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Culture · Bogotá

Bogotá Graffiti Tour

2.5 hoursMax 25EasyFamily friendly

Before you book this one

Pay-what-you-want: the figure is a suggested contribution and it is how the guide is paid. We take no booking fee on this and none of it goes into our donation programme. Altitude applies — 2,640 m, and the route has hills.

Bogotá has one of the most permissive street-art environments in the world, for a specific and uncomfortable reason involving a police shooting in 2011. A working artist walks you through the murals and the politics.

What you do

  • Large-scale works by Colombian and international artists
  • Why graffiti is effectively decriminalised here
  • The Diego Felipe Becerra case, told properly
  • Techniques, crews and the politics of the walls

As a private booking

Private walk with a practising muralist, studio time, and a spray-can workshop at the end.

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Practical notes for Bogotá

  • Altitude is real. At 2,640 m the air holds about a quarter less oxygen than at sea level. Give yourself 24–48 hours before anything strenuous, drink more water than feels necessary, and go easy on alcohol the first night. Altitude sickness is uncommon here but not unheard of.
  • It is colder than you expect. People pack for the Caribbean and shiver. Bogotá sits at 8–19 °C. Bring a warm layer and a rain shell — the weather changes within an hour and the rain is sideways.
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