We arrived in Lanquil in a darkness after a 2h Rio Dulce boat trip and 8h bus trip from Rio Dulce. We asked on the bus the other tourists where they were going to stay and they indicated a Utopia hotel immersed in the nature by the river. Once we arrived to a little town Lanquil the guys from the track who came to pick up the others called the hotel and confirmed that we can stay there with our tent. The trip was pretty hard - 8km on track in the middle of the mountains going up and down in total darkness. But it was worthy to do it. Utopia was immersed in the rain forest by the river. The river (Samuc Champey) was large and deep so every morning I was jumping in to swim and refresh. The outside temperature wasn't that high especially in the evening, night and morning but to jump in this lovely water was such an experience. Even better by the sunrise with all possible colours of pink, red and violet. Every day during this so far 2 months trip my morning swims are by sunrise and if the sunsat is visible then I close my daily swim by then. We took a daily tour to the local caves, we went 40m underground challenged by under water passages of strong watter's springs. Jumped down from 8pm rocks down to the pretty shallow 4m water. Then after we left the caves we went by the river and swang from the shore down to the river and jumped in to the river (6m hight). Jumped from the 8-10m bridge in to the river, came back by tubes (tires) - 1 h trip down the river with some strong currents. Few partecipants ended up in the water and lost their video cameras. It was such an adventure and tyring day but very enjoyable. We took some rest on a following day, still actively walking around the river and the mountains. The views were mind blowing, the river and the mountins made the landscape Magic. Semuc Champey is definitely one of the wonders of the world. The Utiopa hotel is fully recommended as it's eco friendly smoothly run by foreigners, with a very basic conditions and simple vegetarian dishes. We paid for a tent 2$ per night. Two nights were just right to do the most and too little to rest and endolge it fully.
