We are not city people, and after a week we were craving nature, peace and trails with trees. We heard about a park nestled into the mountains high above the city, Parque Arvi was our destination, but to get there required taking two trains and two metro cables up the mountain until you reach the park at 8100ft.
As soon as we stepped off the cable car, we found ourselves at a small farmer and artisan market with handmade gifts, fruit and other foods for sale. Walking, biking and birding tours are offered by the park for a fee, however not necessarily according to their published or posted schedule.
We saw a dog lying in the grass along the road ahead. As we passed, the dog got up and started walking with us. All of a sudden another dog emerged from the bushes to join us, then another and another. Soon there were six friendly dogs happily strolling along with us on our hike.
A separate park within the park is run by Comfama and offers a ropes course, playground areas, small museum and walking paths. We really enjoyed this place and came up twice to do the ropes courses.
On our second trip Journey struck up a conversation in Spanish with a girl on the bus. They both laughed hysterically when they realized they both also speak English. They introduced the families and we ended up spending the rest of the day with them. We
Trampoline park obstacles, a climbing wall, dodgeball on trampolines, and the most interesting zipline I've seen. It's only $15 for two hours.
Parque Explora twice
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