Gold Museum and Guatavita Lake from Bogotá
Bogotá, Colombia
Trip Type: Day Trips
Duration: 8 hours
Visit the Gold Museum with more than 34.000 pieces of precolombian arte including the master piece "El Dorado Raft". Get to learn the story behind it. Leave the city by car and after having a typical lunch take a soft trek to see the "Guatavita Lake" the place where all that you learn at the Museum about the Muisca community took place.
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Visit the Gold Museum with more than 34.000 pieces of precolombian arte including the master piece "El Dorado Raft". Get to learn the story behind it. Leave the city by car and after having a typical lunch take a soft trek to see the "Guatavita Lake" the place where all that you learn at the Museum about the Muisca community took place.
A member of staff from our company will pick you up at the hotel to embark on a trip to the past and immerse ourselves in the Muisca culture.
Beginning with the historic center of Bogotá known as “La Candelaria” and declared a National Monument, it's the place where the Gold Museum is located with more than 34,000 pieces of jewelry from various Hispanic cultures, among which is the outstanding EL Dorado Raft.
Then continue through the north of Bogotá along the Sabana to the old Muisca town of Sesquile (which means “hot water” in the Chibcha language). Have lunch in a traditional and typical restaurant on the banks of Lake Tominé, where you can choose from the best of Colombian cuisine. Once we finish lunch, your guide will accompany you to take a soft trek of 1-hour approx. so you can reach the Guatavita Lake.
This lake, sacred to the Muisca community former habitats of the area, is known for being the scenery of the story behind El Dorado Raft seen before at the museum where the Cacique (Chief) used to cover his body with gold dust and immerse himself into the lake while his people threw gold and plate metalwork to the water to show gratitude to the Gods.
Before your guide takes you to your hotel you will have the opportunity to visit Guatavita “La Nueva” the actual town.
A member of staff from our company will pick you up at the hotel to embark on a trip to the past and immerse ourselves in the Muisca culture.
Beginning with the historic center of Bogotá known as “La Candelaria” and declared a National Monument, it's the place where the Gold Museum is located with more than 34,000 pieces of jewelry from various Hispanic cultures, among which is the outstanding EL Dorado Raft.
Then continue through the north of Bogotá along the Sabana to the old Muisca town of Sesquile (which means “hot water” in the Chibcha language). Have lunch in a traditional and typical restaurant on the banks of Lake Tominé, where you can choose from the best of Colombian cuisine. Once we finish lunch, your guide will accompany you to take a soft trek of 1-hour approx. so you can reach the Guatavita Lake.
This lake, sacred to the Muisca community former habitats of the area, is known for being the scenery of the story behind El Dorado Raft seen before at the museum where the Cacique (Chief) used to cover his body with gold dust and immerse himself into the lake while his people threw gold and plate metalwork to the water to show gratitude to the Gods.
Before your guide takes you to your hotel you will have the opportunity to visit Guatavita “La Nueva” the actual town.
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