Private tour to Hacienda Nápoles from Medellín

01 · First stop · Theme park and wildlife sanctuary

Hacienda Nápoles

On the warm plains of Puerto Triunfo, beside the Medellín–Bogotá highway, lies Hacienda Nápoles: some three thousand hectares that in the 1980s were the crown jewel of the power of Pablo Escobar, with an airstrip, a private zoo and artificial lakes. After years of abandonment and asset forfeiture, since 2007 it has been a theme park open to everyone, with a memorial museum dedicated to the victims of drug trafficking. We enter with the Safari Passport and tour, accompanied, the Wildlife Sanctuaries: a thousand hectares of forests and lakes with more than four hundred animals, among them the herd of hippos descended from the four that arrived four decades ago and that today is the largest wild population outside Africa. Jurassic Adventure, with its life-size dinosaurs, the water area and the museums round out the day, which begins with breakfast included.

Safari Passport included

Breakfast included

• Safari Passport included: Wildlife Sanctuaries, Jurassic Adventure, water area and museums.
• Guided tour and company throughout the stay in the park.
• Breakfast included before entering.
• The hippos: the only wild herd outside Africa, in the lakes of the hacienda.
• The history of the hacienda told with respect: from a symbol of a difficult past to a park and memorial.

02 · Last stop · La Aldea in Doradal

Colombian Santorini

Before heading back, one last stop a few minutes from the hacienda: La Aldea, the neighborhood of Doradal that travelers named the Colombian Santorini. On a hillside, its white houses with blue doors, windows and balconies are linked by cobbled alleys and staircases that seem lifted from the Greek islands, in the heart of the Magdalena Medio. It is the pause to walk unhurried, take the photographs of the day among white facades and bougainvillea, and close the tour with the calm of the village before the road back to Medellín.

Closing of the tour

• La Aldea in Doradal: white-and-blue houses on a hillside, cobbled alleys and staircases.
• Photo stop and a quiet stroll through the village.
• Closing of the tour before the return to Medellín.

Included

• Safari Passport to the park
• Breakfast included
• Transport, including the internal tour of the park
• Stop at the Colombian Santorini
• Medical assistance

Not included:

• Lunch

Schedule and conditions

Departure 5:00 a.m. · about 10 hours including pickup and return

• Private tour: only for the people in your booking.
• Transport included, with one pickup point and one return point of your choice within the Medellín metropolitan area, at no extra charge. They can be different places.
• Guide in Spanish or English, at no additional cost.

Children under five: they pay their park admission; the group price is confirmed via WhatsApp before payment.

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