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El Peñol and Guatape Private Tour from Medellin
Badge of ExcellenceMedellín, Colombia
From $149.99
Price varies by group size
Select Date and Travelers
up to 24 hours before the experience starts (local time)
- 8 hours (approx.)
- Pickup offered
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Travel in comfort to El Peñol from Medellín on this private tour that includes transportation in a new air-conditioned vehicle. Get a personalized experience on a fully narrated tour that can be catered to your interests regarding the history and culture of the region.
- Make the drive to El Peñol in the comfort of a private air-conditioned vehicle
- Fully narrated tour provides insight into culture and history throughout the trip
- Climb to the top of El Peñol for a great view of the surrounding area
- Hotel pickup and drop-off included
What's Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Transport by private vehicle
- Profesional bilingual tour guide
- Food and drinks
- Lunch (at own expense)
- Gratuities
Meeting and Pickup
Pickup points
Select a pickup point
Pickup details
We pick up guests from main hotels and airbnb in Medellin. For guests staying outside Medellin a meeting point will be given. Please note that we do not charge extra for tours in other languages are subjected to availability.
What To Expect
Meet your private guide at your hotel in Medellín and hop into an air-conditioned car to start your tour. With just your guide and your private party, head to El Peñol, a well-known boulder with a great view of the surrounding area. Throughout the ride, listen to commentary about the history and culture of the area from your guide.
Upon arrival, climb the 700 steps to the top of the boulder with your guide, who entertains and informs you during the trip. After admiring the view, come back down to tour the town of Guatape and eat lunch on the waterfront (own expense). You can optionally ride a boat around the lake, depending on time.
Pass through a number of small towns before returning to your hotel (drop-off is later for passengers who choose the waterfall option).
Upon arrival, climb the 700 steps to the top of the boulder with your guide, who entertains and informs you during the trip. After admiring the view, come back down to tour the town of Guatape and eat lunch on the waterfront (own expense). You can optionally ride a boat around the lake, depending on time.
Pass through a number of small towns before returning to your hotel (drop-off is later for passengers who choose the waterfall option).
Centro Comercial Rionegro Plaza (Pass By)
Parque de Marinilla (Pass By)
Piedra Del Penol
1 hour • Admission Ticket Included
Laguna de Guatape
2 hours • Admission Ticket Included
Guatape
2 hours • Admission Ticket Free
Iglesia de Nuestra Senora del Carmen
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Plazoleta de Los Zócalos
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Parque Principal de Guatapé
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Penol (Pass By)
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Most travelers can participate
- Please bring Colombian Pesos with you for souvenirs, food, tips etc.
- Dress code is casual; wear comfortable clothing and tennis shoes
Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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Reviews
5.0
119 reviews
SuitFong_C, Sep 2023
Love this tour, it's a must do! Guide Carlos was fantastic, willing to go out his way to accommodate our requests and answering all our questions along the way. We thoroughly enjoyed the day! High recommend this tour and guide Carlos for creating so many lovely memories from this tour to bring home.
Response from Host, Sep 2023
Thank you kindly for reviewing
Medellin Travels the top private tour company in Medellin.
It brings music to my ears to know that you had a fantastic time with us and that we helped in creating unforgettable memories for you guys!
We appreciate you dearly as we do all of our lovely guests who tour with us and await your return to our beloved Medellin!
Best regards!
Alex from Medellintravels.com
@medellin.travels
Daniel_S, Sep 2023
Highly highly highly recommend the private Guatape tour. Our guide was John who was absolutely terrific. He was very knowledgeable and kind. He made the experience very personal and we felt very comfortable and safe the entire trip. One of the best days we’ve had in Antioquia.
Response from Host, Sep 2023
Hey Daniel!
Thanks so much for your kind review and insight.
We are more than elated that you felt comfortable and safe with us.
A private tour with us ensures safety, bathroom stops on the road, impeccable service and knowledgeable guides and drivers who get you to Guatape smoothly, unlike those bus tours that take 3 to 5 hours just to get there without air-conditioning and full of people sweating and coughing...lol.
Thanks for making a savvy choice in hiring Medellin Travels, the number one tour company in Medellin.
Kind regards,
Alex from Medellintravels.com
@medellin.travels
Ameena_G, Jul 2023
The view from the top of the rock is amazing but this is not a tour but rather a driver and a car. There is very little I formation that is shared and it’s mostly all self guided. We had two people and it’s was over $260 for a car and driver for a few hours. We already had a car and driver for the week but we thought this was a tour so wish we had not done this with this company but rather gone with our own driver.
