Salt Mine Tour in Nemocón and Jaime Duque Theme Park

• On this journey you will visit the Nemocón Salt Mine with us, we will pick you up at your hotel or place of accommodation and we will leave for the municipality of Nemocón, the journey can last approximately 60 to 90 minutes.
• During this journey you will have the opportunity to observe different places such as the north highway in the city of Bogotá, you will pass through the Marroquín Castle and the town of Chía.
• Descend into an underground wonderland where salt is produced 196 feet (60 m) below the earth's surface.
• A private guide will accompany you to the Nemocón Salt Mines during a half-day educational tour to discover the history of the mines and their impressive brine mirrors.
• After reaching Nemocón, we will make our way inside the mines with a private guide who will be eager to share the history of the extraction process.
• Inside the mine, otherworldly stalactites and stalagmites are glimpsed complemented by colorful atmospheric lighting. Be amazed as you head to a region where the brine deposits have created a natural network of reflective mirrors.
• A place that captivates for its authenticity is the Nemocón Salt Mine, which can be reached in thirty minutes from Zipaquirá. There, 80 m underground, travelers travel 1,600 m of tunnels through which between 1816 and 1968 approximately eight million tons of salt were extracted. The 28 brine mirrors are striking, in which the salt rocks were dissolved and which produce an impressive optical effect.
• In the chamber of the Chapel there is a huge stone sphere of 1,300 kilos that symbolizes the world. Another attraction of great importance is the 1,600 kg salt crystal, carved in the shape of a heart in the 60's by the miner Miguel Sánchez.
• On the way you can see stalactites and stalagmites and there is even an ecological trail, an auditorium and a geology room.
• You will know the curiosities about the Nemocón salt mines and you will discover that the salt extraction industry dates back to 400 BC in this region of the world. You will see the filming location of the movie "Los 33", which details the collapse in 2010 of a copper and gold mine in Chile, starring Antonio Banderas, and then enjoy a delicious typical lunch in Nemocón.
• Then we went to Jaime Duque park towards the municipality of Tocancipá, The emblematic Colombian theme park is a reflection of a man who dreamed of making his compatriots fall in love with the beauty of his country.
• Located about 35 minutes from Bogotá. Leaving Bogotá to the north, the Jaime Duque park, developed and inaugurated on February 27, 1983, wanted to create a cultural and recreational space for the whole family, 80 meters long by 60 meters wide.
• In a natural environment. The attractions of the Jaime Duque Park are distributed throughout more than 100 hectares of land, in the middle of lakes, wetlands, high Andean forest, meadows and gardens.
• Additionally it is surrounded by an additional 80 hectares planted with thousands of trees of different species. His environmental work was recognized with the silver seal of the 2010 Environmental Responsibility Award and was considered by the Discovery Living & Travel Channel as one of the best centers of its kind in Latin America in its Top Five program It shows a diversity of attractions that can be enjoyed by all, on a guided tour in the largest theme park in Colombia with historical, architectural, technological and environmental scenarios. When visiting it, it offers the visitor educational and fun information.

Recreational Attractions:

• Fantasy One Thousand and One Nights: Tour that takes place in boats where the stories of Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves are represented.
• Iron City: A whole fantasy world in an amusement park with a roller coaster, slides, planes, bumper cars, ferris wheels, among other attractions.
• Water Bikes: Located throughout the lake area that surrounds the park.

Their monuments:

• Monument to God: the best known and symbol of the park, representing the hand of God that supports the world with 750 tons and 38 meters high.
• Monument to Nationality: A tribute to the forgers of our country where the craftsman, the intellectual, the worker, the slave and the soldier are.
• Mythological Fountain: A fountain adorned by the mythological beings of the various cultures in the world.

• The Jaime Duque Park in association with the University of La Salle, created a zoo within the recreational center, to support the conservation of Colombian animal species, a space for multiple scientific investigations, as well as a tourist attraction for its visitors.
• Its main species: mammals (lions, bengal tiger, butterfly jaguar, spectacled bear, gray fox, among others), its reptiles such as (pollero wolf, babillas and boas) and its birds (Caribbean flamingo, water hen, macaw , gray eagle).

Other attractions include:

• The World's Costumes Exhibition.
• The fantasy of a thousand and one nights.
• Dante's Castle with scenes from the classic work of world literature written by Dante Alighieri 700 years ago, in a tour of scenes depicting Virgil's passage through the circles of hell.
• Low impact family rides.
• The Monorail It takes a scenic drive through the park and the zoo.
• The museum of man in the universe. In 113 scenarios, the most important moments in the history of man and the universe from its origin to the conquest of the moon are presented through paintings and sculptures in a guided tour, divided into two stages with an average duration of 40 minutes each. a
• After enjoying the park we drive back to Bogotá and drop you off at your hotel or the place of your choice