How I Survived the Acatenango Volcano Hike - Fuego Volcano Eruption

[Music] have you ever seen a volcano sparing lava like really up close I have and this video is about telling you how you could do the same thing hike up what canic Tango so you can see Fuego spewing all that amazing lava throughout the night I mean it's an active volcano so it erupts every 15 20 minutes or so and if you want to know how to do it with a lot of practical tips this video is just for you so let's start with the journey from [Music] Antigua good morning is a day I've been nervous and excited about since the beginning of this trip I'm going to hike up e Kango volcano to see Fuego and it's eruptions and I'm super excited and nervous I mean I didn't get much sleep last night which might not be a very good thing but it is a hard hike which I've never done before so I will give you tips as we go along um the first one is to work with a proper company um the one I'm working with they have like proper uh cabins up there instead of tents which makes a huge difference secondly do bring some electrolytes with you because you'll be sweating a lot along the way so I'm going to go get my briefing now and let's go I'll show you as we go along and yeah more tips to follow on the way and obviously you know when we go up you'll see the view let's [Music] go don't forget to check my Guatemala travel guide it has a ton of information from visas to money SIM cards to hotels everything you need to know before you go so we just got here and it's a little chilly and cloudy I don't tell if it's a good thing or not but we're going to start hiking soon it took about an hour to get here the starting point first part of the hike is the most difficult one it's the one that's more Steep and more slippery this is our first break so we're taking our first break now make sure you walk around Antigua the day before climatize yourself to the altitude otherwise this is going to be very difficult for you and drink lots of water the day before like 2 three lit at least it will help you [Applause] [Music] [Applause] after an hour we get to the main entrance [Music] [Music] it started raining on the [Music] way make sure to bring plenty of sunscreen with you shoes with really good grip because it's going to be slippery and if you get like altitude sickness apparently vitamin C helps let's continue yay it's gotten flat lunch time lunch done and it's getting cold so putting on more layers and time to go to the last part of the hike let's go apparently it's like steep for 1 hour and then flat for the next hour and then we get to the base camp still cloudy make sure you give one day gap between your flight and your hike and avoid caffeine and alcohol the day before really [Music] important this is the third part of our hike and it's become flat now which is a little easier and another hour we will be at the base camp [Music] the last 15 minutes were the Killer is probably the steepest part of the hike W I think we're almost there made [Music] it this is our dinner tent this is where we eat and these are our cabins so I finally made it here around 3:30 um there's usually two options you can go to the summit of um towards fego and you can go to the summit of tin nango but unfortunately both are not available today because the weather is horrible so we're going to see what happens and yeah yeah hopefully tomorrow morning it all clears up and we get to see the thing if not I might consider staying another day I'm not sure though let's see so that's fuo behind all those clouds oh God so make sure you brings plenty of warm clothes because it does get pretty cold up here it's like 0 to 5° at the base camp and then when you go up um you need wind Breakers so some of the stuff you can hire from the agency they just give it to you with the thing but their layers inside make sure you bring some extra T-shirts because you do get wet when you're walking up yes it is cold the weather was pretty bad so didn't really get to see much and we played some games and then just headed to sleep I was lucky that I got some really cool group members hey guys if you're watching and then I woke up to pee in the middle of the night and this happened the clouds are gone and there it was Fuego showing all its might it was just incredible I just couldn't believe my [Music] eyes around 3:00 we set a fire up and we just sat to watch an amazing beautiful sunrise while the other guys went to the summer of hango [Music] Oro that volcano you see is wan a and this is fego and I'm on eang this view is everything to live for not being able to sleep all night the cold not having proper toilets coming up doing a hot hike everything was worth it just looking at this beautiful view [Music] [Music] oh my God look at that beautiful sunrise it was worth not sleeping this night hot chocolate wa this is a breakfast burrito with a little bit of volcanic eruption Tada the people who live here and we can't even spend a night here properly say [Music] h boo erupts every 20 minutes on average and every eruption is just so incredible to watch and because it's so unpredictable weatherwise you have to savor each and every single one of these and I absolutely loved it so I've lost my drone and the guy is helping me out oh my God what a day found it gave me such a massive scare honestly I don't think I could have done it without him I would have just have to leave it here people are so incredibly nice honestly let's continue with our journey I have to start getting back down now it is so beautiful to walk around here I've had the craziest night night and the most ridiculously beautiful sunrise and it's time to go back down so I'll tell you the story when we were back down there we just had breakfast and some hot chocolate and it's time to go down because it started you know cloudy again but it's been absolutely phenomenal I was going to say the f word but yeah absolutely phenomenal let's go