Viva Atitlán

Viva Atitlán.

Areas of Work: Community Tourism, Handicrafts/Artisan Crafts, Agroecological Products.

Quantitative Data: We are a community enterprise founded in 2012, made up of more than 40 people from different tourism, handicraft, and agro-productive organizations from at least six municipalities in the department of Sololá around Lake Atitlán.

Services Offered:

Viva Atitlán offers tours and cultural encounters: our service is distinguished by offering authentic experiences with the Maya culture to appreciate the richness of their worldview and ancestral wisdom. Furthermore, we have specialized in the birdwatching segment (avitourism), offering trips throughout the country with community guides specialized in the subject.

Viva Atitlán also offers artisan crafts and agroecological products of excellent quality, supporting groups of women artisans who are experts in weaving and natural dyes, beadwork (mostacilla), and basketry with natural fibers. In the agroecological field, we have developed the brand Café KamalYa’, which we market as gourmet coffee produced and processed with high standards of quality and environmental care.