The Guatape Rock

Guatape, Colombia

Guatape have 7.625 habitants, is located in the orient of Antioquia, in Colombia. The Guatape rock have 200 meters height.

The Guatape Rock wrongly called El Peñol Stone (Spanish), is a monolithic formation located at the town and municipality of Guatape 1 km inside the city limits (86 km northeast of Medellin) in Antioquia, Colombia. In this place there is the hydroelectric dam of Peñol-Guatape. 

This rock is located in the country area called "La Piedra", just 5 minutes from Guatape Town.The rock was climbed on July 1954. History tells that it was climbed by a group of friends, at the invitation of a local priest. Luis Villegas, Pedro Nel Ramírez and Ramón Díaz climbed the rock in a five-day endeavour, using sticks.

In this place you will can to upload 659 steps, and to visualize the landscape.