Guatemala Service Trip — Water Purifiers

Sometimes our Associate members tell us about trips that their primary club is sponsoring. If these trips have space available, we make information about them available to our members. This Guatemala trip is one example.

Edina Guatemala service trip

The Rotary Club of Edina invites you to join the 2025 International Service trip to Coban, Guatemala.  The purpose of the trip is to deliver 654 life-saving water purifiers to remote villages in the mountains surrounding Coban, in partnership with Resurrection Priory Monastery, St Patrick’s Church of Edina, and the Rotary Club of Coban.  Fellowship and travel to new, exotic places is also part of the journey!

The Coban, Guatemala 7-day service trip runs Saturday, April 26 to Saturday, May 3, 2025. 
Here is the itinerary for this life-changing trip:
 
Sat 4/26/25: Arrival in Guatemala City. Group Dinner. Lodging at Las Americas Hotel.
 
Sun 4/27/25: Breakfast at Hotel. Guatemala City Social Justice Tour.  Drive to Resurrection Priory Monastery in Coban. Dinner and Lodging at Monastery.
 
Mon 4/28/25: Drive to Villages. Meals and Lodging at Monastery.
 
Tue 4/29/25: Drive to Villages.  Group Excursion with Lunch. Other Meals and Lodging at Monastery.
 
Wed 4/30/25: Drive to Villages.  Meals and Lodging at Monastery.
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Thu 5/1/25: Drive to Antigua. Lunch and dinner. Lodging at Posada Don Rodrigo.
 
Fri 5/2/25: Breakfast at Don Rodrigo.  Drive to Escuintla Hospital.  Lunch at Hospital.  Group Dinner in Antigua.  Lodging at Posada Don Rodrigo.
 

Sat 5/3/25: Breakfast at Don Rodrigo.  Transfers from Hotel to Airport.

The 7-day trip fee (meals, lodging, tours, and transportation) is $925/person for double occupancy, and $1,225/person for single occupancy.  Airfare is separate and will be paid for/booked by each person (approx. $700 round trip).

The 2025 Guatemala Service Trip is for a maximum of 30 people, and reservations are taken on a first-come, first-serve basis.    Reserve your spot now by emailing [email protected]  and sending payment by January 1, 2025 to Edina Rotary Foundation, PO Box 24481, Edina, MN 55424, memo: 2025 Guatemala Service Trip 

Please note: all reservations and payments are non-refundable after February 1, 2025!