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Weight and age limits for paragliding in Medellín

Each operator sets its own limits. Here they are side by side, including the listings that give two different numbers.

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Paragliding tour from Medellín with GoPro photos and videos
Green Bike Tours Medellin · 4 hours Paragliding tour from Medellín with GoPro photos and videos
★ 4.9 (1,514) from $121
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Medellín paragliding flight over the Andes
Top 10 tours in Medellín · 4 hours Medellín paragliding flight over the Andes
★ 4.8 (227) from $89
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Paragliding at San Félix with GoPro and transport options
Paragliding Medellin Only Fly · 3 to 3.5 hours Paragliding at San Félix with GoPro and transport options
★ 4.9 (225) from $88
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We found no Colombian rule that fixes a maximum weight or a minimum age for tandem passengers. The limits come from the operators, and they vary: from 115 to 140 kg for weight, and from 3 to 18 years for age where an age is given at all. Two listings state two different weight limits on the same page. If you are close to a figure, settle it with the operator before you pay.

Limits for the flights from San Félix

Sorted by number of reviews. Not stated means the listing gives no figure, not that there is no limit.

Photo Flight Weight limit Minimum age In the air Hotel transfer Reviews ↕ Price ↕ Book
Pickup and GoPro video Green Bike Tours Medellin Not stated Not stated ≈ 15 min Included ★ 4.9 (1,514) $121 per person Book now
Flight over the Andes Top 10 tours in Medellín Not stated 12 years ≈ 15 min Car from Parque Lleras ★ 4.8 (227) $89 per person Book now
Flight, extras optional Paragliding Medellin Only Fly 125 kg 4 years 15 or 20 min Extra ★ 4.9 (225) $88 per person Book now
Aeroclub flight in Bello Aeroclub San Felix Parapente 130 kg 7 years 15 min Extra ★ 4.8 (44) $95 per person Book now
One hour, video included ParapenteSanFelix 140 kg Not stated 15 min No ★ 5.0 (31) $71 per person Book now
Flight with transport and video BiciTour Medellin 122 kg Not stated 15 min Included ★ 5.0 (13) $142 per person Book now
Pickup and breakfast Paragliding The dream of flying Conflicting 18 years 15 min Included ★ 5.0 (7) $110 per person Book now
Flight with breakfast and transport Medellin Best Local Tours Conflicting 4 years 15–20 min Included ★ 5.0 (5) $105 per person Book now
San Félix flight with photos Parapente Happy Sky Medellín Not stated Not stated 15 min Meeting point ★ 4.6 (3) $70 per person Book now
Flight with transport and breakfast Xplore Colombia Not stated 3 years 15 min Included ★ 5.0 (1) $141 per person Book now

Limits on the flights near Guatapé

Each listing sets the weight limit at 120 kg, and none of them states a minimum age.

Photo Flight Launch Total time Reviews ↕ Price ↕ Book
Paragliding in Cocorná plus Guatapé Ecoventure Cocorná 8 h ★ 4.9 (24) $360 per person Book now
Guacaica flight from Guatapé Ecoventure Guacaica canyon 3 h $130 per person Book now

Flight prices are per person and refresh from GetYourGuide and Viator; where video or a transfer is not part of a flight, the booking page adds it as an option.

Each flight with its limits

Each card lists time in the air, transfer and video. Open a card for the full listing.

Paragliding tour from Medellín with GoPro photos and videos
Green Bike Tours Medellin

Paragliding tour from Medellín with GoPro photos and videos

  • Duration: 4 hours
  • In the air: About 15 min
  • Launch: San Félix, Bello
  • Hotel transfer: Yes, pickup around 10:00
  • Video: Included (GoPro)

✓ Free cancellation up to 24 hours before

from $121 ★ 4.9 (1,514 reviews)
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About this flight

A half-day trip from Medellín to the launch at San Félix with a tandem flight over the Aburrá Valley. Hotel pickup and GoPro photos and videos are part of the package.

The tour runs for about four hours. Around 15 minutes of that are spent in the air; the rest is the drive up, the wait for your slot and the briefing.

What’s included

  • Pickup and drop-off in Medellín
  • Tandem paragliding flight with a pilot
  • GoPro photos and videos

Know before you go

  • About 15 minutes of the four hours are in the air
  • The launch is reached on foot over a long flight of steps

Details from the operator’s listing on the booking platform; where two listings disagree, we say so.

Medellín paragliding flight over the Andes
Top 10 tours in Medellín

Medellín paragliding flight over the Andes

  • Duration: 4 hours
  • In the air: About 15 min
  • Launch: San Félix, Bello
  • Hotel transfer: Meeting point at the Juan Valdez Café in Parque Lleras, then by car; reviews mention a pickup
  • Video: Extra. The listing names photos and video as an optional add-on
  • Minimum age: 12 years

✓ Free cancellation up to 24 hours before

from $89 ★ 4.8 (227 reviews)
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About this flight

A four-hour trip from the Parque Lleras area to San Félix, with roughly a quarter of an hour in the air according to the itinerary.

