Pablo Escobar Tour: Medellin's Dark History Unveiled

Embark on a captivating journey through the dark history of Pablo Escobar in Medellín. Discover the places where he was defeated and learn about the resilient and innovative community of Comuna 13. A tour that highlights the real heroes and the lessons learned from Colombia’s past.

Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Centro Administrativo La Alpujarra - Tour passes near downtown where the court house, mayor`s office, and most government buildings are located.
What's Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Private tour
  • Driver/guide
  • TripAdvisor Experiences brokerage fee
  • Local taxes
  • Transport by private vehicle
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
  • Gratuities
  • Lunch
Additional Information

Ranked as the seventh wealthiest individual globally, Pablo Escobar had amassed a collection of lavish homes, high-end vehicles and even aircraft as a result of his prosperous activities:

  • Monaco Building
  • Catedral (Pablo’s personal prison)
  • Burial Ground
  • The rooftop at Los Olivos where he was finally apprehended
  • Electric escalators of…
Location
Centro Administrativo La Alpujarra
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Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Travis
Nov 8, 2024
Fun day - Awesome time, tour guide was perfect, friendly, funny and knew alot. Was worth every dollar. Would recommend this to anyone.
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133richardt
Oct 13, 2024
Highly informative and interesting tour. - This was an incredible experience which I would highly recommend. It was a tour across the city stopping at La Catedral, Communa 13 and Escobar’s grave site, taking in the various suburbs and points of interest by car. Joe, the tour guide was highly knowledgeable and knew all the stories from Medellin’s violent past, but just as much about how the city transformed and the community healed to make it a much more positive and safer place. It really brought it to life for me, someone who has read all the books and watched all the documentaries, movies and series! Pick up and drop pack to my hotel in El Poblado all went smoothly. Couldn’t have asked for more.
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Tour828628
Oct 24, 2023
Jorge was a spectacular guide - This was the best of my trip to Medellín, Jorge is a very attentive guide. The fact that it was a private tour gave us the time to take lots of photos and videos!
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Yeseniav155
Oct 24, 2023
Awesome tour great company. - It was an unforgettable tour!! Mr. Jorge is super friendly, very informative, and was super attentive to us. We had a lot of fun, a tour full of laughter and good times.
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Carlosmq4999ve
Oct 22, 2023
Spectacular Views - Amazing views all around. Great look into the culture and community. I took plenty of pictures being solo the tour guide was more than happy to take them for me
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Worldtraveleraddicts
Aug 23, 2022
Such a cool experience! - We did the Comuna 13 and Pablo Escobar tour. Our tour guide Juan did an amazing job! He was punctual, very informative and really cool guy to be around. Took us to the Escobar tour and explained everything with so much detail. I didn’t know the history of Escobar so it was really cool finding out all the information and how things really went down. After we went to Comuna 13. The street art was so beautiful, I pibe the energy and vibes there. He took us all the way to the top to get an amazing view of Medellin. After he took us to a restaurant that he highly recommended and let me tell you, he did not disappoint! Best food I’ve tasted here in Colombia (and the food here is really good so that says something) thank you again Juan got such a dope day!! Definitely recommend this tour and I recommend him as a tour guide!
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Grandpa_68
Aug 17, 2022
A very historic tour. - Davis, who was our tour guide was absolutely amazing in his knowledge of the history of Pablo Escobar as it truly happened. La Catedral was beautiful and the area in the mountains was very pastoral and tranquil. I hope to have Davis once again as my tour guide when we return.
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Helaine_l
Feb 2, 2024
Medellin tour - We opted for more of the city tour than the drive to Escobar's grave and the site of the jail. David was very personable and provided us with a very informative and enjoyable tour.
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Lauraldnlt
Oct 27, 2022
Okay experience - Certainly not worth the money for what you get (5-10 min stops, apart from Communa 13 tour). Spending more time in car getting from one stop to another. We done Guatape tour with another supplier and it was slightly more expensive but guide and overall experience was not even comparable. Communa 13 certainly worth visiting though. Also, in tour trip it says they will take to the area where Pablo grew up, but then our tour guide said it does not exist anymore so we did not go there (which is fine but slightly misleading info in advertising) Overall, would not recommend this for a friend, and better just get a taxi myself to Communa 13
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Joseph_p
Aug 2, 2022
Horrible experience!! - Tour guide was not knowledgeable. He had no clue where to go and pulled over at least 10 times looking up/asking directions. He didn't know how to drive and the car turned off 16 times. He rolled back and hit a car behind us and also hit the side of the mountain coming down it. We never saw Communa 13 nor the Cathedral. We rode for 6.5 hours and only got out the car for 35 min. total. The tour ran over 1.5 hours and made us late for our flight. We begged for him to take us to the airport for a price so we could catch the plane but they said NO. We had to wait on a UBER. By the Grace of GOD we only made our flight because it was delayed. They then lied to Viator about the details of what happened. Very disappointed, stressed and traumatized.
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).