If you are visiting Xela I recommend visiting the Fuentes Georginas. These are natural hot water springs that people swim in. There are three different main pools that, depending on the time of year and amount of rain, range from scalding hot to hot to warm. I usually hang out in the second pool (which is really more like a hot tub) with occasional trips to the hotter pool. It's located in a pretty area and it's generally foggy which gives the area a mystical feel.
These hot springs are located about an hour outside of Xela. You can take a public Chicken bus to Zunil where you barter with a pickup truck driver on how much he will charge to take you the rest of the way in the back of his truck. OR you could take the private shuttle through Adrenalina tour for about the same price and none of the haggling.
I would second the recommendation to sign up for the Adrenalina Tours minibus trip (twice daily from their office across from Parque Central), unless the adventure of a trip is more important than the baths themselves. The drive from Zunil to Fuentes Georginas is along a narrow mountain road with switchbacks and you will be sitting (and sliding) on the bed of an open flat bed pick-up truck.
ReplyDeleteAnd don't let the author's description of the large pool being "scalding hot" deter you from trying it. It will not result in first degree burns. At least the day I was there in April it was relaxing (in modest doses) after the initial shock. We had a pleasant afternoon--especially after two chartered camionetas full on families departed.
Looks great! I'd love to try it some time.
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