Medellín: Zip Line, Waterfall Hike & Sky Hammocks Private Tour

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Duration9h–10h

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PickupAt your hotel

The Highest Zip Line in Colombia Ends in Hammocks Strung Between Mountains

You get picked up at your hotel, flown across two 700-meter zip lines, hiked to a massive waterfall, fed lunch with a coffee tasting, and suspended in aerial hammocks above the mountains—all with a guide, insurance, and private transport included. The whole day runs nine hours and ends back at your hotel by evening.

9h–10h

Step-by-step itinerary

Adventure at Salto de Buey Reserve

Pick up at hotel by 8:30 am
Arrive at adventure park around 10:00 am
First zip line at 10:30 am
Hike to waterfall base at 11:00 am
Lunch break at 1:00 pm
Visit Hammocks in Heaven at 2:00 pm
Second zip line flight at 3:30 pm
Return to hotel by 5:30 pm

The Experience

The moment your feet leave the platform at 300 meters up, you realize the view isn't the only thing that's enormous—the silence is too. That's the first shock on this private Medellín tour: how quiet it gets when you're suspended over the Antioquia mountains on a 700-meter zip line, the ground so far below it stops feeling like ground. The day starts at 8:30 am with hotel pickup, and by 10 am you're at the Salto de Buey Natural Reserve, where the first of two flights happens at 10:30. The second one comes later, after lunch, and by then you've already hiked to the base of the region's largest waterfall and stood in what locals call the Lenard effect—an electrochemical process in the mist that supposedly recharges you. Whether that part is real or just the cold water and the roar of the falls, something shifts.

The hike down takes about an hour, and it's steep enough that you feel it in your legs but not so technical that you're scrambling. Your guide leads you through the reserve, and around 1 pm you stop for lunch—included, and better than the gas-station sandwiches you'd grab if you were doing this alone. After eating, there's time to walk through a coffee plantation on the property, where you can taste the drink fresh and understand why people here take it seriously. The view from that viewpoint is the kind that makes you pull out your phone even though the photo won't capture it, so you just stand there instead.

Then comes the part that sounds made up: Hammocks in Heaven. At 2 pm, you're strapped into an aerial hammock suspended between trees and rock, looking out at the waterfall and the mountains, with nothing between you and the drop except the harness and the cables. It's less terrifying than it sounds, and more meditative. You stay up there long enough to actually relax, which is the whole point. The second zip line at 3:30 pm brings you back down, and private transport returns you to your hotel by 5:30 pm. The whole day is nine hours, but it doesn't feel rushed—it feels like someone planned it so you'd actually experience each thing instead of just checking boxes.

One practical thing: the zip line has a weight limit of 99 kg per person, and the tour isn't recommended if you have spinal injuries or cardiovascular concerns. Everything else—the insurance, the guide, both zip line flights, the hammocks, the hike—is included in the price. You don't arrange transport separately or buy tickets at the gate. That's what makes a private tour worth it when you're traveling to a place you don't know yet.

What’s included

Your day includes hotel pickup and return, private transportation throughout, accident insurance, a guide, two 700-meter zip line flights, a one-hour hike to the waterfall's base, lunch, a coffee plantation visit with tasting, and time in the aerial hammocks suspended above the mountains.

Operated by Ecoexperience

Is this one for you?Book this if you want the main adventure highlights of the Medellín region in one day without arranging separate transport, buying tickets at multiple gates, or timing the logistics yourself—the fixed schedule and private pickup handle all of that, so you just show up and experience it.