Lake Guatavita
Good to know
- Best time to go
- December to March, clearer weather
- Budget
- $
- Accessibility
- limited
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
A near-circular crater lake in the hills northeast of Bogotá, the ceremonial site where Muisca rulers were dusted in gold and rafted onto the water — the ritual behind the El Dorado legend. Guided boardwalk trails circle the rim through regenerating high-Andean forest.
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