Lake Guatavita Exploration: Discover El Dorado Legends and the New Guatavita Town
4.9
48 Ratings
Tierra Negra

Embark on a full-day trip to Lake Guatavita and explore the legends of El Dorado. Discover the history of the old town, visit New Guatavita, and enjoy stunning landscapes. Don’t miss out on this guided tour!

Duration: 7 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Laguna de Guatavita - Learn about the legend of El Dorado and enjoy the amazing landscapes of Lake Guatavita.
  • Corresponsal Bancario Bancolombia - Lunch at Tominé Reservoir. Enjoy the beautiful views of the iconic villages along the way to our destination
  • Guatavita - Guatavita Town is home to the Lake where our adventure takes place
What's Included
  • Entry to Lake Guatavita
  • All-risk insurance
  • Lunch (Optional) - Menu of the day available at the restaurant
  • Hotel pick-up and drop-off
  • Tours Guide
What's Not Included
  • Extra purchases
  • Breakfast
Additional Information

Have you heard about El Dorado? Without a guided tour of Lake Guatavita, you might miss out on the rich history and legends that make this area more than just a picturesque destination. Take a break from the city and join an expert guide on a day trip to explore New Guatavita town. Discover why the old town was submerged and rebuilt during this scenic…

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Location
Laguna de Guatavita
Km 15, Via Guatavita-Sesquile
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Anastas_z
Jan 13, 2026
A must visit to the sacred lake of indigenous people - The lake is wonderful, the traditional food at the restaurant also amazing, the path to the lake is among the nature, the explanation about the history of indigenous people and visiting a characteristic ceremonial house of them were spectacular
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Tephy_guzman
Oct 30, 2025
Lake of Guatavita - I had a wonderful experience on the tour to Laguna de Guatavita. Andrés was an excellent guide, very friendly and attentive throughout the tour. I found the history of the lagoon fascinating, and overall it was a unique experience that really paid off. I am so glad I stayed an extra day to live it!
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Karina
Apr 5, 2025
Excellent tour! - We had a great time with Gerald! He explained everything very well and we learned many very interesting things. It was half a day and it was excellent! The beautiful lagoon, highly recommended the tour.
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Jimena
Feb 9, 2025
Fantastic tour 5 out of 5 stars! - This tour exceeded our expectations! It was excellent! Yelitza was an amazing guide! Her knowledge and experience were so helpful for us to understand everything that we were seeing. We learned so much thanks to her!! Jorge our driver was also excellent, very cautious and polite. I would definitely book this tour again and recommend it to anyone that visits! 5 out 5 stars!
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Abiudh13
Nov 18, 2024
Lake of Casique Guatavita - It was very beautiful!!! Spectacular scenery, Camilo who was our guide was excellent throughout the journey and tour both in the lagoon and in the village. We really liked it, we are very happy to have taken that Tour😃😃
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768marianney
Nov 12, 2024
Private Lagoon Tour with Typical Colombian Lunch - I really liked the tour, I had to go with Camilo and it was very attentive. He picked us up at the hotel, explained things about life in Bogotá and was pointing things out on the way to Guatavita. In the village we passed a coke tea and climbed the Lagoon. Back the food was very rich and hearty. He dropped us off at the airport and showed us the door to move on to boarding. All very well! Thank you very much
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Nstor_m
Aug 15, 2024
Our parents are close to... - Our parents are close to 80 years of age and were unsure of capacity to climb to reservoir. Guide walked at their pace and kept us informed of their tour. Our parents felt accomplished and content. Great experience, would have not done it without your guide.
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Andrewso3871tb
Jul 24, 2024
Great - Excellent tour. The guide was amazing. He made sur to personalize the guide to my needs. I would recommend this tour for sure.
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Rich_s
May 29, 2024
Fun day trip - Our guide was great. We enjoyed the hike to see Lake Guatavita even though it rained. Visiting the quaint town of Guatavita was nice, we had a good lunch there.
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Edward_s
Feb 12, 2026
Well worth the trip, beautiful lake and surrounding scenery - This was a really enjoyable day out. The countryside was beautiful, Guatavita village is pretty, Guatavita lake is absolutely stunning, and the lunch was excellent. Sarai was a really good guide, friendly and enthusiastic about what she was showing us. (Our driver, however, drove very aggressively and at times unsafely - hence only 4 stars.) My only advice for future tourists is don't expect a long 'hike'. We were in the nature reserve for about 2 hours, but 1 hour of that was basically standing still being told (interesting) stuff, and the other was at a slow pace with plenty of stops - needed because of the altitude (2920m at the start of the walk, 3070m at the end - about 400m higher than Bogotá). I live at sea level and I was still struggling with the altitude on my 3rd day in the city, so I appreciated the slow pace. I would definitely recommend the day to others
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