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Protected area of Lake Atitlán: multiple use

Date de soumission : 23/09/2002
Critères: (vii)(viii)(ix)
Catégorie : Naturel
Soumis par :
Ministry of Culture and Sports
Coordonnées Northwest Highland of the country
Ref.: 1768

Les noms des biens figurent dans la langue dans laquelle les Etats parties les ont soumis.

It is a National Reservation of multiple uses that has as main attractive the Lake Atitlán, and the volcanoes located in the South riverbank that possess an incomparable natural scenic beauty. Around the lake, indigenous communities are seated with ancestral cultural history, as well as more than forty archaeological places and public use areas, so much to carry out investigations as for the Ecotourism.