Climbing the Rock of Guatapé: Perfect Day Trip from Medellin
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- čas přidán 5. 07. 2024
- Two hours from Medellin, Colombia by car or tour bus, Guatapé might just be the best choice for taking a day trip out of the city. I did just that during my month-long stay in the country. In addition to climbing 700 steps to get to the top of the Rock of Guatapé, I was able to check out the colorful town, take a boat out on the reservoir and enjoy some fantastic Colombian food. You won't believe how inexpensive my day turned out to be!
0:00 - Overview
0:42 - Rock of Guatapé
6:14 - Town of Guatapé
10:30 - Replica of El Peñol
11:26 - El Peñol/Guatapé Reservoir
12:22 - Colombian Food
13:10 - Conclusion
Music provided by Epidemic Sound.
Having retired in 2023, I now travel full-time, seeing places all around the world. My idea for CZcams is to make the videos more about the places and people along the way, than about me. I hope that the experience for you is both entertaining and educational. Perhaps you will come away from my channel with ideas about places you would like to visit or be inspired to forge your own way.
I travel slowly, spending four or five weeks in each destination. Hopefully, that will allow me to go beyond the surface to find the essence of each location. By the end of 2024, I will have visited 14 countries and five of the seven continents. Come along for the journey!
Another informative travel video Richard. I thoroughly enjoy & appreciate the detail you provide & your personal impressions. That trip up the monolith looks achievable as well as worth the climb. See you next Sunday morning!
I appreciate it! I really enjoyed my time on the "Rock"! Thank you for always taking the time to watch and to comment!
Thanks I know my country has very beautiful places to visit i wish I could know them, thanks for your videos, excellent work
That is very kind of you to say. Thank you for watching!
The climb to the top of the monolith looked so awesome! Thanks for taking all the great shots to make it feel like we were right there with you. The views were amazing! The bright colors and all the creative zocalos were just way cool too. Great video!
Thank you! It was a cool excursion and I still can't get over how little it cost to do all of that!
The Zocalos in Guatape we very cool Richard! Have to love the way South Americans utilize bright colors.
That entire town was a vivid example of the color scheme that I've seen through the region!
What a gorgeous and colorful place! Between the zocalos and motochivas, it would really be something to see! The view from the top of the rock was fabulous also, though I would probably still have to count the steps despite them being numbered! 😄
Never thought of counting, since I saw the number 25 on one of the first steps! This was a really cool place to visit!
Great video and what a deal for the full day tour with meals! Wow. Lucky you. Makes me want to be there.
Thank you so much! That deal was remarkable. It would have been a bargain at two or three times as much!
Great video. 😊
I appreciate that!
Thank you for watching!
A vibrant and beautiful video! It was nice to see a beautiful church in the town. So is Escobar's home simply abandoned?
Thank you so much!
The complex on the lake was just one place the Escobar inhabited. From all I can tell, it is vacant now.
Nice video Green.👍
I certainly appreciate it!
Your videos are such high quality production! What setup do you use?
That is such a nice thing for you to say! I keep it really simple. I use a GoPro Hero 11 with a self-contained microphone. I sync up my audio from that to the footage. I wish there was a way to get more narrow depth of field and you must be close to the subject with the GoPro's wide angle. Still, it's an effective setup that allows me to get what I need.