Introduction
318km (197 miles) NE of Guatemala City; 23km (14 miles) NW of Puerto Barrios; 40km (25 miles) NE of Río Dulce
The small, hillside town of Livingston is the main Garífuna settlement in Guatemala. The Garífuna are a unique race with a language, culture, and cuisine all their own, so it should come as no surprise that Livingston, a laid-back burg on the Caribbean coast, is worlds apart from the rest of Guatemala. In fact, once in Livingston, you're just as likely to hear the town referred to as La Buga, its Garífuna name. The town's geographical isolation has helped it maintain its mellow image and lifestyle, as well as its appeal to those looking to truly get away from it all.
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Los Siete Altares
No trip to Livingston is complete without a visit to Los Siete Altares, a series of seven waterfalls connected by a lazy jungle creek. The whole...
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Playa Blanca
Playa Blanca is the best beach in the area, partly due to its distance from the outflow of the Río Dulce and the heavy pollution generated by the...
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Livingston
- Livingston is the name of a town in Izabal Department, eastern Guatemala, at the mouth of the Río Dulce at the Gulf of Honduras. The town (whose...
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