High in Guatemala’s western highlands at about 1,560 meters, Lake Atitlán sits inside a volcanic caldera formed roughly 75,000–84,000 years ago. Three volcanoes—Atitlán, Tolimán, and San Pedro—ring its shores. The lake reaches a little over 320–350 meters deep and has no surface outlet, so water levels rise and fall with rainfall and underground seepage. Midday […]