down and I'll tell you the story at the end with a lot of really important tip so you don't want to miss this one [Music] definitely I love how beautiful nature is all along the way and it's so colorful with all the [Music] flowers on the way down it wasn't too bad it took about an hour and a half but it's actually quite slippery so don't forget she was a good grip and the hiking [Music] poles we're almost there but it's getting hot again so I need to get off all the layers and then start running again and the hiking pools are really helpful CU it's really slippery so I would definitely recommend these again and again The View we couldn't see [Music] yesterday almost there and this is the last bed where you have to run if you want to don't forget to subscribe and like so I can bring you some more exciting destinations so the hike ended and it took about an hour and a half to an hour 45 minutes to come down we had to stop at a few points for other people to catch up um so we took the bus and arrived in Antigua took some you know lunch and then took a shuttle to a land where I'm sitting right now so I want to tell you a few things about this if you want to do this and it's really important that you listen to this [Music] part make sure you book your tour with a reputable company whoever it is make sure they're good I booked it with v and Charlie or Vino and Charlie sorry I don't remember the name exactly they were pretty good generally more expensive 200 katal is more expensive but it paid off massively well at the end you will see the reasons in a few you know in a few moments I would definitely recommend bringing some some light jacket anywhere because you're in Highlands in Antigua and it gets quite a little chilly nippy in the evening so that's really helpful but this is another level right so the agency can you can they give you usually some jackets um some gloves um a headlight some bottles of water and all of that but make sure you bring like two or three t-shirts because they're going to get wet and that's you know that's something you don't want to deal with wet clothes up there to make sure two or three different jackets pummels for under your you know hiking whatever your pants or shorts that's again [Music] important on the day we arrived gave our IDs took our stuff had a little breakfast an hour's ride the hike was like three different parts as you've seen and then when we got up there was literally nothing that we could see the entire day pretty much overnight around 1:00 a.m. I woke up to pee and I just honestly it was the biggest struggle and I had to convince myself that I can't pee in here because in one cabin there are like eight people so you can't be you know making them go through that but it was really cold up there um so you get a sleeping bag you get a blanket but as many layers as you could it really helps so once you get up there you have the option to go all the way to fego or you can go all the way to the summit of a Kango because usually you stop at the base camp so Foo is 4 and 1/2 hours return Journey the Kango is 2 and A2 we couldn't see anything that was not an option on the day so that was called off you have the same options next morning leaving at 3:00 and 4:00 a.m. again I decided against it because I could see the most beautiful eruptions right from my window and then they lit a fire so I just sat there just looking at this beautiful volcano erupting every 15 20 minutes and that was just absolutely mindblowing so we got talking you know you talk to people who were with you just sat by the fire and just you know chill there it was amazing it was great we saw the sunrise and then we had some breakfast some hot chocolate that was really great as well So eventually it was time to come down and then that's exactly what I what we [Music] did make sure you take some electrolytes and snacks with you arrive at day before and walk around in a so you just kind of get a climatized to the higher altitude especially if you're coming from the beach cuz you're going to be going really high up and electrolytes and vitamin C help with um motion sorry altitude sickness as well so again make sure you take good enough amount of water make sure you drink 2 and 1 half lers the day before and you make sure you carry enough with you on the way up I would recommend no less and 4 L and make sure you drink up there because it's cold so you don't really feel like um you need it but you do it's also really windy up there so make sure you take the gloves just don't you know think that it's warm here so it's going to be nice up there as well no it's going to be really cold and windy so that's really really important I made some new friends which I'm really happy about and I had an amazing time and I mean honestly if I would I probably would not do it again because of how hard it is but it was an incredible like once in a lifetime experience make sure you have the next day not filled up because you will need some rest because we honestly slept for like 3 and 1 half 4 hours only cuz you want to sit and watch that beautiful volcano you know spewing lava not just sleeping up there so that's really really important if I would recommend going to a spa they have Santa Domingo hotel which has a beautiful spot I made a separate video for it so check it out I really hope you enjoyed seeing this beautiful volcano and the whole um hike with me and if you did do let me know if you had this a different experience do let me know if I've missed something if you have any questions do let me know and I will see you in the next video Until Then you have a beautiful day ahead this is brown boy travels I really hope you like this video if you did please do like subscribe and share and do let me know in comments if you have any questions you can also reach me on Instagram I will see you in another beautiful destination in another video Until Then you have a wonderful day ahead bye [Music]