Children under 12 are not accepted. If the flight is cancelled because of the weather, the listing promises a full refund.

What’s included

  • Tandem paragliding flight
  • Meeting point at Parque Lleras

Know before you go

  • Not for children under 12
  • Full refund if the weather stops the flight
  • Photos and video are an optional add-on

Details from the operator’s listing on the booking platform; where two listings disagree, we say so.

Paragliding at San Félix with GoPro and transport options
Paragliding Medellin Only Fly

Paragliding at San Félix with GoPro and transport options

  • Duration: 3 to 3.5 hours
  • In the air: 15 or 20 min (option)
  • Launch: San Félix, Bello
  • Hotel transfer: No, bookable as an add-on
  • Video: Extra (GoPro or Insta360)
  • Weight limit: Up to 125 kg
  • Minimum age: 4 years

✓ Free cancellation up to 24 hours before

from $88 ★ 4.9 (225 reviews)
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About this flight

The flight itself, with the choice of a 15 or 20 minute option. Transport from your hotel and the video are separate add-ons, so you only pay for what you choose.

You meet at the launch in San Félix. The listing shows a wheelchair badge, but the take-off area is reached over a long flight of steps.

What’s included

  • Tandem paragliding flight of 15 or 20 minutes

Not included

  • Hotel transfer (optional add-on for one to four people)
  • GoPro or Insta360 video (optional)

Know before you go

  • Maximum weight 125 kg
  • Minimum age 4 years

Details from the operator’s listing on the booking platform; where two listings disagree, we say so.

Paragliding in Medellín with the San Félix aeroclub
Aeroclub San Felix Parapente

Paragliding in Medellín with the San Félix aeroclub

  • Duration: 3 hours
  • In the air: 15 min
  • Launch: San Félix, Bello
  • Hotel transfer: No. Private transport costs extra; after an alternate landing you are driven back to the launch
  • Video: Extra. Photos and video with the club’s GoPro cost extra; your own camera is allowed
  • Weight limit: Up to 130 kg
  • Minimum age: 7 years

✓ Free cancellation up to 24 hours before

from $95 ★ 4.8 (44 reviews)
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About this flight

A 15 minute tandem flight with the San Félix aeroclub, three hours in total. You register at the club’s office next to the El Voladero restaurant.

Photos and video with the club’s GoPro and private transport are not included; you may film with your own camera. If you land at the alternate site, the club drives you back to the launch. Children from seven years can fly.

What’s included

  • Tandem paragliding flight of about 15 minutes

Know before you go

  • Maximum weight 130 kg
  • Minimum age 7 years
  • GoPro photos and video cost extra; your own camera is allowed
  • Wheelchair badge on the listing, but the launch is reached over steps

Details from the operator’s listing on the booking platform; where two listings disagree, we say so.

Tandem paragliding flight in Medellín with photos and videos
ParapenteSanFelix

Tandem paragliding flight in Medellín with photos and videos

  • Duration: 1 hour
  • In the air: 15 min
  • Launch: San Félix, Bello
  • Hotel transfer: No. Transport to and from the launch is not included; only a ride back after an alternate landing
  • Video: Included
  • Weight limit: Up to 140 kg

✓ Free cancellation up to 24 hours before

from $71 ★ 5.0 (31 reviews)
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About this flight

The shortest booking in the table: about an hour on site, with a 15 minute flight. Photos and video come with the flight.

The weight limit of 140 kg is the highest listed for San Félix. You meet at the aeroclub on the road to San Pedro de los Milagros; transport there and back is not included, only a ride back if you land at the alternate site.

What’s included

  • Tandem paragliding flight
  • Photos and videos of the flight
  • Ride back after an alternate landing

Know before you go

  • Maximum weight 140 kg
  • Transport to and from the launch is not included

Details from the operator’s listing on the booking platform; where two listings disagree, we say so.

Paragliding in Medellín with transportation and free videos
BiciTour Medellin

Paragliding in Medellín with transportation and free videos

  • Duration: 4 hours
  • In the air: 15 min
  • Launch: San Félix, Bello
  • Hotel transfer: Yes, pickup around 10:00
  • Video: Included
  • Weight limit: Up to 122 kg

✓ Free cancellation up to 24 hours before

from $142 ★ 5.0 (13 reviews)
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About this flight

A four-hour trip with pickup around 10 in the morning, a 15 minute flight and the video included.

The weight limit is 122 kg.

What’s included

  • Transport from and to Medellín
  • Tandem paragliding flight
  • Video of the flight

Know before you go

  • Maximum weight 122 kg

Details from the operator’s listing on the booking platform; where two listings disagree, we say so.

