This was a really fun day trip. Alex was excellent-- He was there to pick us up on time (early, actually), he was a great companion for the day with great conversation and knowledge, and he was super flexible. As this was a private tour, we were able to choose where to stop and adjust the day as we wanted, and Alex was accommodating and not on any timeline. We liked being able to stop in a small town for coffee, we appreciated getting to the Piedra early enough to avoid the insane line we saw as we were leaving, and we enjoyed the boat ride that Alex arranged for us. There were some beautiful, colorful towns. We got a really good feel for the area for just having one day out and about.
About Activity
What's Included
Includes
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Driver/guide
Excludes
- Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
- Food and drinks, unless specified
- Gratuities
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- Traveler pick up offered
Itinerary
Enter this beautiful replica of a typical colombian village as you share amazing 360 panoramic views of Medellin.
Walk around the lake and peacefully take the best photos around the country side.
Explore the surroundings of this massive lake as you hear the story how it was founded back in the 50´s.
On the way to Guatape, feel free to make a stop at this cozy village. Just request your guide.
Climb the 700 steps and enjoy the fascinating views from the top. You`ll realize why this is one of the world`s wildest stairways.
Stop at this cozy little replica of the old town Peñol that was flooded in the 50`s in order to build the dam.
Walk around this colorful village and you`ll understand the beauty of its people as you notice all different home facades.
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Reviews
We had a fabulous day trip with David to Guatapé. This was definitely the highlight of our visit to Medellín. David is very flexible on our private tour, he gave us lots of options that we could chose from and really customize our experience to Guatapé. This is the second time we use him for tours. He is very knowledgable about everything Medellín and know how to plan around traffic. I highly recommend him for you next tour!
I had an amazing tour in Guatapé with David from Medellín City Services! We took a boat tour, climbed the rock, and explored the area. David has incredible energy, vast knowledge, and a great sense of humor. He’s hands down the best tour guide in Medellín! I’ve gone on so many tours with him, and I recommend him 100%
David has great knowledge of the subjects such as history of the area. He provides us time to shop and relax. He speaks perfect English.
What an amazing day with our amazing guide David Betancourt! We started the day with a prompt pick-up. We drove out to Guatapé and on the way stopped for some coffee and pan de queso plus a visit to a petting farm with llamas, horses and more. Then we stopped at the duplicate of the small town moved to make room for an electric dam and bought a lovely hat. Then off to the giant rock. We didn’t climb it but we did enjoy the view. Last we stopped in Guatape and enjoyed strolling down the streets. Then a typical lunch and return home. All in all a great day and we highly recommend it. Especially if you can get David as your guide!
We had a wonderful tour with David in Guatapé. He explained everything in a very clear and interesting way – his English is excellent, which made the experience even more enjoyable for us. Both the visit to the rock and exploring the town were perfectly organized. David was attentive, friendly, and guided the tour with great knowledge and passion. Thank you for this amazing experience – highly recommended!
Albert was such fun! He was a wealth of knowledge and had great stories to share! We also enjoyed the music jam on the rides!
Had a blast touring the beautiful sights and city of Guatapé!! Alberto our tour guide was funny super helpful and very knowledgable with history and fun facts. Highly recommend!
I had a fabulous trip. I was able to go in helicopter , boating … walking… it was an eclectic day. Joe from the agency , was able to make my day magical: he made me laugh all day and I left all my daily stress behind, I relaxed and I could chat with him about everything . Thanks to Joe and this amazing trip I felt at home in Medellin !! Kate
Don’t miss this tour! Fantastic visit to Guatape and El Penol. David, our guide, was the BEST! He planned out the day perfectly - helping us avoid crowds and maximizing our time in each location. He was very knowledgeable, providing us with in depth history of each location and resourceful, directing us to best spots for lunch and coffee - and his energy and passion made the day super fun! I highly recommend this tour. Thank you Medellin City Services and David for an amazing experience! !
The views were amazing, the trip to the rock both before and after were outstanding. David really gave us a great time and explained a bunch of the history. He kept us laughing and it was a tremendous trip I couldn’t recommend more.
David provided one of the best tours I’ve ever experienced. It was lots of fun, very interesting, and full of local knowledge. Thank you!!
