Villa de Leyva
A splendid Boyacá town, where you can understand the
colonizing process through the architecture, the vestiges of the past and the history
of the place itself; and you will also discover the commercial, cultural and social
relationship existed between the Muiscas and the Spaniards.
Indigenous communities
Along El Dorado Legend Route, the very first contact with the Muisca universe is provided
by its own protagonists: indigenous communities. The Muiscas built a unique and fully
sensitive relationship with nature:
Ceremonial Centers
Muisca ceremonies and rituals were carried out in places full of unique features. In these
spaces they performed offerings to gods, caciques or community members were buried,
and the new cognizant and priests were instructed.
El Dorado Legend Route incorporates places that keep a deep symbolic and geographical
connection with ancient ceremonies and rituals. Based on the sky, sun, moon, and starts
observation, Muiscas predicted and determined the best times to do offerings, oblations,
sowings and harvests.
Astronomy
Up on the sky, the stars keep ancestral secrets. El Dorado Legend Route encloses
astronomical observatories that have remained in time to realize of Sue (The Sun), Chía
(The Moon), the stars and all those elements from Heaven in Earth.
The stars observation allowed Muiscas to establish cycles for sowing and harvest, forecast
the weather, socially organize and explain the life itself. Muisca culture edified temples and
homes aligned with sunset, dusk and some planets like Venus.
MUISCA UNIVERSE
Enjoy the sacred nature, Muisca stories that illustrate the past and recall the Muisca’s skills today. Two days for making this trip, a true legendary journey.
WHITE GOLD – GREEN WATER
Let yourself go by the natural mysticism lived by the Muiscas and relive their customs. In the Guatavita lake, the Salt Mine of Nemocón and Sesquilé, you will feel the magic of yesteryear.
MUSICA IMMERSION
Find the traces of El Dorado at the Gold Museum and the Archaeological Museum of Bogota. Try ancestral flavors and play Tejo to wind up this legendary journey.
BETWEEN WATER AND GODS
During 2 days, visit legendary places and indigenous communities making you relive the tradition, customs and flavors of the Muisca culture.
SUGAMUXI PROVINCE
Relive the Musica settlers at the Sun Temple of Sogamoso, go all over the steps of the wise Bochica and his ascent to the heaven in the largest lake of the Muisca territory.