Almost every flight lasts about 15 minutes from the same launch, so the booking around it makes the difference. Here is our pick, the exceptions and the criteria behind them.
The short answer
For most visitors the best paragliding tour in Medellín is the Green Bike Tours flight from San Félix: the pickup at your hotel around 10:00 and the GoPro photos and video are both included, so neither has to be arranged on the day. Like almost every booking, it gives you about 15 minutes in the air.
If more time in the air matters most, Only Fly lets you book 20 minutes instead of 15 and takes children from age 4. If you would rather get to the launch yourself, ParapenteSanFelix is a one-hour booking at San Félix with photos and video included and the highest stated weight limit, 140 kg.
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Pickup at your hotel or apartment at 10:00, a 15-minute flight over Medellín and Bello and GoPro photos and video, about four hours in all.
A one-hour booking that starts at the San Félix launch, with a 15-minute flight and a photo and video service in the package. Transport to the launch is not included, and the weight limit is 140 kg.
You choose a 15 or 20 minute flight when you book. Transport is not included, and video with a GoPro or Insta360 costs extra. From age 4, up to 125 kg.
You meet BlueSky Parapente on the road up to San Félix, about three hours in all. Private transport and photos and video are not included, so plan the ride up yourself.
How you get to the launch, what matters most and who flies with you. Then our suggestion, with the minimum age checked.
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No tour fits every answer, so here is the closest one.
Pickup at your hotel at 10:00 and GoPro photos and video are both in the booking, so neither has to be arranged on the day.
Hotel pickup and breakfast are included, and the listing gives 15 to 20 minutes in the air. Children can fly from age 4; a GoPro costs extra.
Transport from Laureles or El Poblado and breakfast are included. Children can fly from age 3, the youngest age stated by any listing here.
You choose 15 or 20 minutes when you book, and children can fly from age 4. Transport and video are optional extras.
A one-hour booking that starts at the launch, with photos and video included and a weight limit of 140 kg. You arrange the ride up and back yourself.
You meet the pilot at San Félix. Photos and video are included, and so is a ride back if you land somewhere else.
Hotel pickup in Medellín, a flight near Cocorná and Guatapé on the same day, about eight hours in all. The listing gives 20 minutes in the air in one place and 25 in another.
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Nearly every tandem flight sold in Medellín takes off from San Félix in Bello and stays up for about a quarter of an hour. What you book is everything around those minutes: the ride up and back, the video, the option of a longer flight and the limits on weight and age. Our verdict rests on those points, as each listing states them.
The launch sits in the hills above Bello, and the way back down is the part visitors underestimate: on a flight-only booking you find a car yourself. Green Bike Tours and BiciTour include the pickup and the video, Xplore Colombia, Medellin Best Local Tours and The dream of flying add breakfast to the pickup instead. Any transfer ends at the road below the launch, and a long staircase leads up from there. Flights with hotel pickup.
The listings give about 15 minutes in the air on a standard booking, whether the outing lasts one hour or four. Only Fly sells a 20 minute option and Medellin Best Local Tours gives 15 to 20 minutes. The minutes are a target: the wind on the day decides how long the pilot can stay up. 15 or 20 minutes compared.
ParapenteSanFelix and Parapente Happy Sky Medellín sell an hour at the launch with photos and video included; you arrange the ride up and back. Only Fly also meets you at San Félix and sells transport and video as add-ons. BlueSky lists both as not included. Every flight from San Félix.
Xplore Colombia takes children from 3 years, Only Fly and Medellin Best Local Tours from 4, and Top 10 tours in Medellín from 12. The other listings name no minimum age, so ask before you book. Weight limits run from 115 kg to 140 kg, and some listings give two different values. Weight and age limits.
The Guatapé day trips with a flight take eight to ten hours and launch near Cocorná or about halfway to Guatapé, not at San Félix. If the flight is what you came for, a morning at San Félix and Guatapé on another day leave more time for both. Paragliding on a Guatapé day trip.
We cannot judge how safely an individual operator flies, and the verdict above does not rank anyone by safety. Whatever you book, ask to see the pilot’s tandem licence from Fedeaereos and which insurance covers you, and book a morning slot in August and September, when the wind at San Félix is stronger. Safety and licences.
For most visitors, the Green Bike Tours flight from San Félix: hotel pickup around 10:00 and GoPro photos and video are included, with about 15 minutes in the air.
At San Félix, Only Fly sells a 20 minute option and Medellin Best Local Tours gives 15 to 20 minutes. The Ecoventure day to Guatapé gives 20 minutes in one place of its listing and 25 in another.
Xplore Colombia takes children from 3 years, with transport and breakfast included. Only Fly and Medellin Best Local Tours take them from 4. The other listings name no minimum age.
For most visitors yes, mainly for the way back: getting up to San Félix by taxi is easy, but on a flight-only booking you have to find a car back down yourself.
Minutes in the air, total time, transfer and video for each flight.
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