Private Zipaquira Salt Cathedral and Guatavita Lagoon Tour from Bogota | 10 hours

43 Reviews | Bogotá
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Private Zipaquira Salt Cathedral and Guatavita Lagoon Tour from Bogota
2 Adults x $562.00
$1,124.00
Approx Total
$1,124.00
Pickup included

Inclusions / Exclusions

  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English, Spanish
  • Hotel pick up and drop off
  • Lunch
  • Salt Cathedral and natural reserve entry tickets
  • Expert guide in your language of preference
  • Optional tips and gratuities
  • Personal expenses
  • Unspecified food and beverages

Overview

Visit one of South America’s wonders, the Zipaquirá Salt Cathedral, and see the beautiful Lake Guatavita (Laguna de Guatavita) on this day trip from Bogotá! Explore the magnificent salt mine of Zipaquirá and see the famous cathedral up close. Then, visit Laguna de Guatavita, where the famous ‘el dorado’ legend originated, and see the Indigenous Cemetery and the Tominé Reservoir. If you’re looking for a fun outdoor activity, this is the perfect day trip for you!

Itinerary

  • Catedral De Sal De Zipaquira

    This full-day tour will take you to two places of interest located within Bogotá's savannah. Zipaquirá's Salt Cathedral; a majestic cathedral built inside of the largest salt-rock deposit on earth. Here you'll see the how Catholic symbology and contemporary engineering converged in the construction of this gigantic temple. With materials from this former salt mine and using lighting effects, sculptors created innovative interpretations of the Catholic Via Crucis that you will be able to see throughout the cathedral. Here you will learn about the creative process and the symbology behind the sculptures.

    2 hours

  • Zipaquira

    After exiting the cathedral, you will head to Guatavita, passing through the colonial village of Zipaquirá, famous for its various buildings that were declared national monuments.

    1 hour

  • Laguna de Guatavita

    The second stop, Guatavita Lagoon, a mystical and sacred place for the Muiscas, will give you a glimpse of what Paramo ecosystem looks like while you learn about the famous legend of El Dorado, Muisca cosmology and its relation to the lagoon. After a stop for lunch, you will be driven through a countryside road to Guatavita where the sacred lake hides among mountains and mist. Inside this natural reserve, you will learn about the connection that the ancient Muiscas had with nature. Moreover, you will understand the symbolism behind the gold offerings that awoke the gold rush of Spanish treasure hunters. Finally, after returning to Bogotá, you will be taken to your hotel or to any other point of your convenience.

    3 hours

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Additional Info

  • Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • We recommend wearing comfortable clothes and shoes.
  • A medium-high amount of walking is involved; you must be of average fitness and able to walk
  • Guatavita Lake is closed on Mondays (or Tuesdays if Monday is a bank holiday).
  • Changes on the tour may occur due to external factors.

Free Cancellation

April 26100% refund
April 27No refund

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  • Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
  • Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
Reviews

4.5

43 reviews

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Reviews by TravelOne travelers

Showing 1-5 of 34 reviews with 5 stars

Great trip!

Published on Apr, 2023

We had a fantastic time on this tour. Our guide, Jaime, was amazing and answered all our many, many questions, giving us plenty of time to see both the Salt Cathedral and Guatavita. (Both are amazing places, and well worth the visit.) Lunch was fabulous, and we appreciated Jaime's assistance in ordering! Both the guide and the driver were so kind and helpful. We really appreciated being picked up and dropped off where we were staying, and loved the yummy snacks and coffee at a great little bakery along the way. It was a long day with traffic and distance. I'm not sure it would've been as great if we'd had small kids along -- too much driving -- but we enjoyed the day very much, and truly appreciated our guide and driver!

Awesome experience!

Published on Jan, 2023

Great experience visiting the salt cathedral and Guatavita. Excellent prompt service and an extremely knowledgeable tour guide in John. Highly recommend!

Wonder of Colombia

Published on May, 2022

The salt Cathedral is amazing . We never saw anything like that . Very interesting also the 14 stations of the cross are works of man and God. The tour guide is very knowledgeable . He explained to us all the details and facts about the salt cathedral

Zipaquirá and Guatavita

Published on Dec, 2019

Our tour Guide Raul Posse was very knowledgable and friendly we had a great day and looking forward for the next week to other tours we booked with Impulse tour Co. We highly recommend them! Fue un dia fantastico con un guia excelente que tiene gran conocimiento de este tour, Raul Posse con carisma y buena actitud! Recomiendo altamente esta empresa de turismo Impulse! Gracias

Unique Cathedral built into an Old Salt Mine

Published on Dec, 2019

Had a great afternoon tour with Raul. He has an excellent command of the English language as he spent 12 years in Australia and he has an easy going personality. The Salt Mine is a unique experience. When the Mine was no longer profitable they decided to convert it into a “cathedral.” It is not an official church as it is a tourist site. You walk through the Mine and pass by 14 stations of the cross. They were each unique carvings in this cave like stricture but I would only rate them a 3 overall and not worth it by themselves - the feature is the finish - a carved dome transition to 3 large church like structures. The main one with a huge cross is beautiful. Overall the tour is about 5 hours as it is a 90 minute drive in each direction. A worthy activity for an afternoon or morning. Again it isn’t an official church due to its commercial nature and there are lots of shops, Rock climbing wall - it is a for profit venture - so that detracts from its holiness. Overall a pleasant way to spend some time in Bogota but it is not a must.

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