Zipaquira Salt Cathedral Tour: Discover Ancient Salt Trade in Pre-Columbian Bogota

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: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Catedral de Sal de Zipaquira - Explore the “First Wonder of Colombia” by descending into this remarkable site. The tour will cover its history, architectural marvels, and spiritual importance.
  • Zipaquira - Discover the 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

Acompañado por uno de nuestros guías expertos, se invita a los participantes a embarcarse en un viaje que los llevará a las profundidades de la historia y la tierra. Inicialmente, se realizará la recogida y se procederá a través de la sabana de Bogotá, donde se compartirán datos históricos que enriquecerán la experiencia. Al llegar, se descenderán 180…

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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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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Sergio
Feb 11, 2020
Amazing visit - One of the best attractions near Bogota considered the first wonder of the country, impressive tour 180 meters underground to know the only underground temple, just can not miss on your next visit to Colombia!!
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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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Andres
Feb 7, 2020
Beautiful places - Zipaquirá is a beautiful place. I loved its squares surrounded by old buildings where there are many bars and places to eat and drink something. It was a big surprise. It exceeded my expectations. The salt cathedral is a place unlike any other. Amazing work by the miners to carve everything and achieve what they achieved. Worth knowing. Going through it takes 2 hours. It takes 11⁄2 hours to get from downtown Bogota. Very organized the tour accompanied by an audio system where each place, each element present is explained.
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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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From $70
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).