Private Tour Cathedral Sal Zipaquira and Laguna Guatavita

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About this activity

This tour is unique, it shows you in a single tour the majesty of underground architecture, the magic and mysticism of our ancestral cultures around the Colombian capital, you will always do it in the company of one of our expert guides.

The tour begins in the only cathedral built underground in the world, located up to 180 meters below the ground, it is an impressive mega structure where the ingenuity to build a mine of this magnitude is spectacularly combined with the artistic vision of the Christian Stations of the Cross and the construction of a religious temple that integrates a great work of sculpture and lighting.

We will continue the tour traveling towards a hidden treasure among the native nature of the Bogotá savannah. At the highest point, in the middle of the mountains, is the sacred lagoon of Guatavita, the place where an ancient legend was born: El Dorado.

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At a glance

Duration: 10 hours
Confirmation: Instant confirmation
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Your group only
People per booking: 1–9
Guide: English, Spanish
Operated by: Nómadas Colombia Travel

Ages: Children (3–17 years) · Adults (18–80 years)

What is included

Included

Included: Tour Sesquilé village
Included: Private transportation: From your Hotel / Accommodation
Included: Tour of the Zipaquira Village
Included: Lunch
Included: Private expert guide throughout the tour in your chosen language

Not included

Not included: Ticket of Entrance Laguna de Guatavita
Not included: Cathedral of Sal Zipaquirá "official supplier Cathedral of Sal Zipaquirá"
Not included: Breakfast
Not included: Additional transfers or stops

Itinerary

Bogota

1 h 20 min

This unique tour that shows you in a single tour the majesty of underground architecture and the magic and mysticism of our ancestral cultures around the Colombian capital, you will always do it in the company of one of our expert guides.

The tour begins in the only cathedral built underground in the world, located up to 180 m below the ground, it is an impressive mega structure where the ingenuity to build a mine of this magnitude is spectacularly combined with the artistic vision of the Christian Stations of the Cross and the construction of a religious temple that integrates a great work of sculpture and lighting.

Ancient civilizations settled around the city of Bogotá, and a legend that has transcended time originates from one of them: El Dorado. An important part of the pieces built in pure gold from this culture is found in the Gold Museum in Bogotá.

You can choose whether to have lunch in Guatavita or Zipaquirá.
Catedral De Sal

2 h 40 min Admission not included

The tour begins in the only cathedral built underground in the world, located up to 180 m below the ground, it is an impressive mega structure where the ingenuity to build a mine of this magnitude is spectacularly combined with the artistic vision of the Christian Stations of the Cross and the construction of a religious temple that integrates a great work of sculpture and lighting. The entire cathedral is built under the largest salt rock deposit in the world.
Guatavita

1 h 20 min

You will visit the unique town of Guatavita in the vehicle, but you will really know its "new version", since the "original" was flooded to be rebuilt, this fantastic story will be told by one of our expert guides while you walk and contemplate its cobbled streets. and colonial buildings.
Laguna de Guatavita

3 hours Admission not included

We will continue the tour traveling towards a hidden treasure among the native nature of the Bogotá savannah, in the middle of its mountains and its vegetation, at the highest point in the middle of the mountains you will find the sacred lagoon of Guatavita, a site that became legendary thanks to the gold offerings made by the Muisca culture, a pre-Columbian population of which you will hear more during our journey.
Bogota

1 h 20 min

Finally, on the way back you can enjoy the amazing view that the Tominé reservoir leaves us.