OVERVIEW
TRIP LENGTH
Full Day (7 hours)
SEASON
January/December
ADVENTURE TYPE
Urban, Culture, Social Transformation
DESTINATION
Medellin
MIN.AGE
10 years
TRIP BEGINS/ENDS
Medellin/ Medellin.
Dreaming, laughing and dancing were words that had a price, a price set by drug trafficking. Pablo Escobar idolized and hated, drove the land of dreams with money, everything had a price. The violence extinguished entire neighborhoods off the map of Medellin.
Because of the strategic location, Medellín became the favorite place for the passage of drugs, weapons, and money. But today dreams have no price, laughing is for free and dancing is done for happiness. Have a look at how art freed us from the dark past and rise up a new flame of hope.
Come and meet with us the incredible story of the social transformation of a city full of dreams and hopes through the art and the colors.
ITINERARY
We will pick you up at your place in Medellin at 9:00 am in the morning. then we will start one of our most impacted tours in Medellín. The places we will visit on this tour are
Monte Sacro Cemetery, Pablo Escobar´s Grave:
Monte Sacro is the cemetery where the grave of Pablo Escobar is located, here ended a reign of terror and blood for a whole country that suffered in body and soul the atrocities that this human being committed. At the same time this death started a new rebirth for the Colombians, so here we start a tour that will change your point of view of Colombia as a source of drug trafficking and violence and we will show you the reality that all Colombians had to suffer. Open your mind and your heart and know the story told by its true protagonists.
The Cathedral: Prison of Pablo Escobar:
The prisons, known to be places full of crime, where people are not trained to reintegrate them into society, on the contrary, they punish themselves and go there to pay the price of their crimes on many occasions in inhuman conditions. It is nothing close to the place you will visit, because, in the time of Escobar, everything was different, and La Catedral, his prison was a luxury estate, full of amenities, nature, waterfalls, where he and his people lived very much better than most of the citizens of Medellín, who also remained in constant uncertainty, fearing for their lives and the lives of their loved ones since they never knew what Pablito was ready to do. This horror story tells how one day Pablo Escobar walked out of his prison with all his money and friends, just when the government claimed his head more. Learn about the history and mysteries of this place and discover what it is today.
Then we will have our traditional lunch on the way to our next spot: La Comuna 13
Marked by terror and violence, the commune 13 was not on the maps of Medellin in the year 2000, this territory was completely stigmatized by the government and citizens. Going through more than 30 violent operations where the government tried to enter by force, the hopes of many innocent people disappeared. But times have changed, now the reality is different, the commune 13 is a Phoenix territory, which has been liberated through art, a place where the rainbow has once again shone, dropping its colors through the alleys of this wonderful place, where hope and dreams rice up from the ashes and came back to life.
Know the history of the transformation of Medellín through our tour, live the real history of a town that lost almost everything but never hope.
At the end of the tour, we will drop you back at your place at 4:00 pm
DATES & RATES
Dates
Rates
Supplementary Information
Year 2018 - 80 USD per person - based on 3 traveler. Departures: Daily departures, contact us for availability
If you are more than one person, please let us know so we can taylor made your trip and give better prices.
Included:
• Service of a bilingual guide (Spanish/English)
• All ground transportation while on tour (Private car with AC)
• Insurance
• Local guide
Not Included:
• Filghts to Colombia
• Expenses and services not specified in the plan
• Gratuities
Comments:
• Availability may depend on weather conditions.
• If you are a Colombian citizen you must know that prices don`t include IVA.
