El Paraíso Favela e Funivia Bogotá Tour

Excellent tour seeing the authentic side of Bogotá. Our tour guide Steven was amazing he had brilliant subject knowledge and made sure we felt happy and safe at all times!! We loved seeing all the graffiti and learning about the history.

Brian was an excellent guide! We really enjoyed our day with him. Taking public transit was a really good experience and of course seeing Paraiso was something we’ll always remember. The street art was great and Brian explaining how District 19 came into being was very interesting. A tour well worth taking. Very safe.

We loved the experience. It is a different activity that teaches us about the diversity we can find just a short distance from the city. Sará was an excellent resource to show us the history behind this community. She is attentive, friendly, and demonstrates her knowledge and commitment to ensuring the tour was to our liking. We felt confident and safe at all times.

The southern neighborhoods of Bogota are the most populous and least wealthy part of this vibrant city without the traditional tourist attractions. El Paraiso in one such section, the terminus of the Transmicable, a cable car skyway that connects several hilly Cuidad Bolivar in the southern neighborhoods to the rest of the city. We learned so much on this tour from our guide, Alex, who lives nearby, about the history of Bogota, the political and economic struggle the southern residents fought to get services, and how they now move with dignity and speed on the skyway from their homes to where so many work in the north. (More cable lines need to be constructed to serve more neighborhoods!!) You don’t feel like an outsider visiting a slum on this tour. The people here are justifiably proud of all they have accomplished and their continued economic development. They want you to come and see. The streets we toured near the cable car station are very well kept and have stunning graffiti art. The view of the city is expansive, magnificent, and colorful. We felt safe at all times, although using the system is not totally straightforward, meaning going with a guide is better than going solo.

Despite doing a bit digging, I came across this tour. We were staying in Chapinero which is very beautiful but to me only shows one side of Bogota. We were keen to explore further and El Paraiso provided us a terrific opportunity to see another side of the city. Our guide Alex was very informative and we had the benefit of course of the cable car that takes you to the area. We learnt much about the history, stories behinds the street art and hearing about community initiatives to improve wellbeing of the locals. It was completely safe and I could not recommend it more highly. My only wish could be to go a little deeper into the neighbourhood.

Pick up on time at hotel. The visit to El Paraíso was both informative and unique; we truly enjoyed the experience & memorable. The tour guide Sarai is very professional. Strongly recommended

Gerald was an excellent guide. He was informative, energenic. We felt totally safe with his guidance. We highly recommend his performance.

Great experience. Gerald was very professional and knowledgeable. He also helped us to get back to the hotel during a protest that was happening at the time. Thank you Gerald!

Gerald introduced us to the Bogota of the favelas he knows perfectly as well as the history of Colombia. He is exciting, smiling and generous. He is proficient on all subjects related to the history of Colombia Thank you to Gerald for a very beautiful day. Catherine and Dominique

We were picked up by the driver from the airport Directly to the tour. (LUIS FELIPE) He was extremely helpful, knowledgeable, honest and had no hurry. He took us to the exact places to feel Colombia in around 5 hours, from Art, to arquitecture, to Cable Car and Cathedrals.