Zipaquira Salt Cathedral Tour: Discover Ancient Salt Trade in Pre-Columbian Bogota
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7 Ratings
Zipaquira
Embark on a fascinating tour of the Zipaquira Salt Cathedral in Bogota. Explore the ancient salt trade and marvel at the underground chapel dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary of Guasá.
Duration:
5 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Catedral de Sal de Zipaquira - Explore the Cathedral carved within a subterranean salt deposit, situated 180 meters beneath the earth’s surface. Within its depths, discover the ‘capilla de los mineros’, a chapel dedicated to the Virgin ‘Our Lady of the Rosary of Guasá’.
- Zipaquira - Discover the quaint town of Zipaquira, whose name translates to ‘city of our Father’ in the Chibcha language.
What's Included
- Round-trip private transfer
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Professional guide from our Agency
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks
- Souvenir photos (available to purchase)
- Gratuities
Additional Information
A staff member from the company will meet you at the hotel, either in the morning or the afternoon, to take you on a tour through La Sabana de Bogota to the town of Zipaquira, which name means ‘city of our Father’ in the language of the Chibcha. Back in pre-Columbian times, salt around the area was the most important commodity and the
‘salt cakes’ were the only
currency for trading. Over time, technology improved and the muiscas began to extract larger amounts of salt. As a result, an underground salt deposit was formed and it is where the Salt Cathedral was built, 180 meters below the surface. Inside, there is a chapel,
“capilla de los mineros” built as a tribute to the Virgin
“Our Lady of the Rosary of Guasá” (Guasá means ‘mine’ in Chibcha). At the end, return to Bogotá
- This tour is not recommended for persons with movility restrictions.
- Wheelchair accessible, please advise at time of booking if wheelchair assistance is required with addicional fee.
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
Location
Catedral de Sal de Zipaquira
Carrera 6 Calle 1, Parque De La Sal
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(7 Ratings)
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Loida_b
Feb 15, 2022
A must see! - Andres is an excellent tour guide from start to finish. Learned a lot from this tour. He always has answers to our questions. Very satisfied with this tour. I’ll recommend it to our friends.
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Bigpapistef
Jan 24, 2020
Considered another marvels of this world - Please please make the trip is totally worth it and amazing how it was constructed. Very moving and spriritual.
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Sammiemd
Oct 26, 2019
A Fantastic and highly educational tour to the salt Cathedral in Zipaquira -
I was very delighted with this shared tour to Zipaquera. I booked for shared tour to Zipaquera from Gran Colombia Tours. I was told by their office that instead of me going to the meeting point I would be picked up at my hotel. I was really surprised that they still pushed through with the tour as the other couple in the shared tour cancelled at the last minute. My shared tour turned out to be a private tour for the price of a shared tour. It was an very good treat to me from Gran Colombia.
My tour guide, John Gil Garcia from In Colombia Tourism, has a very pleasant personality and a ton of knowledge about the Salt Catheral in Zipaquera and the town of Zipaquera. I learned so much from him on this tour. He is a tour guide extraordinaire. We even had a mini tour of the town of Zipaquera. He showed me the colours of the old district of Zipaquera. We had a great time eating lunch (trying out local food and beverage) after the tour as well.
I will definitely recommend this tour to Zipaquera which is handled by Gran Colombia and tour guide John Gil Garcia.
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Jestewart79
Mar 2, 2020
No show. - The tour operator did not turn up.
Their explanation for not picking us up was that we booked over the weekend for a Monday morning tour‽ Considering we booked on the Saturday this shouldn’t have been a problem, especially as Trip Adviser sent confirmation.
They did offer to take us the next day but considering we were leaving that day this wasn’t possible. We ended up taking an Uber there which ended up being cheaper and quite ok.
They did process the refund promptly.
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