The Salt Route: Nemocón Salt Mines and Zipaquirá Salt Cathedral from Bogota

On this tour you can find two magical places, both surrounded by the beauty of salt and the work of years of miners and artists to make the mines a true work of art.

The salt mine of Nemocón and the Catadura de Sal de Zipaquirá wait for you, so that they discover through their walls the history and customs that they contain.

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.

At the end of route, you will Return to Bogota.