laguna de guatavita

Nice to take a few hours outside the busy city of Bogota and enjoy pure fresh air and renew your senses! Try to get a good guide and be sure to bring your camera.You should treat yourself to a nice meal at one of the typical wood cooking restaurants. REMEMBER: Colombian love their meat cooked WELL DONE -- if you want less burnt, ( medium ) you must be sure to ask and insist. Try the typical sausages and the fried intestines ... Just try it ... it's great eats

What beautiful countryside and vistas, there is nothing to dislike. visited a friend's country house that should be visited by Town and Country

This Laguna could be nice to combined it with Cathedral del Sal. Like you're in Bogota and take the bus on your own zipaquira & continue to Gautavita village. The village itself is nice,meet the real local people and as well on the way to Laguna you will see the local farmers cooking pork ribs etc on BBQ with planten( similar to banana ) and their sweet potato. In the Laguna park,you can follow the history of the indigenous peoples . .

In a spectacular scenery with the most pure and fresh air you can know about the Muiscas culture and tradition, sorounded of mysticims and wisdom. You have to climb a mountain to go to the lagoon, extraordinart. It is a place you have to know if you go to Colombia.

If you like the prehispanic culture.... this is a great place to go. The trip from Bogota is very nice. All around is worth to see.

A bit difficult to get to on public transport, very popular with people from Bogotá on the weekend. Beautiful area, organized tours (in Spanish). Go on a beautiful day only.

Such a lovely sacred space. Sacred space protected by the government of Colombia. Very well done and signage includes "words of wisdom" by indigenous peoples. Would love to see the "complete" restoration of the lagoon if approved by the indigenous peoples of the country. Felt honored to have visited the sacred space. So glad it remains a protected space in the country.

The lake has a beautiful view, surrender by good typical restaurants and crafty shops, where you can buy lovely woollen jumpers. A fantastic place to visit

Guatavita has an interesting story and is a nice place to walk, to buy souvenirs at an excellent price, and to have a nice meal. Expect to pay midrange prices. This is well within even economical touristing. And the fresh air will do you good. Best suggestion: Make it an all-day affair with Guatavita and lunch in the morning and then off to Zipaquirá for the afternoon.

I only wish it was sunnier. It's a beautiful view and I was very much into it because of how much I've read about pre-colonial history. There isn't much else to do and it is at least a half-day trip from Bogota.

This is a great day out of Bogota. You can easily find a bus just past the Portal Norte to take you to Guatavita for about $8,000COP each way, the journey takes about 1hour 15mins. Make sure you go right into the town and don't get off at the turn off for La Laguna, as you may not be able to find a taxi there to take you up to the top & its a long 7k hike up! We got a taxi from the town for $60,000COP to take us there, wait and bring us back. Slightly steep climb up to the lagoon especially with the altitude but views are amazing, definitely worth it.

Yes, it's a lake, but it's one of the most culturally important lakes on the continent. Get a guide to fully appreciate the importance of this site. The on-site guides only provide Spanish interpretation, so if you don't speak Spanish I recommend either hiring your own guide or bringing a bilingual friend who can translate the guide's presentations. I learned a great deal about Muisca heritage and language from the on-site guide, who also spoke about local vegetation and land-use history around Guatavita. For a fascinating overview of the pre-Colombian history of the region, visit Museo de Oro one day and Laguna de Guatavita the next.

Let's be clear, it's a huge lake ! But it's part of a half day trip from Bogota where you pass through some stunning countryside, can stop to eat great food and can enjoy it as part of a cultural experience. Do the trip with a trip to Zipaquira - make it a great day out.

Considering this is a world-famous site thanks to the legend of El Dorado, the infrastructure surrounding the site is shockingly inadequate. The road up to the lake is in very bad condition, and the signposting is poor. I think most foreign visitors come as part of an organized tour. The lake itself is spectacular. However, you are not allowed to walk around the paths on your own, but have to go as part of a group. This means you may have to wait for a group to form at the site entrance. Once we started, we found the pace was very slow (there are some quite steep paths), and we ended up joining the group ahead of us. After you finish the tour, you have to wait for a little bus to bring you back around to the car park – I felt it was arranged like this in order for visitors to spend some money at the ramshackle food/drinks shacks at the end of the tour. Overall, when you compare it to other pre-Hispanic sites in other countries in the region, the experience at Guatavita is underwhelming.As for practicalities, the lake is situated at altitude. The sun can be fierce and it can also be quite breezy at the lakeside, so come prepared with sun block, water, and a light jacket.

Incredibly beautiful countryside and great historically. Most tour guides speak only Spanish, but an English tour is available. A "must see" destination.