Skip-the-line paragliding in Medellín with an experienced pilot
Paragliding The dream of flying

Skip-the-line paragliding in Medellín with an experienced pilot

  • Duration: 3 hours
  • In the air: 15 min
  • Launch: San Félix, Bello
  • Hotel transfer: Yes, pickup (for example in Laureles)
  • Video: Included
  • Weight limit: Conflicting. The listing gives 130 kg in one place and 135 kg in another
  • Minimum age: 18 years

✓ Free cancellation up to 24 hours before

from $110 ★ 5.0 (7 reviews)
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About this flight

A three-hour package with pickup, breakfast, a 15 minute flight and the video. The operator prefers morning flights between 9 and 12; afternoon slots are only offered in June, July, December and January.

The listing gives two different weight limits, so confirm the limit if you are close to it.

What’s included

  • Pickup in Medellín
  • Breakfast
  • Tandem paragliding flight of about 15 minutes
  • Photos and video

Know before you go

  • Weight limit given as 130 kg and as 135 kg
  • Passengers from 18 years
  • Morning flights preferred
  • Wheelchair badge on the listing, but the launch is reached over steps

Details from the operator’s listing on the booking platform; where two listings disagree, we say so.

Paragliding in Medellín with breakfast and transport
Medellin Best Local Tours

Paragliding in Medellín with breakfast and transport

  • Duration: 3.5 hours
  • In the air: 15 to 20 min
  • Launch: San Félix, Bello
  • Hotel transfer: Yes, hotel pickup and drop-off in Medellín
  • Video: Extra (GoPro)
  • Weight limit: Conflicting. The listing gives 115 kg in one place and 120 kg in another
  • Minimum age: 4 years

✓ Free cancellation up to 24 hours before

from $105 ★ 5.0 (5 reviews)
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About this flight

Hotel pickup in Medellín, breakfast and a flight of 15 to 20 minutes. The GoPro video costs extra.

If the weather stops the flight, the listing promises a full refund.

What’s included

  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Breakfast
  • Tandem paragliding flight

Not included

  • GoPro video

Know before you go

  • Weight limit given as 115 kg and as 120 kg
  • Minimum age 4 years
  • Full refund if the weather stops the flight

Details from the operator’s listing on the booking platform; where two listings disagree, we say so.

San Félix paragliding flight with photos and videos
Parapente Happy Sky Medellín

San Félix paragliding flight with photos and videos

  • Duration: 1 hour
  • In the air: 15 min
  • Launch: San Félix, Bello
  • Hotel transfer: No hotel pickup listed; meeting point in San Félix. A ride back after an alternate landing is included
  • Video: Included

✓ Free cancellation up to 24 hours before

from $70 ★ 4.6 (3 reviews)
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About this flight

A one-hour booking at the San Félix launch with a 15 minute tandem flight. Photos and video by the operator are included.

You meet the pilot in San Félix; a hotel pickup is not listed. If you land at the alternate site, the ride back is included. The listing gives no weight limit and no minimum age.

What’s included

  • Tandem paragliding flight of 15 minutes
  • Photos and video of the flight
  • Ride back after an alternate landing

Details from the operator’s listing on the booking platform; where two listings disagree, we say so.

Medellín 15-minute paragliding flight with transportation and breakfast
Xplore Colombia

Medellín 15-minute paragliding flight with transportation and breakfast

  • Duration: 3 hours
  • In the air: 15 min
  • Launch: San Félix, Bello
  • Hotel transfer: Yes, from Laureles or El Poblado
  • Video: Extra. The listing puts photos and video footage under what is not included
  • Minimum age: 3 years

✓ Free cancellation up to 24 hours before

from $141 ★ 5.0 (1 review)
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About this flight

A three-hour package with pickup in Laureles or El Poblado, breakfast and a 15 minute flight. Photos and video are not included.

Children under three cannot fly. If the weather stops the flight, the listing promises a full refund.

What’s included

  • Transport from Laureles or El Poblado
  • Breakfast
  • Tandem paragliding flight

Not included

  • Photos and video
  • Additional minutes in the air

Know before you go

  • Not for children under 3
  • Full refund if the weather stops the flight

Details from the operator’s listing on the booking platform; where two listings disagree, we say so.

Paragliding flight and Guatapé tour from Medellín
Ecoventure

Paragliding flight and Guatapé tour from Medellín

  • Duration: 8 hours
  • In the air: Conflicting. The listing gives 20 minutes in one place and 25 in another
  • Launch: Cocorná
  • Hotel transfer: Yes
  • Weight limit: Up to 120 kg

✓ Free cancellation up to 24 hours before

from $360 ★ 4.9 (24 reviews)
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About this flight

A full day east of Medellín: a flight from the launch at Cocorná, not San Félix, combined with a visit to Guatapé. Transport is included.

