The Acatenango Fuego Add-On: What It Costs and What Is Known

Most Acatenango overnight tours sell an evening trip towards Fuego as an extra, not in the tour price. Where a price is given it is Q200 to Q300 (quetzales) a person, and some tours give none. On one tour the trip is not operated by the company that sells it, and only one tour says where its trip goes. CONRED, Guatemala’s disaster-reduction agency, said on 9 August 2026 that the ascent of Fuego is not authorized.

What each tour calls it and charges

Illustration: seen from a dark camp among pine trees at night, a distant volcanic cone under the stars with a small orange glow at its top, two hikers in headlamps and warm jackets seen from behind — Illustration. Fuego seen from a camp on Acatenango at night.

Tour	What the tour calls it	Price
2-Day Acatenango Volcano Hiking Adventure (Volcano Expeditions)	“Extra tour to the Fuego Volcano”, not included	Q200
2-Day Acatenango Volcano Hiking with Guide (Marvelus Travel)	“Extra hike to the fire volcano”, not included; “hike at night for a closer view of Fuego Volcano’s eruptions” among its highlights	Q200 a person
Acatenango Overnight Hike (CA Travelers)	“Extra hike to the Fuego Volcano”, not included	Q200
Acatenango Volcano 2-Day Shared Hike (Guat2do Travel Experiences)	“Visit to Fuego Volcano”, an optional night hike, paid to the local guides	Q300 a person
Acatenango Volcano Overnight Tour (Tours & Activities SA)	“Fuego”, in the list of what is not included	Not given
Small-Group Acatenango Hike and Eruption-View Cabins (Acatenango Experience VIP)	An “optional 3-hour trek to Fuego”, not included	Not given
Acatenango Volcano Overnight Tour (OX Expeditions)	“Hike to Fuego”, not included	Not given
2-Day Acatenango Comfort (Pachamama Tours)	“Hike to Fuego Volcano”, not included	Not given
Hike Volcanoes Acatenango and Fire in 2 days (AcateGo GT)	“Hike to volcano fire”, an extra cost	Varies by season

GetYourGuide checked November 2026; Viator checked November 2026.

Who runs it

Who runs it is stated on only one tour. On Guat2do Travel Experiences' hike the Fuego hike is an optional activity not operated by the company, paid directly to the local guides, for a very high level of fitness, 3 to 5 hours there and back and at the hiker’s own risk. On the others, who leads it is not stated.

Where it goes

Where the Fuego trek goes is stated by one tour only, Pachamama Tours’ in the table above: a 3.5-hour round trip leaving at 4 PM, with 30 minutes “just 200 meters” from the eruptions, at “an altitude of 3,768 meters” (the quoted words are Pachamama Tours’). The other tours do not say. Fuego’s summit is 3,763 m (CONAP, 2008; INSIVUMEH), and CONRED said on 9 August 2026 that the ascent of Fuego is not authorized.

The rules on Fuego

The ascent of Fuego is not authorized. CONRED said so on 9 August 2026, for civilians and for staff of the institutions in its system (Emisoras Unidas).
No staying or camping on La Meseta or El Camellón. The Municipality of Acatenango forbids it because of the danger of glowing rock thrown out by Fuego, and INSIVUMEH’s daily bulletin of 7 November 2026 says not to remain on the meseta or near the crater.
Acatenango itself was closed to hikers for a time. CONRED restricted the ascent of Acatenango on 4 August 2026, during an eruption of Fuego; operators were selling dates in November 2026 when we checked. Check CONRED and INGUAT, Guatemala’s tourism institute, before you go.

guatemala-volcano-hike.com covers what is and is not allowed on Fuego itself.

Map: Antigua Guatemala, the Acatenango park entrance near La Soledad, 21.7 km by road, and the summits of Acatenango (3,976 m) and Fuego (3,763 m) side by side to the south — Acatenango and Fuego side by side south of the park entrance near La Soledad. The overnight camps are on Acatenango.

What reviewers say about it

In the 350 newest reviews of Volcano Expeditions' hike (8 May to 7 November 2026), 6 of the 35 low ones with text are about the Fuego trip: that it cost extra, or that the group saw little or nothing from it in cloud or in the dark. On Tours & Activities SA's tour (350 newest, 4 March to 5 November 2026), an October 2026 reviewer says the extra cost of the Fuego trip was not made clear and an extra 10 % fee was then added.

Before you decide

If the trip towards Fuego matters to you, ask the operator before you book what it costs, who leads it and where it goes, and check CONRED’s latest word on the day. What is included shows what else each overnight tour leaves out of its price.

The Fuego Add-On on an Acatenango Overnight Tour