Cobán & surroundings/Cobán y alrededores

Coban is approximately a 4 1/2 hours drive north of Guatemala City.

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Cobán a cozy mystic city represents Guatemala´s traditions and history.

It is here where some of the most important traditional customs, as well as the practice of the ancestral religion can be found in several of the local villages.
Some of the most important traditions is that women still wear their hand woven regional custom and the gastronomy of this zone.

Its fetile soil presents an ideal place for the production of diversified crops and plantations like: coffee, cardamom, cocoa and vanilla. In its stunning cloud forest mountains, the Quetzal bird can be seen, as well as hundreds of native species of orchids.

Location

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  • Coban town
  • Biotope of the Quetzal
  • Semuc Champey
  • Lanquín Caves and town
  • caves of Rey Marcos
  • Lachuá Lagoon
  • Candelaria caves
  • Hunal Ye
  • Bombil Pek
  • Ram Tzul
  • natural reserve
  • Chilascó waterfalls
  • Chicoy caves
  • Cahabon river
  • Lanquín river.

Information

Region: Nort
Location: Alta Verapaz, Cobán, COBÁN,Cabecera departamental
Geography:
  • Altitude (Above sea level): 1,320 mts.
  • Vegetation: cloud forest
Distance to capital city: 238 Kms. / 148 M.
Indications: Coban is approximately a 4 1/2 hours drive north of Guatemala City.
Type of road: Paved/Tarmacked road


Weather

Today

Temperature
clear sky
87.58 °F 30.88 °C
Pressure 1011 hPa
Humidity 48 %
Wind speed 6.91 mph - Light breeze
Wind direction 250 WSW - West-southwest
Precipitation no

Tomorrow

Thu 05-16 12:00 hrs.
scattered clouds
81.23 °F 27.35 °C

Next days

Fri 05-17 12:00 hrs.
overcast clouds
79.7 °F 26.50 °C
Sat 05-18 12:00 hrs.
overcast clouds
81.59 °F 27.55 °C
Sun 05-19 12:00 hrs.
light rain
71.44 °F 21.91 °C
Mon 05-20 12:00 hrs.
overcast clouds
73.02 °F 22.79 °C
Weather data from OpenWeatherMap.org






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