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Free booking and cancellationFree payment tour, no set price, booking and cancellation are free
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Accepts electronic paymentThis tour allows payment by electronic means or credit card
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Hi 👋 I'm Juan, Cali local, born and raised here. Tourism is: something I love to do, something I am good at, and something I can make a job out of. That's why I have found a vocation in it. My tours keep growing, expanding, innovating, always a project-under-construction. They're never finished as I keep improving them with the experience every traveller brings. I speak superb english, native spanish, fluent portuguese, and some french. Thanks for considering me to show you my hometown. Welcome to Cali!
Cali is Latin America's sports capital, and this tour is a sample of that.
*Most of my tours are personalized. When you book, you could be the only booking*
First, some history.
Almost 200 years ago, 1827, rumor had it a demon had arrived to the city, people started reporting seeing a human figure with huge bat wings flying atop the hills to the north of Cali. Terror had struck the city! In come from Popayán, 2 catholic priests that with a religious spell, lock the demon 'Buziraco' under a monument, with the yearly custom of walking up there in religious procession to keep the demon under control... The 3 Crosses Monument.
Fast forward to today, and the '3 crosses' (las tres cruces) is by far the most popular hike amongst locals all year long, while the religious procession happens exclusively during holy week or easter.
A TOUR WITH HIGH PHYSICAL EXPECTATIONS, NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART.
Although this is Cali's most popular hike, I would rate this 8/10 in difficulty. First time I did it, my legs hurt for 3 days (hydration, warming up and stretching are important!)
Going up can take 1 hour (hard mode) or up to 1.5 hours (moderate mode). I will be there for you. We can take as much time as you need, or head back if necessary. It is a 1.5 kilometer hike on average and we'll be doing the Bataclán route. Please check this article to understand better. It's in Spanish, try to translate it with Google https://picoloro.co/rutas-en-el-cerro-de-las-tres-cruces-en-cali/
It is done by local kids and elders, so it's not extreme, but it's highly demanding.
Let's sweat and get our heart pumping. I promise the view from the top is worth it!
Let's find each other outside the Starbucks Coffee in the Granada neighborhood.
This is the actual starting point of the stairs to go up.
First section of the trail
One of the sightseeing spots during the hike.
The stairs end and the "rock wall" starts.
This is the top.
Free tours do not have a set price, instead, each person gives the guru at the end of the tour the amount that he or she considers appropriate (these usually range from €10 to $50 depending on satisfaction with the tour).
