Colombia's most iconic day trip, done privately and unhurried.
A private full-day trip from Medellin to Guatape, including climbing Piedra del Penol's 740-step staircase, a boat ride across the reservoir, and Guatape's colorful zocalo-decorated streets, with breakfast and lunch included.
Guatape and the Rock of El Penol are Medellin's single most iconic day trip. This private version includes breakfast, lunch, travel insurance, and a boat ride across the reservoir, with your own driver-guide setting the pace instead of a scheduled group bus.
A popular starting point — every Voyzo itinerary is fully customizable, so we'll shape the order and stops around your group.
Round-trip hotel pickup in Medellin.
Climb the 740-step staircase built into the giant granite monolith for panoramic reservoir views.
Cruise the flooded, island-dotted reservoir with narrated history from your guide.
Wander the colorful streets, decorated with the town's traditional painted zocalos.
Back to your hotel, home, or the airport — whenever your day wraps up.
A private full-day trip from Medellin to Guatape, including climbing Piedra del Penol's 740-step staircase, a boat ride across the reservoir, and Guatape's colorful zocalo-decorated streets, with breakfast and lunch included. Guatape and the Rock of El Penol are Medellin's single most iconic day trip. This private version includes breakfast, lunch, travel insurance, and a boat ride across the reservoir, with your own driver-guide setting the pace instead of a scheduled group bus.
El Peñol de Guatapé, or Piedra del Peñol, is a granite monolith roughly 200 metres tall with its summit at around 2,135 metres above sea level. A zigzag staircase built into a crack in the rock is commonly counted at 740 steps, though sources give figures between about 708 and 740. Indigenous Tahamí people are said to have revered the rock, and it was declared a national monument in the 1940s, with a first recorded climb in the 1950s.
The reservoir below was created in the 1970s when the valley was flooded, covering the old town of El Peñol, whose church tower is said to lie beneath the surface. A boat ride shows the scale of that engineering project and the islands that formed as the water rose.
Guatapé's colorful zócalos, decorative relief panels along the base of the buildings, round out the day, with scenes that tell stories of local life.
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