Finca La Perla (La Perla Estate) located in the ancient mountains of the Department of El Quiché, a place with fertile lands and majestic beauty, enriched by its abundant water and “microclimates” coming from the Gulf of Mexico, was always extremely challenging for the Arenas family; especially due to its distance, difficult access, absence of roads and rough terrain.

However, through the vision, tenacity, sacrifice, arduous work, unshakeable faith and love for the land and its people, José Luis and Amparo Arenas “the Patriarchs,” today “Silent Guardians” of their inheritance, did the impossible: turning those inhospitable lands in “promise lands,” a place of hope, dreams and unimaginable fulfillments.

José Luis and Amparo lived in Quetzaltenango, the second city in importance of the country, in the Guatemalan highlands; his father was Colombian and his mother Guatemalan, an insatiable worker, always willing to help his people, with a strong personality and temper, firm decisions, used to face big challenges no matter how hard, extreme or devious that these might be, he had in the moment of purchasing Finca La Perla another unique business opportunity: buying an estate in Antigua Guatemala, a region known internationally by its extraordinary quality of it coffee, not far from the Capital City, of easy access (30 minutes by car) and convenient features to work it.