1. Visit to
Guatavita
B19
Included
- Private Transportation (*)
Duration 6Hrs. - Touristic guidance
- Snack
Description - Medical Assistance Card (**)
Undoubtedly, Guatavita is one of the most NOT Included
famous places of the savanna of Bogotá, due to - Not specified expenses
the attraction caused by the legend of El
Dorado, its importance on Chibcha mythology,
its beauty and its surroundings, have made this, Fee per Passenger
a place you can not miss in your visit to Bogotá.
PAX 1 2-3 4-15 16-40
USD 152 101 84 Conf
Thinking on your security...
(*): Your transportation will ALWAYS be in private tourism cars.
(**): With GMT RECEPTIVOS, you are ALWAYS covered.
Service Quality Certified

2. Guatavita means in chibcha language end of the ceremony was held by the Zipa (Chief), who
harvest. In its time it was the center of worship of immersed himself in the water covered with gold.
the goddess of water Chie, and its villagers were This is one of the origins of the legend of El
expert goldsmiths. The original town of Guatavita Dorado.
was moved in 1967 to its present location, where
was built a modern village conserving colonial Many people have attempted several times to
ruins; the previous header is currently in the drain the pond to find its hidden treasures; one of
south of the Tominé bedrock. The town of the most important attempts was by Captain
Guatavita lasted until the date of September 15, Lazaro Fonte who could take out several pieces
1967. of fine gold, and Antonio de Sepulveda in the
sixteenth century, who found emeralds and
The Guatavita Lake, was discovered in 1537 by pottery.
Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada; it is a circular lake
located in what looks like a meteor crater, but
there is no evidence about it. The lagoon was
one of the sacred lakes of Muiscas, in which a
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