Hacienda Napoles Pablo Escobar House Colombia

Escobar built or bought many houses in colombia with the hacienda napoles his main.

Hacienda napoles pablo escobar house colombia. The ruins of escobar s old house in 2007 before it collapsed and was demolished in 2015 photo by alvaro morales ríos. Following escobar s death in 1993 many of the original buildings on the. And since escobar s old house at hacienda napoles collapsed and was demolished and the plane with arch at the entrance is gone there is less of a reason for pablo escobar tours to visit. Pablo escobar s nephew finds 20million in cash stashed in wall at one of the drug lord s colombian houses.

Half way between bogotá and medellin on the main road is dead drug baron pablo escobar s 20 square kilometre ranch hacienda napoles now converted to a vast zoo and water fun park as well as a kind of anti cocaine museum. Pablo escobar house colombia. Located 93 miles east of medellin pablo escobar house columbia included a spanish colonial house a zoo an airport and kart racing track. Perhaps his most well known home was hacienda nápoles in puerto triunfo columbia.

In february 2015 escobar s old house partially collapsed and for safety reasons was then demolished. The ramshackle house was my main reason for visiting hacienda napoles but i can t blame the government for trying to turn the page on a terrible chapter in colombia s history. This tour will provide a great learning. It also has some fascinating less visited corners such as an old aircraft hangar with burnt out remnants of his car collection.

In the early 1980s after escobar had become rich but before he had started the campaign of assassinations and bombings that was to almost tear colombia apart he built himself a zoo. Pablo escobar the so called king of cocaine was killed on a rooftop in medellin colombia on december 2 1993. Timothy ross the life images collection getty images an aerial view of hacienda nápoles. And in a strange twist of fate the estate has been turned into a theme.

Situated halfway between the city of medellin and bogota the colombian capital hacienda napoles was the vast ranch owned by the drugs baron pablo escobar. How colombia s hacienda nápoles went from pablo escobar s cocaine palace to a family friendly theme park. Take this fascinating full day tour and visit pablo s most valued ranch on the country side napoles hacienda where he had a private zoo and his own plane track. Inside hacienda napoles the weirdest tourist attraction in colombia.

If you were to drive about 93 miles east of medellin colombia you would eventually make it to a town called puerto triunfo. Tour is limited to a maximum of 15 travelers. Walk around his abandoned ranch and enjoy of a sanctuary of fauna and flora with a private bilingual guide who will narrate throughout the journey.