Guatapé & Piedra del Peñol: Full Day from Medellín with Boat & Meals

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Duration11h

GroupUp to 39

LanguagesEN · ES

PickupAt your hotel

A Stone with 742 Steps & a Lake Full of Stories

You start with a regional breakfast, travel by bus through the countryside, stop at a working farm, take a 50-minute boat tour across the lake, eat a traditional lunch, walk the colorful streets of Guatapé, and climb or rest at Piedra del Peñol—all with a bilingual guide, entry fees, and meals included. The return trip drops you at the Laureles meeting point by late afternoon.

11h

Step-by-step itinerary

Full day Guatapé tour from Medellín

Have typical regional breakfast
Travel to Marinilla farm
Interact with farm animals
Visit Ave Fenix monument and old town replica
Boat tour on Guatapé Dam
Enjoy lunch near the stone
Stop at Plazoleta de los Zocalos for photos and shopping
Walk Guatapé village streets and seawall
Visit and optionally climb Peñol Stone
Return to Medellín

The Experience

The bus leaves Medellín in the early morning, and by the time you've finished a regional breakfast of arepa, egg, fruit and cheese, you're already rolling toward Guatapé. The drive takes you through the countryside—70 minutes to a farm in Marinilla where you can walk among llamas, horses, and rabbits if you want a break from the road. It's the kind of stop that feels small until you're actually there, standing next to an animal you didn't expect to meet before noon.

Then comes the lake. A 50-minute boat tour cuts across the Guatapé Dam, and from the water you see what the town looks like from the other side—celebrity vacation homes, the ruins of Escobar's old cabin, the landscape that made this place famous for reasons both beautiful and dark. The boat moves slow enough that you can take photos, fast enough that the ride doesn't drag. After that, you stop at the Plazoleta de los Zocalos, a viewpoint where the town spreads out below you in color—the parasol street, the memory street, the kind of place where every angle works for a photo. Lunch happens in a restaurant on the way up: rice, soup, salad, protein (beef, pork, chicken, or vegetarian), and guandolo, a drink you've probably never had before.

Then you reach Piedra del Peñol itself. The stone rises 220 meters from the ground, and 742 steps climb its face. The entry fee is included in the package, so you just start walking if you want to. The view from the top is the kind of thing people describe badly because words don't fit—the lake spreads out, the town sits below, and on a clear day you can see for miles. If climbing doesn't appeal to you, the time at the base gives you room to shop for handicrafts or rest. Either way, you're not rushed.

The whole day runs about 10 hours from pickup to drop-off back at the Laureles meeting point. A bilingual guide stays with the group throughout, and travel medical insurance is included. If your hotel qualifies for pickup, request it up to 12 hours before the tour; otherwise, you'll meet the group in the Laureles sector in the morning.

What’s included

Your day includes hotel pickup (if available) or meeting at the Laureles sector, a regional breakfast with arepa and fruit, bus transfer to all stops, a 70-minute farm visit in Marinilla, a 50-minute boat tour of the Guatapé Dam, entry to Piedra del Peñol with the option to climb 742 steps, a traditional lunch with protein and regional drink, time to explore the colorful streets and plazas of Guatapé, a bilingual guide throughout, travel medical insurance, and return transfer to the Laureles meeting point.

Good to know

Easy physical levelPets welcomePublic transport nearbyInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Tour a Guatapé - Piedra del Peñol con Salida desde Medellín

Is this one for you?Book this if you want the main Guatapé highlights—the stone, the lake, the town—in one full day without arranging transport, meals, or timing yourself; the fixed schedule fits all the stops and the boat tour into a single departure from Medellín.