Monday, September 29, 2014

Medellín - Parque Arví and Comfama

I believe that Parque Arví and Comfama are so far one of my favorite things about Medellin.

Parque Arví is a large nature reserve outside of Medellin. It is easiest to get there via Metro/Metro Cable. The ride on the Metro Cable itself is a worthwhile experience. Typically as with most nature reserves, a person can hike. There are mountain bike trails. There is a restaurant that sits atop with a view of Medellin. There are also exhibitions of indigineous peoples.

Within Parque Arví is an area called Aventura Confama. I have not seen all that is at Confama, because I have only done two things there: the tree obstacle courses and the zip line. I really enjoy Confama and highly recommend it; especially if you like outdoor sports. My body is sore right now from yesterday's outing.

If you are visiting Parque Arví and Comfama, I recommend you get a reasonably early start. Yesterday, all places were filled for the day for access to the tree obstacles at Confama by 1:00 PM as they limit the number of people starting courses. This was on a Sunday. They told me that there are fewer people during the week if that is on option for you. We left at 8:30 AM and ended up getting back around 5:30, so you can easily spend an entire day there.


Me getting a band-aid:





The long zip line (not sure but I think like 300 meters):




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