San Salvador Volcano and Suchitoto Tour: Explore Crater and Preserved Town
4.9
24 Ratings
San Salvador

The volcano in San Salvador offers an easy visit, with just a brief 10 minute walk landing you in the volcano’s crater. The city of Suchitoto in El Salvador remains largely unscathed by earthquakes, which allows it to retain its alluring appeal. It’s certainly a sight not to be missed when in El Salvador.

Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Parque Nacional El Boqueron - We will leave your accommodation hotel and go to the top of the San Salvador volcano, on our way to the volcano we will enjoy impressive views of the city of San Salvador. We will enter the El Boquerón National Park, here we will do a 10-minute walk in the middle of flowers and birds and we will arrive at the crater of this volcano, which erupted more than 100 years ago. Stunning views that will take your breath away.
  • San Salvador - After visiting the San Salvador volcano, we will make a stop in the historic center of San Salvador, to see the main squares, the most representative buildings and closely observe the daily life of Salvadorans
  • Suchitoto - We will arrive at the beautiful city of Suchitoto, the town where time stopped in the colonial era. Nice cobbled streets, colorful houses, beautiful balconies and old doors.
    This place is recognized for its indigo productions, its beautiful handicrafts and its hardworking people.
    Ideal to have a relaxing walk
What's Included
  • Small Groups
  • Professional guide
  • All taxes, fees and handling charges
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Food and drinks, unless specified
  • Lunch
  • Bottled water
Additional Information
  • Insect repellent is recommended
  • sunscreen recommended
Location
Parque Nacional El Boqueron
Calle al Parque Nacional El Boqueron,
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Zevlawsonedwards
Dec 10, 2023
Wonderful Day - Everything was well-organized and great. Our guide was very helpful and spoke excellent English. Highly recommend.
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Michael_c
Nov 27, 2023
Fun tour! Would do again - This was a good tour led by Rafael [Rafa]. It ended up being a bit longer than originally scheduled because 1) there was just sooo much traffic on the freeway between El Boqueron and Suchitoto, and 2) because Rafa made the trip personalized for me and the other person on the tour. I liked that. He made sure to point out the things we seemed interested in most. We starterd with the rainbow slide at Picnic Steak House. I saw this while I was researching things to do in El Salvador - and because the line for the slide can get really long, we did it first. We were the first ones to ride it that morning! That set off the tour in such a positive way. Then we explored the volcano and El Boquero National Park, which was lovely. Then we made our way to Suchitoto. We stopped at this awesome restaurant [Cafe 1800] that had an amazing view of Lake Suchitlan. The food was good and very inexpensive. Then we toured the city, and even got a nice watermelon ice cream. After that we went off to Downtown San Salvador and walked around listening to the music and watching the locals dance. It was amazing. I really did have a great tour. Thank you Rafa.
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Stephenmc614gu
Nov 8, 2023
Osmaro was a fantastic! - Osmaro, the guide, was fantastic! Super knowledgeable and friendly, he was the key to a wonderfully packed day of site seeing. We started in the historic center before it got too hot and then headed for cooler altitudes and a hike to the lush volcano at El Boquerón. We then had a great lunch of pupusas before heading to Suchitoto, a charming colonial town. As a bonus, before heading into town, Os took us to a beautiful waterfall for another short hike and then some amazing views of a nearby river. I wholeheartedly recommend this tour and especially Osmaro, who provided great context, current and historical, of what we saw.
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Carlos
Nov 8, 2023
El Salvador! 🙌 - Os and the whole team communicated with us every single step of the way. They went above and beyond our expectations and showed us how amazing El Salvador is.
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Alinavergarahegi
Sep 25, 2023
Best Tour Guide in the City and Awesome Tour!! - Wow!! I cannot say more positive things about this tour. First of all, shout out to Osmaro - our incredible tour guide - whose knowledge of the country and humor made the tour much more meaningful, beautiful, and fun. The tour itself was amazing - seeing San Salvador and learning about the city's and country's history was fascinating, the San Salvador volcano crater was stunning, and Suchitoto was absolutely charming! All of these sites are must-sees, so it's wonderful to have been able to see them in a day with a wonderful guide. I highly recommend this tour - it was truly one of the highlights of our trip!
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Anacampo
Sep 15, 2023
Boquerón and Suchitoto - Our guide from Petate tours, Ozomaro was knowledgeable and amazing. Did everything possible for us to have a wonderful experience! Thank you!!
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Zev_e
May 21, 2023
A Little of Everything - Our guide was fantastic. It was just me and my girlfriend and we had the whole van to ourselves. Highlight was the church in old town and having lunch in Sochitoto with a nice view of the man-made lake.
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Pinkfood
Nov 11, 2022
Great well-rounded day tour - I was in San Salvador for work and it being my first time there and I had only one free day, I signed up for a day tour with Eco Tours. Osmaro was a fantastic guide. Because I was the only person in the tour, we were able to customize it and be flexible as needed. We switched up the order of the day with the clouds hanging over El Boqueron, and everything ended up working out perfectly. I highly recommend this tour and Osmaro as a guide. You will learn a lot about El Salvador and its beauty!
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Iliana
Sep 14, 2022
You NEED this tour! - Our guide Rafa went out of his way to make us feel welcome. He went above and beyond and we ended up going to another town in addition to Suchitoto where we learned about the war from a former member of the guerrillas. Seeing so much history and the beauty of El Salvador was awesome. I highly recommend.
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Andrey_k
Nov 14, 2023
Please take the time to update the itinerary on Trip Advisor / Viator - I am not sure if this is Trip Advisor fault or Operator fault but the tour description did not match the actual itinerary AT ALL, which sadly resulted in a less than satisfactory experience for me. I was looking for a half-day-ish tour with very specific points of interest. Instead we stopped at many other places and by the time the tour headed to Suchitoto I had to leave the group because I was not planning on spending 10 hours on the road. The itinerary clearly says: Approximately 6 hours (I realize it’s approximate, I could have dealt with 7-8 but not 10) First stop supposed to be El Boqueron 1hr, then historical center 45min, then Suchitoto 1hr Instead we left at approximately 8:30, our first stop was at Antiguo Cuscatlan, we visited an old historical monument which is due to be taken down soon At about 10AM we made it to Historic Center At about 11:30 we came up to volcan San Salvador which was not even in El Boqueron park but the view was still pretty good. At 12:15 we sat down to have lunch (which was very good admittedly) At 1:30 we went to ride the rainbow slide which I admit was fun but this is NOT what I signed up for. At 2:00 I asked Osmaro to drop me off anywhere because a trip to Suchitoto was going to take another 4 hours or so and I did not have that kind of time Bottom line, Osmaro is an excellent tour guide and this tour could have been a lot of fun HAD the tour description been correct. I’ve taken many tours and never really ran into this kind of issue before. PLEASE take the time to update the description on Trip Advisor, as I don’t think it is fair to pay for a semi-private tour and be taken somewhere you didn’t want to go.
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