The trip starts from your hotel, we pickup in San Salvador, Santa Tecla, El Tunco and El Sunzal...or surrounding areas. We pickup aproximately at 8am. Then drive aproximately 2 hours to the National Park. We make a stop at a gas station, for bathrooms and to buy snacks and water. Then we enter the National Park and wait to the local guides to form the group for the 2 hour hike up to the summit. By law, it is mandatory that all hikes depart as one whole group, we are accompanied by the local guides and by an officer of the National Police, this is to guarantee our safety during the hike. The difficulty is Intermediate , the terrain mostly has a light inclination. We begin in the forest, around one hour under the shade and then as we begin to ascend, the shade is less and less until we start walking in volcanic rock and some sand...the terrain is firm most of the times and your toursinelsalvador.com guide is going to be there during the whole hike. At the summit, we can appreciate views of the Pacific Ocean, the Route of the Flowers, San Salvador Volcano, Coatepeque Lake and many other landmarks. The local guides give us aprox 30 minutes for pictures and snacks. Then we descend the same way, always in a group until we reach the bottom where our vehicle is going to be waiting for us. Then we depart back to leave you in your hotel aprox at 5pm. The weather in El Salvador is beautiful between Dec and May. Then it rains a lot and the visibility is less.