{"id":31234,"date":"2018-01-10T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.besabine.com\/day-trip-from-bogota-mountain-biking-and-paragliding-in-sopo-video\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T15:53:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T20:53:36","slug":"day-trip-from-bogota-mountain-biking-and-paragliding-in-sopo-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.besabine.com\/en\/day-trip-from-bogota-mountain-biking-and-paragliding-in-sopo-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Day trip Bogot\u00e1: mountain biking and paragliding in Sop\u00f3"},"content":{"rendered":"

The area surrounding Bogot\u00e1, Cundinamarca, is truly beautiful and enormously diverse, and a day trip from the busy city is easily made. In fact, there is no need at all to go to extreme sports village<\/em>San Gil<\/strong><\/a> to go rafting, climbing, abseiling or paragliding, as you can do this too just a short distance from Bogot\u00e1. For us it is even easier, since we ourselves live in Sop\u00f3, the place outside Bogot\u00e1 for paragliding. Now I have to admit that there is no way<\/em> I am ever going to hang in one of those things in the air, but watching it is fun. Just before 2018, we got in the up the steep mountain, this time to mountain bike and afterwards enjoy the people who did jump of the mountain. Looking for an exciting day trip from Bogot\u00e1? Sop\u00f3 it is<\/em>!<\/p>\n

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Mountain biking in Sop\u00f3<\/h2>\n
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I am not a hero in extreme sports. Above all, I enjoy watching it, but to crosse down steep slopes myself is another story. Still, this time I decided to join and so we drove up the mountain to Parapente Para\u00edso. The most popular activity to do here is paragliding (see below), but you can also zipline and mountain bike.<\/p>\n

With a guide, get on a mountain bike and ride to Parque Pionono<\/strong><\/a> and back. This is only 1.4 kilometers, so 2.8 kilometers total, but the steep incline, bad road and altitude (almost 3,000 meters) make it quite a challenge. In total, it took us about 50 minutes, but that time depends on how fit you are and how fast you go. So it can be faster, but also slower.<\/p>\n

It ended up being a very cool experience with amazing views, and really fun to do if you are in the area. Jimmy filmed and I made a video of it (the very first ever!): fun to watch!<\/p>\n