Linda_G, Feb 2023
This was a great tour from the tour company Medellín Travels. What we liked the best was our tour guide Carlos who we can’t recommend more highly! He was flexible (eg switching us to a vegetarian restaurant) knowledgeable and fun! The Piedre de Penol and guatape were mazing and worth the trip.
Carl_B, Jan 2023
The trip was fantastic. Ana was great and we felt like a close friend was taking us around. She was knowledgeable, informative, and highly professional. Ana recommended great restaurants that met our dietary restrictions.
Julio, the driver, was courteous and quite skilled at his job.
Response from Host, Jan 2023
Carl, thank you kindly for reviewing our tour with our guide Ana and for conveying to others that she was like having a close friend touring you around. Our methodology is quite different from others in many respects, we don't have jobs, we work with passion and do what we love with gusto. This is why savvy guests hire us,
Medellin Travels, for all of their tours in our city. I can't stress how important it is that you hire the right tour company. Some people take those crummy tours with unlicensed companies, with mediocre guides who don't know a lick of English, just because they're a couple bucks cheaper, thinking it will be the same tour and outcome as one of our experiences. The truth is that they aren't and you get what you pay for in life. These are unforgettable memories that we help create...we want to be part of your history, so when you reminisce, have a flashback or glance at pictures you took on this trip...it will always bring up a smile! :)
Again, we appreciate you and hope to have you back in the future.
Best of luck in all your endeavours,
Alex from Medellintravels.com
Eddie_D, Jan 2023
This was an amazing private tour with a great guide named Jorge. Super knowledgeable and friendly. Spoke perfect English and made every aspect of this tour great. We even stopped for a typical breakfast of cheese melted in hot chocolate on the way to the rock. It’s a picturesque drive and Jorge made it informative with stories and perspectives of the history and what happened here. It was great context for me mixing in some history. The Peñol are is stunning. I’m planning to go back to stay there at least one night. Climbing the rock was a challenge but well worth it. The village of Guatape was the last stop. This beautiful and colorful town was a sight. We had a great lunch facing the lake after a great walking tour seeing the most notable and beautiful parts of the town.
Response from Host, Jan 2023
Hey Eddie! Thanks so much for your awesome review brother!
We appreciate you and the fact that you were receptive in starting a tad bit earlier, to avoid any possible lines at the rock or potential traffic during the holiday season. We are the only tour company that advises their guests on these kind of things, others don't care quite frankly. We are here to "guide" people and we take that seriously, so we can make every aspect of the tour a great one, as you stipulated in your review.
Thanks for being spot on in honing in on all the beauty and splendor we show you on our tour.
Also, we appreciate you making the savvy choice in picking Medellin Travels for all of your tours in Medellin, and you made sure that they indeed were with us by contacting Viator/Tripadvisor...that's so cool. Sometimes when you book one of our tours through them, they showcase tours of other new tour companies on the bottom, and unfortunately guests think they are our tours as well.
I'm glad you are coming down again with us in a few months and that you kept in touch with Lina regarding those unique shops etc.
As you saw for yourself, we don't just do tours, we create unforgettable experiences and make friends from all around the world.
Big bear hug for you...arrhhh...ha..!
Alex from Medellin Travels
Medellintravels.com
@medellin.travels
Stylianos_V, Jan 2023
This is a great tour- do not miss it - maybe just with a different agency! Our original appointment (for Monday 2nd) was cancelled an hour before the pick-up time. Luckily we had availability for the 4th. Despite the warning of the agency (το start at 7 or 7:30) we requested a start time at 8:30, we hit long lines of cars and a delay of 1h-1h30m (ok as we have been warned). But since the arrival everything was rushed. Only 30-45min at the village and 1 hour at the Rock (obviously we did not climb due to long waiting lines but that was ok-by the way the ticket was part of the total price- never received credit for not using it-anyway that was a small part of the overall disappointment). And then rushing back to Medellin- we have not made any other stops mentioned in the program and all in all disappointing due to the rushed schedule, overpriced (other agencies offer more for lower price) but definitely worth making this tour!
Response from Host, Jan 2023
Aww, yes, we remember you, the man that was over an hour late for his tour because of late night partying with his boyfriend.
Our guide arrived at 7:30 am at the dangerous neighborhood you were staying at which is way out of our pick up location area, but we made it happen for you guys without complaining.
