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Signaling is visible and it does not take more than 40
minutes to get there.
Lake Coatepeque
Coatepeque volcano (now Lake Coatepeque) is
the big brother of Santa Ana’s current volcano and
father of the rest of the volcanoes that comprise
this eruptive complex which left an enormous hole
of approximately 20 kilometers wide and about two
kilometers deep that began a long process of water
capturing and underwater to convert it into a lake.
Lake Coatepeque is located among themunicipalities
of Santa Ana, El Congo and Izalco at about 50
kilometers from San Salvador. It is a volcanic boiler
with an approximate extension of 6,500 hectares,
out of which 2,500 correspond to the water mirror
(25 square kilometers). At its basis 20,000 people
live in the area and an average of 5,000 tourists visit
the lake a month.
National Park Montecristo
The National Park Montecristo is located at 125
kilometers northwest of San Salvador.
This is one of the most frequent trips for people
with an adventurous spirit. Decreed National Park
to protect flora and fauna, it was the first protected
area in El Salvador. It is a nebulous forest located
in the northwest region of El Salvador, very close to
the border with Guatemala and Honduras at a point
called “El Trifinio”, which covers 2,000 hectares
and include important mountains: Montecristo,
Miramundo and El Brujo with a maximum height of
2,418 meters above sea level.
Montecristo Reserve offers camping infrastructure,
a botanic garden and rustic paths to venture within
the always humid dense foliage. Its best attractions
are the enormous and lush trees of up to 30 meters
tall, like cypress, oaks and pines and the fauna that
inhabits there together with the orchids in the One
Hundred Year Old Garden.
While walking in the forest a person can also enjoy
fauna characteristics of the park: black shrew,
squirrels, porcupines, white tail deer and pumas
(although, you must be very lucky to see one).
Throughout the year, birds can be seen but there is
a time in the year where up to 275 endemic species
fly to the park avoiding the north cold.
Getting to the forest requires a double transmission
vehicle during the rainy season. Estimate three hours
to get there from San Salvador. To enter the park it
is necessary to request a permit from the MARN,
(Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources) 48
hours prior to the trip.
Quinta Torino
It is a Country House located in the Ecological
Paradise at the Teopan Island in the Coatepeque
Lake.
Tel: (+503) 7860 8244 – U.S.A. (612) 424 3887
Fax: (+503) 2263 7780
www.islateopan.com
Varadero Camping
This is an excellent option for nature lovers
Tel: (+503) 2411 4764
Hotel Torremolinos
This is a family hotel with beautiful views of the
Coatepeque Lake. It has 2 adult swimming pools
and one for children.
Tel: (+503) 2441 6037
Fax: (+503) 2447 3020
www.torremolinoslasgocoatepeque.com
Tolteka Plaza
Suites, Casino and Convention Center
Final Av. Independencia Sur, Santa Ana
Tel: (+503) 2479 0888
WHERE TO STAY AND
EAT IN SANTA ANA
Coatepeque lake, with Izalco and Santa Ana volcanoes
on the left side (Mitur)