Top Central Highlands Classes & Workshops

Embark on an exotic culinary adventure with this 5-hour small-group cooking class in Antigua, including hotel pick-up. Master expert techniques and local ingredients to create typical Guatemalan dishes like ‘hilachas’, tamales and ‘camote en dulce’, under the watchful eye of a professional chef. After tasting your creations over lunch, leave armed with recipes and cooking tips to help you recreate your favorite dishes back home.

Learn how to make traditional Mayan dishes during a culinary tour in Antigua. Pick up fresh ingredients and see how the locals shop at the vibrant Central Market, then head to your instructor’s home. Be sure to come hungry, as you prepare - and devour - pepian (meat stew), hilachas (beef with tomato sauce), jocon (green chicken stew), and more over the course of the class.

Besides the Morning Tour of Antigua Guatemala, and its many interesting attractions. The afternoon Chocolate class will make You enjoy this ancient Maya invention. Get to know how to make it and enjoy your own creation.

One of a kind activity in Antigua, you will enjoy learning to decorate your own cake. Have fun with your kids, partner or by yourself by doing something different than the typical Antigua tour.

Antigua Sole offers the only artisan leather craft experience in Guatemala. Here, you will be able to not only see the process, but get involved! Have a design you've dreamed of? We can make it! Want to play around with new materials and just have fun? This is a perfect place for you. We offer laid-back and fun classes with no pressure.

Take a yoga class in the Treetop Studio at Earth Lodge! One of the most beautiful, fully equipped studios in the Antigua area.

Lessons are offered from certified Guatemalan teachers and provide 100% of the net earnings to the NGO Niños de Guatemala to 540 students of the area.

Watercolor painting has long been a favorite medium of expression for enthusiasts and professional artists alike. Although you only need a brush and pigments to get started, watercolor is a material that opens a world of creative possibilities and fantastic results. Learn the beauty of watercolor painting from an expert in a gorgeous colonial environment.

You will put your creativity to work, from selecting your piece, carving it yourself, giving it shine and customizing it with a special engraving. Always guided by our expert carvers and at the end you can take home a unique creation, made with your own hands. You will take a piece of culture and our land Guatemala with you. An experience that you can not miss! We will wait for you.

It is a unique experience in which you can take advantage of to learn the Spanish language with quality teachers and visit our colonial streets.

An authentic experience, with a peanut butter, 100% organic and artisan. The tasting of it is a unique gastronomic experience.

Come to be part of this Guatemalan community where love is shown through food, sharing and enjoying a delicious dish living a unique experience with a family. Learning unique Guatemalan stories and traditions of this beautiful town that you will discover called Parramos.

This tour, by Due South Travels, is a unique offering as we have established relationships with specific artisans that work out of their homes. Our first stop brings you to a village established in the 1530s. We will be welcomed into the home of an artisan who has worked with jade for over 40 years. After learning about the sourcing and history of jade in Guatemala, you will be able to select your own jade stone and polish it into a small take-away charm. On our second stop, you will meet an artisan who has worked with leather since he was a young boy. He can make the most beautiful pair of handmade leather boots you've ever seen! Learn about the process of boot making from start to finish. Last, we will enjoy a light, local lunch. Our weavers will give a backstrap loom demonstration and you will be guided through a collection of beautiful, authentic examples of traditional Guatemalan dress. This tour is educational, fun, and a client favorite, especially if you like to shop!

We want to begin our Crawl by going to the south of Antigua to visit a traditional coffee farm with breathtaking views of the volcanoes. At the farm we want to be recived by an expert in coffee planting and process. Here we want to learn the journey that takes coffee from plant to cup. As we finish our walk through the farm we will drive back to Antigua, where we will visit two coffee shops to take two workshops where we will play with your senses and teach you all about coffee from our coffee experts, all this while learning the best-kept secrets of the streets of Antigua. Finally, we will go to a craft brewery, to enjoy a refreshing beer with notes of coffee and learn about the use of coffee beans in other products. By the end of the Coffee Crawl, not only will you meet new people and take your knowledge of coffee to the next level, but we will have lots of fun!

Go beyond just sampling Guatemalan cuisine at Antigua’s restaurants and learn to cook it for yourself at a private cooking class. Visit a cooking school in Jocotenango village, and learn to make typical Guatemalan food, choosing from assorted dishes and picking up local cooking tips as you work. Then, savor your creations with your hosts on a rooftop terrace overlooking the Agua Volcano or in a colonial-style dining room.

Immerse yourself in Guatemalan culture and cuisine with a private cooking class at Cuscun Cooking School in Antigua. First, visit the local market to shop for fresh ingredients, herbs, and spices, then get hands-on in the kitchen under the guidance of a local chef. Create a variety of typical Guatemalan dishes, such as ‘tamales, ‘pepián’ (meat stew), or chiles rellenos (stuffed chilies).

Best Guatemala has designed a half-day tour through the most iconic facades and monuments of this city, Former General Captaincy of Guatemala, named as world heritage by the UNESCO and Guatemala´s pride. A perfect place to stay and use as a starting point to get to know the highlights of Guatemala, its atmosphere, its colonial architecture, cobbled stone streets, its small size and various museums, monuments and stores, makes La Antigua the ideal destination in Guatemala.

Get a crash course in Guatemalan cooking in just a few hours during this culinary course on Antigua. Perfect for those who are short on time, this class teaches participants to make some classics such as stuffed peppers, platanos, and Guatemalan-style mole. Sit down to eat your handmade feast with your group, enjoying conversation about Antigua’s history and culture.

Delve into local culinary culture with a cooking class held inside the ChocoMuseo. With the guidance of bilingual chefs, learn how to cook some of Guatemala’s most typical, (and delicious) dishes. Your class also includes a tropical fruit tasting, Guatemalan rum tasting, and wine and soft drinks.

Discover the best spots to make photos of Antigua’s landmarks and people during a 2-hour photography tour led by a photographer-guide. Your guide shares tips and techniques for improving your street photography skills, and takes you to scenic locations that many visitors miss. Your tour includes entrance ticket to the Centro de Formacion de la Cooperacion Espanola, and an itinerary can be tailored to the group's interests.

Travel to La Antigua Guatemala to learn about the traditional chocolate production (a pre hispanic drink) and the local production of loquat (a tropical fruit introduce in Guatemala and now local communities have local plantations in the town). In the community of San Juan Del Obispo we will do a chocolate workshop and a fruit wine tasting experience.

La Antigua Guatemala was the third Capital of the country, stablished during the colonial period in 1543. During the colonial period the city was decorated with beautiful baroque art and its legacy its today part of the local economy of the local artisans in town. We will enjoy walking in La Antigua Guatemala central plaza and surrounding and later continue to 2 different communities outside town to meet with famous recognize local artisans. Before ending we will enjoy a traditional Guatemala lunch.

Photograph one of the most fantastic, colorful and photogenic traditions and festivals in the world: Day of the Dead and its Giant Kite Festival in the Mayan highlands of Guatemala with this full day photo tour guided by a local professional photographer. Capture amazing images around the Day of the Dead celebrations, the Giant Kites festivities of All Saints Day in the Mayan villages of Sumpango, Santa Maria Cauque, and Antigua Guatemala.