Arvi Park

Arví Park is both an ecological nature preserve and Pre-Hispanic archeological site on the eastern slopes of Aburrá Valley, in the northeast area of Medellín, Colombia.[1] The park covers several other municipalities of Antioquia, including Envigado, Bello, and Copacabana. It covers 16,000 hectares, 1,760 of which are in the state of natural forests. And it is equipped with 54 miles of walkable trails. It is a major tourist attraction, known for its wildflowers, butterflies and trails.[2] Activities include hiking, nature tours, cycling, and outdoor adventure sports. An outdoor food market is located next to the gondola station. The Piedras Blancas Ecological Hotel and its private reserve are adjacent to the park.

a great getaway from the city

In your visit to the Park, through tours of the different paths and roads you can find natural viewpoints to the Aburrá valley, which make tangible the limit of the urban with the rural, archaeological elements like stone paths, fences and terraces, natural attractions such as wetlands called Laguna de Guarne and Laguna Seca. Comuna 13 was once Colombia’s most notorious and dangerous neighborhood. It’s location near the highway made it a prime spot for guerrillas, narcos and anyone else looking to get things in and out of Medellin. And the area’s winding, hilly roads made it difficult for law enforcement to get in undetected. As recently as 2010, the area saw 162 murders for every 10,000 people and was the most violent neighborhood in Medellin.

Among the most featured attractions of Arví Park is its access system, which is realized through a metrocable that is oriented towards ecological tourism. Cable Arví, also called Metrocable Line L, is a section of the cable cars that connects Santo Domingo Savio station with Arví Ecotourism Park. It is the first tourist line of the Metro and the third by cable car System, and began commercial operation on February 2010.