Lagoon of Guatavita reopened on 01st of April 2016

Because of the heavy drought in large areas of Colombia the the touristic site “Lagoon of Guatavita” was closed for almost 2 months. The reopening was taking place on 01st of April 2016.  

According to the legend of El Dorado, at the lagoon took place the ceremony to appoint the new Muisca Chief (The Muisca are the native inhabitants of Bogota parts of Cundinamarca and Boyaca). It is said that the new Muisca chief was covered in gold dust and then sailed to the centre of the lake in a wooden raft from which he would subsequently jumped into the water.