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Guatavita Lagoon
Guatavita Lagoon
Guatavita Lagoon
Indigenous house
Guatavita town

Guatavita Lake - the Legend of “El Dorado”

By Imagine your Bogota
10 out of 10
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$121 per adult
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 9h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages
Overview

Since we met, I began to explain some general details about Bogotá, then when we leave the city I will speak about the valley around the city, I will provide information about the originally indigenous habitant called “ Muiscas” , their customs, some of their words and how all this heritage is included now in our society and in our food.
We will meet a guide of the lake that speaks about the native culture and will explain why is so popular the Dorado Legend?, we will discuss the meaning of this ceremony. We will feel the mystic of the place, its energy and the relationship between nature and this space.
In Guatavita town we will enjoy architecture, food, deserts and also handicrafts shopping.

Activity location

  • Laguna de Guatavita
    • Km 15, Via Guatavita-Sesquile
    • Tierra Negra, Colombia, Colombia

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Laguna de Guatavita
    • Km 15, Via Guatavita-Sesquile
    • Tierra Negra, Colombia, Colombia

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Guatavita Lake - the Legend of “El Dorado”
  • Activity duration is 9 hours9h9h
  • English

Pickup included

Starting time: 8:00 am
Price details
AU$121.11 x 1 AdultAU$121.11

Total
Price is AU$121.11
Until Fri, 31 Jan

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedEntrance to the Guatavita Lake
  • What's includedWhat's includedEntrance to the Salt Cathedral and audioguide only for this attraction
  • What's includedWhat's includedBottled water
  • What's includedWhat's includedI provide waterproof ponchos during the tour
  • What's includedWhat's includedColombian typical products
  • What's includedWhat's includedAir-conditioned vehicle
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedBreakfast
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedLunch
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedSoft drink/Pop

Know before you book

  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Not recommended for travellers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for pregnant travellers
  • Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Travellers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • Not for children under 5 years and seniors of 65 years and more

Activity itinerary

Laguna de Guatavita
  • 1h 30m
  • Admission ticket included
we begin to walk into Guatavita natural reservation. We will know a guide that is a directly descendent of the “muiscas culture” (originally people of Bogotá Valley), the guide will speak to all the lake visitors about his native culture, I do the translation and add some information, then we enter into a relax time and after that we begin to climb steps, it is aprox 130 metres (426 feet). But do not worry we stop several times. As soon as we finish the stairs, we arrive to the first lake viewpoint, we can appreciate the lake, the water and her colours, also we can listen and see some birds. We continue walking and the vegetation begin to change from Andean cold weather (same weather than Bogotá) to Paramo (Andean moor) with its special plants like the frailejon (plants with their thick, soft leaves like the ears of a rabbit), you can find that plants only in Ecuador, Perú and Venezuela. After walking for 90 minutes we exit the lake and we can eat some muisca food like the corn cob
Tominé Reservoir
  • 5m
We can enjoy the views o the Tominé reservoir, that is an important hydric source of the area, we stop and watch the Andean mountains and the reservoir
Guatavita
  • 1h 30m
Guatavita town was founded in 1967, when I will show you places to buy Colombian handicrafts, at a later time we have lunch and will taste special dessert of the area

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESLaguna de Guatavita
    • Km 15, Via Guatavita-Sesquile
    • Tierra Negra, Colombia, Colombia

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLELaguna de Guatavita
    • Km 15, Via Guatavita-Sesquile
    • Tierra Negra, Colombia, Colombia

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