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This 37.7 kilometer route is ideal for amateur cyclists who are just starting out or just getting back into the rhythm. It starts in the main park of Gachancipá, just 40 minutes from Bogotá. There is the Gacha Monument, which is a clay pot built by the Muisca Indians to boil salt water until it solidifies, in honor of this ancestral tradition. As well as the Doctrinera Cross, an ancient symbol of Spanish Christianity carved in stone and installed before the founding of the town around which long days of evangelization were made. From there we take Carrera 5, pass by the Casa de la Estación Férrea, located on the central separator of the highway and a reminder of the golden age of the Northeastern Railroad in the early twentieth century, and finally take the road to Jaroma Roses, for 2.4 kilometers. A detail to keep in mind is that once you pass the small bridge under which passes the Bogota River, the pavement disappears and comes a stretch of about 3 kilometers of unpaved terrain. This is the only one in the entire route. This route is also part of the so-called "Hummingbird Route", designed and signposted by the Central Region - RAPE, and known for the song and colors of these species that, along with copetones and toches, accompany the cyclists for about 60 kilometers, starting in La Calera and passing through Sopó, Tocancipá, Nemocón and finally Suesca. At the end of the 2.4 kilometers you must take the road to Zipaquirá for approximately 10 kilometers. It is a flat stretch on a road that, although narrow, is in very good condition and fully paved. Then we will find the intersection of the roads that lead to Zipaquirá to Nemocón (on the right) and to Cogua (on the left). We will take the latter and face the last 4 kilometers of this first stretch, with a 4.6% ramp before reaching the main park of Cogua.

This town is sheltered by the Páramo el Guerrero and the Neusa Dam, two natural beauties that watch over it jealously. It is an ecological destination that invites to rest and relaxation, a place frequented for recreation, camping and water sports in the waters of the Neusa Reservoir, located 15 kilometers from the town center and surrounded by pine and eucalyptus forests. The obligatory lunch stop can be made at the Piqueteadero San Martín, located at CALLE 5 # 3 - 28 in Cogua, founded more than 40 years ago by Don Alfonso Pachón, who began selling some sausages on Sundays at the town square. Today it is Doña Carmenza, his daughter, who continues the family tradition that is famous for the legendary fritanga that brings loin, sausage, ribs, plantain, chicharrón totiado, creole potato and, of course, the famous blood sausage. The return will be by the same road except for the final stretch, since we will no longer take the Tocancipá - Zipaquirá variant, but we will continue straight on until the ear of the Bogotá - Tunja road, where we will take the direction to Gachancipá. It will be 20 kilometers of little demand, with very few slopes of maximum 4% inclination.

Flying goal: The Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, formed by a natural stone niche, is a place for rest and meditation in Gachancipá. Pure and crystalline waters flow down its sides, plants and wild flowers grow, while a tangle of eucalyptus, willow and pine trees weave around it. The story goes that between 1948 and 1949, in the lower sector of the San Bartolomé trail, some workers were digging out flagstones to make bridges. One of them found a slab with the image of Our Lady of Lourdes and a short time later it was taken to the parish house, from where it disappeared. In 1948 a niche was carved on the rock of the Cerro de la Cruz, which can be reached by a road leading to the San Bartolomé village, about 1 km from the urban perimeter. You can also visit the Casa Museo Campesino, a house that has more than 200 years of construction and preserves intact utensils and traditional tools used by the ancient peasants and indigenous musicians. You can also learn about the crops grown in the region and hike through beautiful ecological trails.