You two lazily made your way out at 9:05 am, extremely late. You should mention the real facts sir. What we should have done is marked you down as a
no-show. We reserve the right to mark someone as a no-show after half an hour of waiting, thereby losing your tour and money.
So due to "your tardiness", you encountered a long line at the rock, at which point you were unwilling to go up the rock and the guide kindly took you to the town of Guatape, where he gave you double the time in the town, covering everything that was stipulated in the booking information, constantly suggesting places to eat, however you didn't want to eat due to the late night you had (not our problem).
After covering all the spots in Guatape, the guide proceeded to go back to the rock and once again you and your partner were reluctant to go up the rock because (the real truth came out) that you had knee problems due to your age as you said, and your young Colombian friend was lethargic due to the previous night, as he said.
So again, not our fault you had medical issues, not our problem or our business about what you do, did, etc the night before,
BUT...ALL OF THOSE FACTORS WILL OBVIOUSLY AFFECT OUR TOUR, including starting very late to begin with. Also, you never mentioned that the guide gave you an extra hour to walk around the rock and shops, enjoying the views from below, again offering places to eat, etc.
We've had thousands of awesome guests who have done this tour with medical conditions who walk around the rock at the bottom enjoying the same views you get from the top without complaining and being cognicent of their limitations.
You knew what you were in for, and yet you still had a good time walking around the bottom part.
As for the tickets, you use them or lose them. They are only a couple of bucks anyways. If you go to a concert and decide not to go inside, you don't get a refund right? Same here. Aside from all of this you insisted on finally eating, but, it was when the tour was over and you told the guide
"It had to be" in Mondongos on 70th street. Furthermore, you were staying way out of our coverage area where we dropped you off at, in a dangerous barrio high in Robledo, costing us more money, overtime and most importantly, safety concerns for our guide in those narrow, risky one lane, windy ghetto roads. Did we complain? NO.
No one rushed you, we paid a boat load of overtime and aren't complaining or charging you more for it. We should of avoided all the headaches you gave us and cancelled your tour from the get go.
We enjoy touring people that are candid, honest and who understand that sometimes things happen. It's how we deal with them that matter, not blaming tour companies for your tardiness, the heavy night before a long tour which requires a lot of walking and medical problems etc.
We have no control over your habits and conditions that affected the tour.
Last, our prices are on point, you get what you pay for in life.
We don't do the crammed, covid infested, noisy and congested bus tours with zero air conditioning and no English speaking guides that you are endorsing.
Besides, had you taken the bus tour, you would have lost your money, as they leave at 6am and don't wait a minute for anyone, let alone an hour an a half like we did.
Nevertheless, I wish you luck and highly recommend that before doing any outdoor tours in the future, you take it easy the night before, come with a better attitude and most certainly have a realistic approach in accordance with your physical limitations.
Jennifer_S, Dec 2022
This was an amazing tour and we couldn’t have asked for a better guide than Carlos. He clearly enjoys his job and sharing the beauty and history of the city with his customers. I highly recommend this tour.
Response from Host, Jan 2023
Hey Jennifer!
Thanks so much for saying that our tour was amazing and for the kudos for Carlos. Thanks for seeing the beauty in our tour and the history that we transcend to you.
We love guests like you who appreciate and are lovely to tour around our beautiful state, city and country.
Best regards,
Alex from Medellintravels.com
@medellin.travels
James_H, Dec 2022
Our guide Carlos was outstanding. We had a great time. Excellent way to spend a day to see the countryside outside Medellin.
Response from Host, Jan 2023
Hey James! Thank you very much for your review and for stating you had an excellent day and that our guide was outstanding.
We appreciate you and your business and look forward to having you back here in our beloved city in the future.
Kind wishes,
Alex from Medellintravels.com
@medellin.travels
Haley_W, Dec 2022
We had an amazing time with George in Guatape! We hiked up la Piedra and then wandered around Guatape. We had a traditional colombian lunch which was fantastic. George was truly a delight. He gave us so much interesting information and he was fun to spend the day with. Highly recommend.
Response from Host, Jan 2023
Haley, thank you very much for your awesome review and for stating that you had an amazing and fun day with us! We appreciate you highly recommending Medellin Travels, the top private tour company in Medellin with the best guides and staff!
We appreciate you and invite you back here with us in the future!
Warm regards,
Alex from Medellintravels.com
@medellin.travels
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