Guaduas is one of the 18 towns declared National Heritage and of cultural interest in Colombia; It is the closest heritage town to Bogotá and also has a warm climate that makes this town a very welcoming place. Guaduas is located on the Ruta del Sol between Bogotá and Medellín and on the road that connects Bogotá with Mompox, Santa Marta and Cartagena.
It was the first stop on the old Camino Real between Honda and Santafé de Bogotá, the first Camino Real in New Granada, and which is said to have formed Colombia: viceroys, missionaries, soldiers, Simón Bolívar and the commoners. For centuries this road was the only communication between Bogotá and the Atlantic Ocean, connecting the capital with the Magdalena River in the town of Honda.
At the AIMA tourist agency we want everyone, both locals and foreigners, to get to know the deep Colombia as it really is: colorful, exciting, fun, and above all, beautiful. With this objective in mind, at AIMA we have organized a weekend tour departing from Bogotá, so that you dare to explore the country while visiting the capital.
AIMA Guaduas Tour
As we said, Guaduas is a very representative municipality of Colombian culture. In its corners and its streets, the old stories of its colonial past, the royal roads and mansions are still preserved, among many other things that make Guaduas a very interesting place. Guaduas has an excellent climate for hiking and for visiting every corner of its towns.
The town also has a lot of vegetation, natural landscapes and extensive fruit crops of all kinds.
AIMA's weekend plan includes ecological walks, a historical tour, a tour of a coffee farm, rafting on the Negro de Tobia river, and two-night accommodation at the AIMA House – Guaduas, located in the natural reserve of Salto de Versalles.
Our tour lasts three days and two nights, which will be distributed as follows:
Itinerary of the ecological tour in Guaduas
Day 1 – Travel from Bogotá to the town of Guaduas:
We will meet at the meeting point of your choice within the city, where we will be picked up by a private vehicle that will take us to Casa AIMA – Guaduas (Salto de Versalles nature reserve).
Day 2 – Hiking Piedra Capira, coffee farm tour, historic center tour:
Tour of the beautiful and historic Camino Real de Honda, until you reach the Piedra Capira viewpoint. We will border the mountain through a path lined with fruit trees, where we will taste the Tolimense “fiambre”, a traditional lunch for day laborers, with flavors and aromas of the countryside.
Then we will have a visit to the coffee farm. We will do the tour through the entire farm, visiting the coffee plantations and learning about the harvest and processing of the beans. We will enter the threshing, drying and grinding areas of the coffee. Finally, after the tour, we will enjoy a spectacular tasting of the coffee grown in the coffee plantation.
The day culminates with a historical tour of the colonial center of Villa de Guaduas. In its museum we will immerse ourselves in the history of this town declared Historical and Cultural Heritage of Colombia.
Day 3 – Rafting adventure in the Negro River:
We will have breakfast in the Salto de Versalles reserve, and we will take the road to the town of Tobia, Cundinamarca. There we will live a spectacular rafting adventure crossing the Negro River.
Then we will have lunch in Villeta, Cundinamarca, in what will be the farewell to our ecological immersion tour in Guaduas. Return to Bogota.
Guaduas: an ecological immersion
Guaduas is a true hidden treasure that all adventurers and nature lovers should know in Latin America.
Culture, history and the countryside come together here like nowhere else.
Live this and much more traveling through Colombia with AIMA.
Find more information about their tours, expeditions and accommodations at www.viveaima.com
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