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Bogotá and its surroundings, your way. Day trips, transfers and private transport through the Andean highlands with local drivers and flexible schedules.

Featured tours

Guatavita sacred lagoon, El Dorado legend, day trip from BogotáGuatavita sacred lagoon, El Dorado legend, day trip from Bogotá
Villa de Leyva colonial town, Casa Terracota day trip from BogotáVilla de Leyva colonial town, Casa Terracota day trip from Bogotá

Salt mines, sacred lakes and colonial towns - the three trips our guests keep recommending.

Zipaquirá Salt Cathedral underground with illuminated cross, ColombiaZipaquirá Salt Cathedral underground with illuminated cross, Colombia

Local Experiences

Colombian coffee specialty

2 hours from Bogotá

From $100 per group

Jaime Duque Heritage Park monuments and wildlife, BogotáJaime Duque Heritage Park monuments and wildlife, Bogotá
Tandem paragliding over the Bogotá savanna, Sopó ColombiaTandem paragliding over the Bogotá savanna, Sopó Colombia

2 hours from Bogotá

Paragliding
Jaime Duque Park
Museo del Oro

2 hours from Bogotá

2 hours from Bogotá

From $100 per group

From $100 per group

From $100 per group

Handpicked experiences from Bogotá, created for travelers seeking comfort, flexibility, and meaningful connections with each destination.

Colombia produces over 70% of the world's finest emeralds, and most of them pass through Bogotá before reaching international markets. This experience takes you inside that world. From the International Emerald Museum on the 23rd floor of the Avianca Building, to the informal market at Plazoleta del Rosario where traders have been selling stones for decades, and into the authorized shops of the Emerald Trade Center. By the end, you know how to read a stone, what separates a good emerald from a great one, and where the best mines in Colombia are located.

Rough and polished green Colombian emeralds displayed for sale during an exclusive private shopping.
Rough and polished green Colombian emeralds displayed for sale during an exclusive private shopping.

The Colombian Emerald Experience

Flavors of Bogotá

Travel comfortably to Bogotá’s best food experiences and discover traditional Colombian cuisine, local markets, exotic fruits and authentic Colombian coffee.

01 Chef's table dinner at a 12-seat restaurant

02 Plaza de Paloquemao - Market & Breakfast

03 Ajiaco Santafereño

04 Chocolate - Cacao

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Heritage Through Architecture

From the colonial streets of La Candelaria to heritage towns beyond the city, uncover the stories behind landmarks that reflect Colombia’s history, culture and identity.

01 La Candelaria — colonial Bogotá at dawn

02 Salmona's Torres del Parque, in ligh

03 Biblioteca Virgilio Barco — civic poetry

04 Modernist Bogotá & the lost cinemas

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Stories from the altiplano

The legend is older and stranger than the gold. A walk to the lagoon that the muisca called sacred, and what we still find there when the wind drops.

  • JOURNAL

The real story of El Dorado: a quiet afternoon at Guatavita

FIELD NOTES - MAY 19, 2026

FIELD NOTES - MAY 19, 2026

FIELD NOTES - MAY 19, 2026

Twelve hours in Chapinero

Ajiaco;

The neighbourhood that became Bogota'smost interesting

Three potatoes, one herb and a lesson

The city, this season

  • EVENTS

Festivals, concerts and cultural moments in Bogotá this season.

Colescape welcomes you to Colombia. Private transport, local knowledge and a service built around you

Traditional colonial street with historic architecture in a classic Colombian town

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