Colombia · GOLD MUSEUM TOURS
This is the shortlist you would send a friend: 14 gold museum tours worth the money, each with its price, its traveller verdict and the one thing to know before you commit.
Private Bogotá tour of La Candelaria, Botero Museum, the Gold Museum, Plaza de Bolívar, with optional Monserrate views, hotel pickup included.
“Great experience, Carolina our tour guide was excelent and also Andres our driver was amazing!!!! I would recommend it”
Bogotá in 6 hours: Museo del Oro, Botero Museum, La Candelaria, Plaza de Bolívar, and Monserrate views with hotel pickup.
“Intersting tour, efficient service, friendly and helpful guide, and good value. A bit rushed throught the gold museum.”
Private 6-hour Bogotá tour: Plaza Bolívar, Monserrate views, Gold Museum, Botero Museum, and La Candelaria street art, $81 pp.
Skip the lines at Monserrate, tour the Gold Museum, and walk La Candelaria to Plaza Bolivar on a small-group Bogotá day trip.
“I was pleasantly surprised that I was the only person on this tour (I have some health issues and I was worried that I might slow down others on the tour)! Anyway, Natalia Cardenas was a wonderful tour guide - she was very knowledgeable, professional and personable! I really enjoyed the tour and it was well worth the price I paid for it. Highly recommended!!!”
A 3-hour guided walk through Cartagena’s Old City, including Plaza de Bolivar, the Clock Tower entrance, and entry to the Museo del Oro Zenu.
“Our tour guide, Inri was very good. The tour was supposed to include the gold museum which was left off, so we did not go there. If you are interested in history the walking tour is great.”
Private guided tour of Bogotá’s Museo del Oro with hotel pickup, expert commentary in your language, and tickets included for a stress-free visit.
“Bogotá’s gold museum is simply wonderful! Tens of thousands of pieces of gold, mostly from before the Spanish Inquisition. The best of the best - and the videos on how the objects were made were excellent. Add to that an exceptional guide, Mauricio, who knew how to make history come alive - as well as his way around the museum - and this was one of the best museum experiences possible.”
Private 4-hour Bogotá tour combining Museo del Oro, La Candelaria streets, Plaza de Bolívar, coffee, and hotel pickup for $75.
“Wir hatten einen wunderschönen Nachmittag, mit sehr viel Kultur, Geschichte, tollem Kaffee, absolut empfehlenswert.”
Bogotá Old Town museum tour with the Gold Museum and Banco de la República, featuring Botero and major art, guided for $50 in 5 hours.
“I had an absolutely fantastic experience over the past three days with Andres as my guide and Nestor as my driver. Andres is incredibly knowledgeable and explained everything with clarity and enthusiasm, bringing every site to life. He’s also genuinely likable and always responsive to questions or requests. Nestor was a safe, professional, and reliable driver, which made the whole trip feel smooth and stress-free. Together, they made the experience not only informative but also fun and comfortable. I couldn’t have asked for a better team—highly recommended!”
Private 3-hour walk in Bogotá’s La Candelaria plus a guided Gold Museum visit, with an English guide, tickets, and a snack.
“Même si nous n’avons pas pu visiter le musée de l’or le jour de la visite, nous en avons visité 2 autres, le musée national et le musée Botero et la Candelaria. Nous avons pu profiter de la connaissance de notre guide Iván, de ses témoignages et ses conseils.”
Walk Bogotá’s colonial heart and tour the Museo del Oro with a social scientist, plus a coffee break. Private group, great value.
“I’m originally from Bogota, but I lived outside of Colombia for many years and I wanted to get re-acquainted with the center, so I did this tour and it blew my mind. I thought I knew this area and its history well, but Oscar took me to landmarks I had passed by a million times but never really seen or paid attention to. I learned so much on this tour, and was incredibly impressed with how knowledgeable Oscar is that I now recommend Lateral to all my foreign friends who come to visit. I’ve since done a Paloquemao tour, coffee tasting tour, and rum tasting tour with the company, and…”
Ride the cable car up Monserrate Hill and tour Bogotá's Gold Museum on a small-group 3-hour visit with a guide, map, and snack.
Skip lines, ride Monserrate’s cable car, and tour the Gold Museum on a private Bogotá half-day with pickup and panoramic views.
“Great tour with excellent tour guide Giovanna, she is very knowledgeable . Also the organizer himself came out to meet and to help to get us through some lines .”
A 6-hour guided Bogotá tour combining Monserrate views with the Emerald Museum, the Gold Museum, Plaza de Bolívar, and La Candelaria.
“I'd give Jhair 10 stars, if I could. He gives you historical details that really make his tour exceptional. He is incredibly patient, being very attentive to my nonagenerian mother. I selected the tour for my understanding of the value. But honestly, a tour like his is priceless. Folks who are able to reserve a tour with him are lucky.”
Private 4-hour Bogota tour pairing the Gold Museum with Monserrate Peak views, pickup included, bilingual guide, and flexible departures.
“This tour was our most disappointing from our 5 week trip. For a 4 hour excursion it was incredibly rushed with maybe 90 minutes max of information. We raced through the gold museum incredibly quickly. However, the tour guide did share some high level info and one in particular great story of El Dorado and it’s history. Largely this was also not completely the guides fault as it was a Sunday we went on where the museum is free and extreamly busy. Monseratte similarly was very busy, but as we did afternoon it was very fast to go up, but extreamly long (1 hour+) to come down (again not guides…”
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