Quetzaltrekkers Xela, Guatemala

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Hike Volcanoes. Help Kids.

No one does tours through the Guatemalan highlands like us. Featured in Lonely Planet and #1 in outdoor activities on TripAdvisor. See the hikes!

We are the only non-profit, all volunteer-run trekking and outdoors association in Guatemala. In fact- apart from our sister organizations Quetzaltrekkers Nicaragua, Condortrekkers in Bolivia, and Emutrekkers in Austrailia- we might just be the only organization of our kind anywhere in the world.

Quetzaltrekkers was founded in 1995 as a means of self-sustainable, grassroots fundraising for the functioning of Associación Escuela de la Calle (EDELAC), with the overall aim of combating the unfortunate reality of children both living and working on the streets of Quetzaltenango. Our job is to see that tourism dollars directly benefit those Guatemalans that need them most: street children and children at risk of becoming such. We do this by running tourist-oriented, guided-treks through the beautiful Guatemalan highlands: hence the slogan, “Hike and Help.”

Quetzaltrekkers/Escuela de la Calle was the brainchild of a very small group of Guatemalan and foreign social workers looking to improve the livelihood of Xela’s vulnerable youth. As one of the first operations to offer organized treks out of Quetzaltenango, Quetzaltrekkers embarked on the tough process of building and improving trails, establishing relationships with rural highland communities, as well as acquiring the necessary equipment and volunteers. Meanwhile, our aid work from profits began in the streets; teaching classes; providing support to the children living and working in the city’s main bus terminal.

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