Fúquene Hiking & Boat Tour

In this activity we'll go on a hiking route and take a boat ride on the Fúquene lagoon. We'll discover the legends, culture, nature, and secrets of the area.

Fúquene Hiking & Boat Tour

We'll meet at 9 am at the port of the Fúquene lagoon. There, we'll board a boat for an hour-and-a-half ride on the lake located at an altitude of over 2,400 metres (7874 feet) above sea level.

During the trip, we'll pass by the island of El Santuario, where several Muisca temples were located. Legend has it that Fu, a god with the tail and head of a fox and a human body, lived under the lake's waters. We will also observe birds such as blackbirds and American coots during the tour.

Afterwards, we'll disembark and start a one-and-a-half-hour hiking route along the tracks of the old Fúquene railway. We'll walk to a tunnel that goes deep into the mountain while discussing the properties of the endemic plants.

After the walk, we'll have a traditional dish of vegetables and rice. Following our meal, we'll attend a reed basket-making workshop to see how the fibres are treated and how the raw material is collected from the riverbank.

Finally, we'll return to the starting point, concluding the activity at 3 pm.