into Spanish orthography as Lívingston) serves as the municipal seat of the municipality of the same name. It was Guatemala's main port on the Caribbean Sea before the construction of nearby Puerto Barrios. Livingston is noted for its unusual mix of Garífuna, Afro-Caribbean, Maya and Ladino people and culture.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 15.83 -88.75 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Izabal Department, Populated places in Guatemala

Sarstoon River

Sarstoon River is a river in the Toledo District of Belize. It forms the country's southern boundary with Guatemala. The river's sources are located in neighbouring Guatemala, where it is known by its Spanish name, Río Sarstún. It flows through the Guatemalan departments of Alta Verapaz and Izabal into Belize and through Toledo to the Caribbean Sea.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 15.90 -88.91 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
Tags: Belize–Guatemala border, International rivers of North America, Rivers of Belize, Rivers of Guatemala, Toledo District