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Private tour: Community Immersion at the Moravia Barrio in Medellin

By Palenque Tours S.A.S
Free cancellation available
Price is €131 per adult* *Get lower prices by selecting more than 2 adults
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 4h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages
Overview

The open rubbish dump was operating from 1977 to 1984 and the people living around the trash used everything they found in the rubbish and became experts in recycling, built their homes with the material and made anything possible to get an income out of the trash. Due to Colombia’s armed conflict more and more refugees arrived in Moravia, located right next to the city centre. Moravia is known for its strong community spirit and the positive attitude of its people. Plenty of local community-run projects have transformed Moravia into a model urban centre, with the mound of trash turned into a garden-covered hillside.

On this tour meet personally local leaders of Moravia that provide you with unique insider information about the barrio, its people, and history. Explore the area guided by locals and experience first-hand the impressive transformation of the sector, meet and interact with the locals, and listen to their unique stories of the recent history.

Activity location

  • Medellin
    • Medellin, Colombia

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Medellin
    • Medellin, Colombia

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Public transport option
  • Activity duration is 4 hours4h
    4h
  • English

Taxi, Metro, Metrocable, other
Pickup included

Price details
€130.66 x 1 Adult€130.66
Total
Price is €130.66
Private transport option
  • Activity duration is 4 hours4h
    4h
  • English

AC private car or van
Pickup included

Price details
€180.85 x 1 Adult€180.85
Total
Price is €180.85

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Bottle of water (350 ml)
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Meeting local leaders of the Moravia community
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Pick up and drop off service at your hotel when choosing Private Transport
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Travel Insurance and Taxes
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Private expert bilingual guide
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Service charge
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Services not mentioned in the programm
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Guidance in German, French, Italian, Portuguese language is on request

Know before you book

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Specialised infant seats are available
  • Transport options are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Comfortable shoes and sun cream are highly recommended
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

Activity itinerary

Medellin
  • 30m
Until the turn of the millennium the struggles about Pablo Escobar's successor continued, but from 2002 Medellín began to change and the city started to invest heavily in infrastructure and public education. Today the “City of Eternal Spring” is one of the most innovative metropolises in the world. An essential part in this transformation process are community-based initiatives aiming to fight poverty in the city ́s poorest neighbourhoods.
Centro Cultural Moravia
  • 3h
One impressive project of urban change is the densely populated Moravia district, once Medellín's municipal rubbish dump with an open-air mountain of trash surrounded by a large shantytown, whose residents used to live in almost absolute poverty. Plenty of local community-run projects have transformed Moravia into a model urban centre. Learn about the origins, evolution, and highlights of Moravia and its social processes by the hand of 3 generations of community leaders.
Medellin
  • 30m
Experience the uniqueness of the transformation of this territory characterised by receiving the main national migratory waves, where the same community built the infrastructure of the territory thanks to self-management and community organisation guided mostly by inspiring women. Support directly a community-based project of Moravia and help them to fulfil their dreams of a better life.

Location

Activity location

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    Medellin
    • Medellin, Colombia

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Medellin
    • Medellin, Colombia

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