TUQTUQUILAL
WE ARE A REGENERATIVE CENTER THAT PROMOTES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT THROUGH ARTISANAL PRODUCTION, AGROECOLOGY, ECOTOURISM, AND EDUCATION.
IN TUQTUQUILAL YOU WILL FIND
FROM FRUIT TO BEAN TO BAR
Our Cacao Tour will take you through the unique and mystical experience of making your own Chocolate using the ancient Mayan Q'eqchi method.
Sustainable Cacao
We produce a wide variety of products such as 100% Pure Cacao, Fresh Cacao Juice, Choco Chai, Spices and many more.
Eco Habitat
Discover what it's like to live sustainably in the Guatemalan jungle. We use locally sourced materials to build all of our cabins.
Work and Learn
When you volunteer with us, you become a member of our family and contribute to the community where we live.
Our Impact
01
We boost the local economy
We support job creation at the local level and promote fair and direct purchasing with a diversified focus on organic products, the production of appropriate technologies and traditional medicines.
03
We offer opportunities for immersion and cultural exchange
We organize a volunteer and hosting program for those interested in the center and contributing to our initiatives. It is an opportunity for an authentic cultural exchange and an immersion in the nature of Lanquin. It brings many benefits of personal development and mutual weaving of local culture, in addition to the cacao that opens hearts.
02
We connect with the community
We cultivate harmonious relationships with surrounding communities through the distribution of appropriate technologies and recognizing the cultural value, ancestral wisdom and revaluation of Mayan spirituality.
04
We give a model to follow
We develop tangible models of regenerative development, applying innovative practices in the production of food, water, energy and housing, focusing on Agroforestry systems.
Creating spaces to share these technologies appropriate to the local community as well as international visitors, as a comprehensive model for economic and ecological resilience under the Q'eqchi' legacy.
WHAT OUR VISITORS SAY
Find us in Lanquín
You can travel from Guatemala City via Coban to Lanquín through public bus, shuttles, taxis and rental cars
There are daily shuttles from Guatemala City, Lake Atitlan, Antigua, and Flores as well. Contact us to ask for prices and reserve your spot
Once you reach Lanquin, you can walk 15 minutes or take a Tuk Tuk and tell them to take you to Tuqtuquilal for 5 GTQ per person
We are located 200 meters after the gas station
VG Gas