The Salt Route: Nemocón Salt Mines and Zipaquirá Salt Cathedral from Bogota
- Live Guide
- Instant Confirmation
- Day Trip
- Pickup Service
- Private Tour
- E-Ticket
- 10 hr
At the agreed time, a member of our staff will meet you at the hotel to take you through the Bogota´s Savanna to the nearby town of Nemocón, a quite village with colonial architecture. You´ll visit it´s salt mine descending to 80 meters underground. There, you´ll appreciate the 28 mirrors of brine, in which rocks of salt were dissolved producing an impressive optical effect. In addition, you´ll find a stone of 1,300 Kg symbolizing the world, a salt´s crystal of 1,600 Kg. carved in the shape of a heart by the artist Miguel Sanchez and some stalactites and stalagmites. The tour continues to the town of Zipaquira where you´ll have a stop to enjoy a delicious typical lunch. After the lunchtime, we´ll take you to the Salt Cathedral. The Cathedral was built in an underground salt deposit at 180 mtrs below the surface where a Chapel is. This enclosure is considered the first wonder of Colombia and an architectonic jewel of the modernity. Return to Bogota.
Itinerary Details
Operated by: Panamericana de Viajes DMC
Stop At: Catedral de Sal de Zipaquira
Visit the Cathedral where an underground salt deposit was formed and it is where the Salt Cathedral was built, 180 meters below the surface. Inside, there is a chapel, “capilla de los mineros” built as a tribute to the Virgin “Our Lady of the Rosary of Guasá”
Duration: 2 hour
Stop At: Mina de Sal de Nemocon
You´ll visit it´s salt mine descending to 80 meters underground. There, you´ll appreciate the 28 mirrors of brine, in which rocks of salt were dissolved producing an impressive optical effect
Duration: 2 hour
Pass By: Zipaquira
Visit the town of Zipaquira, which name means 'city of our Father' in the language of the Chibcha.
Pass By: Nemocon
Visit Nemocón, a quite village with colonial architecture
