Valle Dorado, Zacapa: All-Inclusive Rates From $87, Water Park Days and What the Package Includes

Valle Dorado sells its all-inclusive stay per person, not per room: $87.00 per adult and $55.00 per child aged 3 to 10 for a Sunday-to-Thursday night, rising to $97.00 and $65.00 on Fridays and $110.00 and $65.00 on Saturdays, according to the resort’s Spanish-language home page read 10 November 2026. Each rate covers two days and one night with meals, unlimited drinks, morning and afternoon snacks, entry to the water park and national taxes. The resort prints these rates with a $ sign and a quetzal approximation beside each (for example $87.00, aprox. Q687.30). Its home, promotions and water-park pages, read 10 November 2026, print no separate price for a day visit.

In short: Valle Dorado is a resort and water park at km 149 of the Atlantic highway in Rio Hondo, Zacapa. A couple pays $174.00 on a weeknight and $220.00 on a Saturday night before extras. The water park itself opens Friday to Sunday, 9 am to 5 pm, by the resort’s own account, which matters if you book a Monday-to-Thursday night.

Package rates

The resort quotes dollars with a quetzal approximation. Prices are per person for 2 days and 1 night, read 10 November 2026 on hotelvalledorado.com (Spanish page).

The English version of the same page, read the same day, printed different and lower child figures: $47.00 for a child on Sunday to Thursday nights, and a single Friday-and-Saturday rate of $97.00 per adult and $57.00 per child. Neither version says which one is current. Before paying, ask the reception desk which rate it will charge, and get it in writing.

Check-in is 3:00 pm and check-out 1:00 pm.

What the package includes

The resort lists these items in the package:

• 2 days and 1 night of lodging, by room type
• Buffet or a la carte meals, depending on occupancy
• Unlimited alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks
• Snacks in the morning and afternoon
• Entry to the water park
• The disco, on Saturdays and depending on occupancy
• National taxes

The room pages show what a basic room holds: the single room has air conditioning, a private bathroom, cable TV and one queen-size bed for 2 adults, with the minibar charged extra.

When the water park is open

The resort’s promotions page states that the water park runs from 9 am to 5 pm and is open only on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The package page, in turn, lists water-park entry for Sunday-to-Thursday nights as well. A Sunday-night stay overlaps with an open day; a Monday-to-Thursday stay may not. Ask the resort what the package includes on the days you plan to be there.

Day visits: what the resort prints

The home, promotions and water-park pages of hotelvalledorado.com print no day-pass or water-park-only admission price (read 10 November 2026). Two partial figures exist:

• Birthday promotion (resort): in the month of your birthday, the birthday guest enters free and up to 4 companions pay Q.35.00 each. Adults show a DPI at the ticket office; minors show a birth certificate.
• Day pass (secondary source): Guatemala.com, in an article updated 17 March 2026, reported Q75.00 for adults and Q50.00 for children, with food from Q35.00 and drinks from Q10.00. The same article lists a phone number, 2389-1550, that differs from the numbers the resort prints.

The resort also advertises group combos of water-park entry plus food for student groups of 15 or more and for company groups of 15 or more, priced on request at 7790-2121 or 3255-0960.

Inside the water park

The resort describes more than a million gallons of water, 5 giant slides, a slow river 300 linear metres long, a wave pool, water games for children, a natural lagoon and an internationally certified motocross track. It names lifeguards and a paramedic on site. Horse riding, mini golf, a canopy line, small boats and kayaks cost extra. Food outlets on its list include the El Dorado restaurant, a pizza counter, the Tunos taqueria, Sarita ice cream, the Punto y Coma stand and the El Minero disco bar.

The resort calls itself the first all-inclusive resort and water park in Central America; that is its own claim.

Getting there

The resort gives its address as km 149, Ruta al Atlántico, Río Hondo, Zacapa, and lists itself as part of Grupo GM alongside the bus company Litegua. Its promotions page advertises an Escápate con Litegua package of a return bus ticket plus water-park entry, and sends travellers to Litegua’s PBX, 2326-9595, for departure times. Litegua’s fares and departures to the Valle Dorado stop are on our Litegua bus prices page.

Nearby, the Pasabién river and waterfalls are also in Río Hondo, and the Estanzuela paleontology museum is in the same department. Buses to Esquipulas also stop at Río Hondo: see Guatemala City to Esquipulas. For package resorts on the Pacific coast, compare all-inclusive resorts in Guatemala.

Sources

• Hotel Valle Dorado, home page and package rates (Spanish and English versions), water park, promotions, single room, food outlets and about us, read 10 November 2026.
• Guatemala.com (secondary), Valle Dorado, un destino turístico con hotel y parque acuático en Zacapa, updated 17 March 2026, read 10 November 2026.