GEOGRAPHY

Guatemala is a small country with a striking variety of topographic features. Nearly two-thirds of the country is mountainous and volcanic.

Parallel to the Pacific lies the Sierra Madre mountain range, with peaks that rise to an elevation of up to 12,000 feet. 33 volcanoes dot the landscape, and these, with lush tropical rain forests to the north, the fertile plains of the south and east, the beautiful lakes and rivers, make this a land of varied contrasts.