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Private Tour in Bogotá: Learn Muisca Culture, Visit Guatavita Lagoon & Discover El Dorado Legend
4.3
12 Ratings
Bogota
Embark on a private tour in Bogotá to learn about the Muisca culture, visit the sacred Guatavita lagoon, and discover the legendary El Dorado. Explore the town of Guatavita and enjoy its unique architecture. Travel in a private transport and capture stunning photos along the way.
Embark on a private tour in Bogotá to learn about the Muisca culture, visit the sacred Guatavita lagoon, and discover the legendary El Dorado. Explore the town of Guatavita and enjoy its unique architecture. Travel in a private transport and capture stunning photos along the way.
Duration:
7 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Bogota - Escape the bustle of Bogotá and explore the legendary and sacred Guatavitá lagoon during a tour of two hours walking in the reserve.
- Laguna de Guatavita - El parque tiene un gran atractivo para los visitantes nacionales y extranjeros que es el turismo contemplativo, en donde se encierra el embrujo de la Leyenda del Dorado, la cual, a…
- Bogota - Escape the bustle of Bogotá and explore the legendary and sacred Guatavitá lagoon during a tour of two hours walking in the reserve.
- Laguna de Guatavita - El parque tiene un gran atractivo para los visitantes nacionales y extranjeros que es el turismo contemplativo, en donde se encierra el embrujo de la Leyenda del Dorado, la cual, a través de la historia a contado los rituales que realizaban los indígenas a sus dioses bañándose en oro y sumergiéndose en la laguna para ofrendar así sus más valiosos tesoros. Al llegar a la laguna y durante un recorrido de dos horas un guía de parques nativo de habla inglesa o en español se une al grupo para explicar la cultura de los indios muiscas, la leyenda de El Dorado y la importancia biológica del área durante aproximadamente 75 minutos, incluyendo una caminata de 30 minutos a lo largo de un camino hacia el borde del cráter para ver la laguna de Guatavita. caminando por la reserva escuchando la historia de la leyenda de “El Dorado” y la cultura de los indios muiscas.
What's Included
- Assistance insurance.
- Private transport
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Lunch included
- Biosecurity kit provided
- Bilingual logistics support
- Assistance insurance.
- Private transport
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Lunch included
- Biosecurity kit provided
- Bilingual logistics support
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks
- Activities or food not mentioned in the plan.
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks
- Activities or food not mentioned in the plan.
Additional Information
Take a break from the hustle of Bogotá and journey into the mythical and holy Lake Guatavitá for a two-hour excursion, walking in the reserve while hearing narratives about the golden legend and Muisca Indian culture from a local guide. Explore the Guatavitá town, taking in its unique architecture and distinctive single-colored houses. Enjoy this tour…
Take a break from the hustle of Bogotá and journey into the mythical and holy Lake Guatavitá for a two-hour excursion, walking in the reserve while hearing narratives about the golden legend and Muisca Indian culture from a local guide. Explore the Guatavitá town, taking in its unique architecture and distinctive single-colored houses. Enjoy this tour in private transportation, with the liberty to pause at desired locations for pictures and to witness the landscape of the Tomine Dam.
- Sturdy shoes and raincoats are recommended
Location
Bogota
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.3
(12 Ratings)
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Fabio_caraffini
Feb 23, 2020
Eldorado legent in the Guatavita lagoon - A very amazing place from the natural pint of view and for its history, which relates to the legend of Eldorado and to the subsequent search of gold of the Spanish
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Multiflieger
Dec 28, 2019
Laguna de Guatavita & Saltmine Nemocón - A great tour to Guatavita-Lagune and Nemocón with our safe driver and very charming guide . Lots of information. We can really recommend this tour!
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Stay46799602974
Jun 17, 2019
Tour guide was super knowledgeable - Our tour guide, Anna, was super knowledgeable about the history of Lake Guatavitá and the peoples of the region. She was very sweet and took us for a meal and shopping afterwards. The lake was beautiful and so were the mountains. Great exercise if you like hiking. 10/10
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Anna
Feb 10, 2019
Lake Guatavita. - Lake Guatavita was an amazing experience. I highly recommend going with Anna Maria as your tour guide/translator. She was very enthusiastic and patient. She also had a good knowledge of the history.
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Muriel
Apr 27, 2017
Great tour, loved both our guide and... - <p>Great tour, loved both our guide and driver. Very knowledgeable.</p>
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Gloria
Feb 16, 2017
This was such an excellent tour. My... - <p>This was such an excellent tour. My driver, Carlos, and my translater, Andrea Mora, were superior at doing their jobs and made the tour fun. I loved the history, earthly spirituality, and overall scenery of this place. I would highly recommend a visit here.</p>
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Christopher
Sep 21, 2016
Our English tour guide Neutalya was... - <p>Our English tour guide Neutalya was very knowledgeable about Colombia and the Guatavita area. She turnt us over to our park tour guide whom proceeded to give the tour in both English and Spanish. I highly recommend this tour, after the moderate hike the views are breath taking.</p>
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Alanp
Jul 15, 2017
The weather was disappointing but my... - <p>The weather was disappointing but my guide and translator made up for it. Engaging and very friendly throughout the tour. The stop in Guatavita town was a little short. I think that visitors might prefer to visit the reservoir which looked very scenic. Recommended if the weather is good. I visited in July and it was very rainy and misty.</p>
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Iliana
Jan 24, 2017
We were assigned a tourist guide, a... - <p>We were assigned a tourist guide, a young lady from a company named Transfer and Tours. Her name was Andrea. Unfortunately she didn't act like a tourist guide. She didn't talk to us during the whole time we were with her. She didn't explain anything to us, didn't welcome us and didn't ask any questions about our needs or concerns! The local guide inside the lagoon on the other hand was just fantastic! That saved the trip. If you ever plan this trip I highly recommend you to go to Guatavita but be sure you are not assigned a tourist guide from Transfer and Tours! They didn't take any responsibility when I called to explain my concerns about the lack professionalism from Andrea. Really bad experience!!</p>
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_sunny_stretch_pole_
Jan 20, 2023
A private tour is not private as promised! - I bought a private tour with my husband to the lake but when we came to the lake itself turned out we have to take tour with local guide and a huge group of other tourust.
It's not allowed to get to the lake alone ( with our own guide from this agency), you have to go 1,5 hours with the whole group and with stops every 2 minutes . You cannot turn back and you cannot go in your own tempo too.
These are the rules of the lake, and no one warned us about it before, this is exactly the type of excursion I hate and would never go if I knew.
My husband had a knee surgery and he cannot stand too long , so walking 1,5 hour with constant stops is impossible for him. We tried to get a permission to walk with our guide fast to the point where we can see lake, but it's not allowed.
After we found that out we asked manager who sold us tour to solve this fairly ,I didn't expect for full refund, only partial - but we got nothing.
- I asked manager Miguel Montoya before buying if we can stop the tour at any time or if we can make it fast, and he said yes - which was a lie. We feel scammed and disappointed with such attitude!
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