Utopia Eco Hotel

We're located about 285 Km from Guatemala City. 11 Km from Lanquin and in the Valley of Semuc Champey approx. 3.5 Km from Semuc Champey National Park, one of Guatemala’s hidden treasures. We have about 220 meters of River Frontage along the Cahabón River.
Here is where you will be able to do as much or as little as you like. We are a Family Friendly, Dog Friendly Eco Hotel with a vegetarian Restaurant. Situated on the Cahabón River, which is great for tubing or just relaxing on one of the large river rocks or take a short stroll down the path to the big swimming hole. You will find your home away from home nestled amongst exotic flora and fauna with at least 90 different species of birds to watch while your strolling along the many paths that have been cut though the wild flowers, coffee and cocoa trees. Utopia offers unique natural lodge style accommodation with custom one of a kind art work and furnishing.

You will be living in a remote place in the jungle with a handful of other volunteers, the management and a dozen local workers from the surrounding mayan villages. The atmosphere between the staff is very familiar. Every volunteer gets the chance to put his ideas into the steadily growing Utopia. You can put yourself into it as much or as little as you like. Feel free to participate in gardening, yoga, sports, hiking and many more...

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Reviews

5.0
(90 reviews)90

Staff & Host

5.0

Hours & Tasks

4.5

Hostel

5.0

Learning & Fun

5.0

Israel

5

Loved my stay at Utopia so much, and chose to extend for a few extra days to explore the beautiful river. Work and schedule is very fair, even on shift scheduled days you have enough time to do your own thing. Would definitely recommend for anyone who enjoys a slower pace of life in an abundance of nature. My one note would be to go into the experience in a conscious and mindful awareness of gentrification concepts that you might be exposed to due to the hotel being located in a remote and traditional Mayan community. Miss my Utopia family dearly, hope to be back soon!

22 days ago

United States

5

I’m very grateful to have had the opportunity to volunteer at Utopia. The surrounding area is beautiful. Pia and the managers are all very sweet and help to make the stay a great time. Dany showed us around the area to the cool spots (if he says wear shoes, listen). I would gladly return to Utopia in a heartbeat. I will cherish my time there forever 🫶🏼

22 days ago

Germany

4

I‘ve stayed in Utopia as a cooking volunteer for one month. My working schedule was as described, so I had 3 days off and then work for 4 days in row. It was a big advantage for me to speak spanish so that I could communicate easily with the kitchen staff. You definitely need to know how to cook, because you are coming up with the menu of the family style dinners and you will lead the kitchen. There is always one woman working with you, so you are never alone, but it is a lot of work with cleaning the dishes by hand and making dinner in busy season for 30+ people. I def learned a lot.

about 1 month ago

Australia

4

I honestly did love it here, definitely fully immersed in nature which has its ups and downs. The high points would be the tours that you can go on and meeting locals, one big low point was the mould that is in the dorm room that does eventually get to your clothes and bags. All volunteers have had the same problem and you can clean everything repeatedly but unfortunately the mould is inescapable I do wish I had known that to better prepare myself. Other than that i would recommend this experience as the actual hotel was really nice and the food they give you is amazing.

about 1 month ago

Argentina

5

Hermoooosa experiencia!

Si buscas estar en un lugar tranquilo, en contacto con la naturaleza, con tiempo para recorrer y conocer, este es tu lugar!
Lo acordado siempre se respetó, las tareas son sencillas y los horarios razonables, todos los del equipo te reciben con mucha buena onda y la comida es riquísimaaa!

Dan ganas de volver, gracias Utopia, gracias Pía 🤎

3 months ago


Perfect for you if you're looking for

Contact with nature

Vegetarian / Vegan

Rural

Yoga / Meditation

Wilderness

Family