David did an excellent job showing us around Guatape and El Peñol is reccomend him to anyone wanting to tour and gain an understanding of the area.
I cannot recommend this experience enough! Our guide, Joe Posada, was extremely knowledgeable, thoughtful, and intentional in curating our experience. Full day event and Joe made sure we had time to prioritize everything we wanted to do. He knew so much about Colombia history as well as specific history to Guatape. This experience made getting to and from Medellin to Guatape easy and seamless. The drive was beautiful as well as Joe found and recommended incredible food spots for breakfast and lunch on the journey. This way of experiencing Guatape made the whole activity very personable and enjoyable to see things at our leisure. Book with Medellín City Services and even better if you can get Joe as your guide!
We went for a day tour with our family of 4 ( including 2 teenage girls) to El Penol and Guatape with Medellin Sight seeing company. They accommodated our last minute request to take us for this tour on one of the busiest days of the year ie. Day after Christmas! Our guide Luis was excellent! He was very friendly , respectful and fluent in English .Luis ensured our experience was smooth and comfortable . He gave us the history of the places we visited and guided us around good places to eat and shop. We did not have a language problem since Luis was a great translator ! We recommend their services for a smooth experience in Colombia !
This place is really amazing, even if there is more than 700 steps it definitely worth it ! And our guide Daniel was fantastic, he got a really nice soul and contributed a lot of this good moment 🙏🏼
Excellent guide Danielle, he is friendly and professional Andrees who was our driver went above and beyond.Everything super well organized. It’s a trip not to miss!
Luis Reyes provides us with exceptional 5 star customer service from the start and end of the trip. He made our trip very memorable, he is very knowledgeable, thank you Luis for being such a great guide and companion during our day trip to Guatape. Will look forward to having you as our guide again! Until next time.
Our guide Luis Reyes listened intently to what our desire was on the tour! We enjoyed La Roca but we preferred to spend more time in the town and Luis accomplished this with a high degree of professionalism. Much thanks Luis
We are really glad that we had taken this tour! Our guide, David was awesome, he told us a lot of intresting things, he is a genuinely fun guy. The day was long, but we saw so many great things, it's totally worth it! Also, communication was very easy with both the office and the guide. We could do nothing but recommend this trip!
Do not miss this incredible tour! Luis was an amazing host, very knowledgeable and so encouraging on the 700 stairs. Never have I seen such amazing scenery, highly recommend if you are staying in Medellin.
Climbing the rock was an unbelievable experience. We also took a walking tour of the center of the city..thrilling
The tour was great. David was on time and made sure we left at a good time given Holy Week. He took care of us and knows a lot of people so was able to make sure our experience was great. He really took care of us and was very accommodating. Really friendly and had a lot to share about the city. I learned a lot and enjoyed getting the local perspective on Colombian history and what it’s like to live here. Guatapé was beautiful and David took us to a few other local spots. Overall, I really enjoyed the tour and I highly recommend David!
Absolutely perfect day. This tour is great and takes you to an area of spectacular scenery. We were lucky to have Luis Reyes as our guide. He is an efficient, courteous, careful and super friendly guide. We spent an ideal day thanks to him and we can only recommend this excursion (and with Luis if possible).
We had David for a half day tour in Medellin and a full day tour in Guatape. David was an absolute legend! Fun, friendly, very knowledge. We had such a great time!
Hector and David were exceptional guides and took us on tours of Medellin and of Guatape and the surrounding area. Strongly recommend !
The knowledge our guid had .. and how he went above and beyond to make it the best experience. Was fantastic
We had an awesome day exploring the Guatape area with our guide Fabio! Views from the top of the rock are stellar, and the surrounding terrain is too gorgeous to miss if you're traveling through the area. Fabio is a very knowledgeable, witty guide from the Medellin area. He shared tons of information about Medellin/Guatape, making our day a truly memorable experience 😁
We couldn't have asked for a better guide than Luis Reyes to show us Guatape. He was extremely knowledgeable and just genuinely nice and friendly. He even took my boyfriend back into town to get me medicine because I became really sick right before we were to climb the steps. Please book this tour and please ask for Luis!
Touring the town of Guatape and “the rock” was a wonderful experience. I highly recommend it and you should definitely ask for Juan.