The listing gives the flight as 20 minutes in one place and 25 in another. If the weather stops the flight, it promises a full refund.

What’s included

  • Transport from Medellín
  • Tandem paragliding flight at Cocorná
  • Visit to Guatapé

Know before you go

  • Launch at Cocorná, not San Félix
  • Maximum weight 120 kg
  • Full refund if the weather stops the flight

Details from the operator’s listing on the booking platform; where two listings disagree, we say so.

Paragliding over the Guacaica jungle from Guatapé
Ecoventure

Paragliding over the Guacaica jungle from Guatapé

  • Duration: 3 hours
  • In the air: 10 to 15 min
  • Launch: Guacaica canyon
  • Hotel transfer: Yes, from Guatapé
  • Weight limit: Up to 120 kg

✓ Free cancellation up to 24 hours before

from $130
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About this flight

A three-hour trip for travellers already staying in Guatapé, with a flight of 10 to 15 minutes over the Guacaica canyon.

Transport starts in Guatapé, not in Medellín.

What’s included

  • Transport from Guatapé
  • Tandem paragliding flight

Know before you go

  • Starts in Guatapé
  • Maximum weight 120 kg

Details from the operator’s listing on the booking platform; where two listings disagree, we say so.

Weight runs from 115 to 140 kg

ParapenteSanFelix lists the highest limit at San Félix with 140 kg, followed by the aeroclub with 130 kg, Only Fly with 125 kg and BiciTour with 122 kg. The two Ecoventure flights near Guatapé allow 120 kg. Green Bike Tours, Top 10 tours in Medellín and Xplore Colombia give no weight limit in their listings. For a tandem flight both the pilot and the wing need a tandem rating under the aviation rules. Ask whether the limit is measured with clothes and shoes.

Two listings, two numbers

The dream of flying gives 130 kg in one part of its listing and 135 kg in another. Medellin Best Local Tours gives 115 kg and 120 kg. We do not pick one of them for you, and neither should you: if your weight falls between the two values, write to the operator before you book and keep the answer.

Children from three years

Xplore Colombia takes children from three years, Only Fly and Medellin Best Local Tours from four, the aeroclub from seven. Top 10 tours in Medellín does not accept children under 12. The dream of flying only takes passengers from 18. The other listings name no minimum age, which does not mean they take any child; ask first. Children fly in tandem with a pilot like adults do, so the same steps up to the launch and the same cooler air apply to them. Clothing for the launch is on what to wear.

The listings commonly rule out passengers who are pregnant or have heart or back problems or epilepsy. If anything like that applies to you, tell the operator when you book rather than at the launch.

Steps, not only weight

Fitness matters on the ground more than in the air. From the road you climb a long staircase to the take-off area at San Félix, and the take-off itself means a few running steps towards the slope. Some listings show a wheelchair-accessible badge although the launch is reached over those steps. If walking or running is difficult for you, describe it to the operator in advance and ask how they handle it. Licences and insurance are covered on safety and licences.

First-time flyers and one refusal

Two passengers describe how the pilots adapted to them. The one-star review reports that the group was not allowed to fly and rebooked elsewhere; it does not say why, and we do not guess. It shows that the last word is spoken at the launch.

“it was my first time doing this so the challenge was ON, the instructor made the experience easily adaptable would recommend and do it again”
Daniel · Aruba · November 2025 Paragliding with transport and video · BiciTour Medellin
“Great experience in Medellín, I would highly recommend it. They take very good care of you and the views are amazing !”
Clara · Germany · May 2026 Paragliding with pickup and breakfast · The dream of flying
“would not let us fly... Had to rebook with another company in the same plaza”
John · United States · June 2025 Paragliding with the San Félix aeroclub · Aeroclub San Felix Parapente

Reviews by passengers after their flight, from GetYourGuide.

FAQ

What is the weight limit for paragliding in Medellín?

It depends on the operator. The listings on this site range from 115 kg to 140 kg. ParapenteSanFelix gives the highest limit with 140 kg.

Is there a legal maximum weight in Colombia?

We found none for passengers. The operators set their own limits, and the rules require that pilot and wing are rated for tandem flights.

How old do children have to be?

From 3 years at Xplore Colombia, from 4 at Only Fly and Medellin Best Local Tours, from 7 with the aeroclub, from 12 at Top 10 tours in Medellín and from 18 at The dream of flying. Several listings give no minimum age.

What if the listing gives two weight limits?

The dream of flying and Medellin Best Local Tours each state two values. Ask the operator in writing which one applies before you book.

Who should not fly?

The listings commonly exclude pregnant passengers and people with heart or back problems or epilepsy. Tell the operator about any health condition when you book.

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