TOUR ROCK OF PEÑOL –GUATAPE

WELCOME TO THE MESMERIZING LANDSCAPES OF THE RESERVOIRS, THE BATHOLITHIC STONE OF PEÑOL, AND THE CHARMING TOWN OF GUATAPE WITH FAMOUS BASEBOARDS, IMMOVABLE ASSET OF CULTURAL INTEREST WITH PLACES FOR THE POPULAR ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT CENTERS AND WATER SPORTS.

AT MEDELLIN’S SORROUNDINGS, WE WILL VISIT THE HISTORIC TOWN OF

MARINILLA, THE NEW EL PEÑOL TOWN, “THE PHOENIX OF AMERICA”, THE STUNNING ROCK OF PEÑOL, AND THE CHARMING TOWN OF GUATAPE AT THE RESERVOIRS.

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS:

AS WE PICK YOU UP AT THE HOTEL, WE DRIVE TO THE NORTH BY MODERN HIGHWAYS ALONGSIDE MEDELLIN RIVER FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF.

YOU WILL MEET THE TOWN OF MARINILLA, "THE CRADLE OF THE INDEPENDENCE" AND LEARN OF THEIR VALIANT CITIZENS; AS WE HEAD TO THE NEW EL PEÑOL TOWN, YOU WILL ADMIRE PEOPLE'S PRIDE FOR THE RISE OF THIS PROSPEROUS TOWN, AS WE UNDERSTAND IT BETTER WITH THE TOWN'S REPLICA, AND SOON YOU WILL BE SEEING THE DANCING ROCK OF PEÑOL !

THIS BATHOLITHIC STONE OF 200M HIGH IS UNIQUE WONDER OF THE NATURE, BUT YOUR EXPERIENCE COULD BE TESTED PROBABLY AT LEAST TWICE IN YOUR LIFE, AS YOU CLIMB UP THE 659 STEPS TO THE TOP, AND DISCOVER THE MESMERIZING LANDSCAPES OF THE RESERVOIRS.

WITH THE BEST LOCAL WHOLE GARLIC TROUT FOR LUNCH, WE HEAD TO GUATAPE TOWN, WORLD WIDE FAMOUS BECAUSE OF ITS HOUSES WITH COLORFUL BASEBOARDS, AND THE EXCITING BOAT RIDE FAR IN THE BLUE WATERS OF THE RESERVOIRS.

AFTER THE RIDE, WITH A SMOKEY COFFEE BY THE BOARDWALK, WE MAYBE READY FOR RETURN TO HOTEL.