David was an incredible guide to Guatapé! He was so much fun to be with for the entire day. He educated us on the history of Guatapé and Colombia as a whole in a way that was very easy to understand. We felt like we were hanging with a great friend all day and the day has left us wanting to come back for another tour with David!
Luis was great and very accommodative. I had him as a private guide for 3 days and it's way better than a group tour because you can control how much time in each place and adapt the itinerary to your likes. You also have a person to take photos for you if you are alone!!
Luis Reyes was incredible, not only was he incredibly knowledgeable about our destination but he is an amazing person! Thank you Luis! You inspire me!!
Excellent trip, fantastic tour and wonderful guide. Had a great time exploring and learning little bits of information from every area visited. A journey to remember.
Excellent time and experience. Our tour guide Luis was just amazing from start to finish. The entire time was great information and really good insights. Highly recommend!
We had a great time touring Guatapé with Alberto! His English skills are good, and he told us all about the history of Guatapé, the surrounding areas, and what it meant to the Colombian people. He made the trip comfortable and enjoyable, and he offered to help out with anything else we might need during our stay in Medellin.
Guatape is an amazing place to visit and this tour is the perfect option for that: it adapted to my pace and I got to see every important place in the area. But the best of the tour was the your guide Juan Pablo. He is nice, fun and the best travel partner. He made this experience very pleasant!
My partner and I really enjoyed our tour of guatape and the rock. David was an excellent tour guide and really went above and beyond to make our experience amazing.
Sergio Lopez was an amazing tour guide. He went above and beyond and made us feel very comfortable. I would recommend this tour!
Juan Pablo is the best tour guide we ever had. Ask for him. He showed us guatapé it was Super amazing 10/10
Davis took us on a two day tour of Medellin that included Pablo Escobar stops, Communal13, El Penol, Guatape. Friendly with kids and families traveling, have good food suggestions! He made our trip fun and highly recommend for any visitors to Colombia. Gracias de la familia Alcala
It was a long ride to guatepe But David made it very interesting with Chats about Music and the Country Itself. He explained everything during the car ride and the boat Tour. We missed nothing and are thankful to share this experience and create new memories with david!
The experience with David was so nice! He was very fun and easy going tour guide. He make sure to gives us the full experience since 8 am until 8 pm for escobar tour and guatape same day. He is a knowledge person about pablo escobar history and he knows good spots for pictures in el peñol and guatape. My favorite part was the boat ride in old peñol lake. Dont miss his food recommendations, they were good!
My first tour was so amazing that I booked right away with David again and was happy I made that choice David is one of kind and can’t say enough but once you booked the first trip with David you will want to request him all the time
We were 16 people from Europe and we had the best time ever!! David was super nice, helpful and fun. The scenery was beautiful and food was impeccable. I would recommend this tour to anyone!!
Me and my friends had a great time visiting both comuna 13 and gautape. Our guide Juilo was such a great guy, very friendly was able to maximize what we get from the tours. Highly recommended Medellin city tours, coordinating the tour was done very smoothly and our guide julio to have great time.
I booked the Pablo Escobar + Guatape Full day tour and it was absolutely brilliant. My guide Julio was great. The tour was very informative and funny as well. We visited La Catedral, Pablo‘s grave, the house where he was shot and the Monaco house (which no longer exists as the government destroyed it recently). The views from the rock in Guatape are just breathtaking and the town itself is also worth visiting. I had a great day and in the end Julio and i were singing Jessi Uribe in the car. I can really recommend this tour!
I recently returned from a tour of El Penon and what an adventure. I will only recommend someone with good health, active and not afraid of heights. You will not be disappointed, once you have arrived at the top.
I have never seen anything like this in my life. The history provided by the tour operator left us in awe. The plan was for all of us to go up to the very top, I only made it half way. My son and daughter went to the top. They said the view was breathtaking. I sure hate that I missed it. I will do it on my next visit. It's a must see!
Our tour was with Carlos around the City of Medellín to view the past sights of Pablo Escobar. He has a long history with trying to hunt Pablo during his years with the Medellín police. His facts about the era of the Narcos are great. He speaks great English as well. We then went to the Guatape Mountain and Town which was great. The tour was from 8:00 A.M. till about 6:40 PM when we arrived back to our hotel. The earlier the better for traffic.
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