Hacienda Napoles, former zoo, Colombia
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Hacienda Napoles (Spanish for Naples Estate) was the luxurious estate
built and owned by Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar in Puerto Triunfo,
Antioquia (320 km NW from Bogotá). The estate covered about 20 km² of
land.
Hacienda Napoles was Escobar's idea of Eden. He populated the lush
green hills with elephants, giraffe, buffalo, camels and lions. A
total of 700 farmhands stood to attention as their master played god.
Pablo Escobar, Welcomes Tourism to Hacienda Napoles in Colombia
Hacienda Napoles: At Home With Pablo Escobar, The Narco-Traficker Who
Lived In A Zoo
Since the death of Colombia’s notorious Pablo Escobar in 1993, his
Pablo Esocbar's Hacienda Napoles Finca is located four hours from
Medellin in the town of Doradal.
Puerto Triunfo, Colombia - Hacienda Napoles was Pablo Escobar's
pleasure palace, a 5,500-acre estate where the notorious drug lord
reigned over million-dollar cocaine deals, parties with underage girls
and visits by shadowy men of power.
Today, Hacienda Napoles is in ruins, taken over by jungle foliage and
bats. The sprawling Spanish-style mansion has been gutted, scavenged
by treasure hunters looking for stashes of gold and cash buried under
the floors.
of Hacienda Napoles, said she has yet to see a hippo wandering at
night, though some of her neighbors have. 'The first time I see a
hippo walking up here,' she said, 'I'm taking my daughter and
leaving.
Hacienda Napoles in Colombia, the home of the late Pablo Escobar, lies
in ruins. But now it has been reopened as a theme park, complete with
its original model dinosaurs and real live hippos imported with
Escobar’s cocaine billions. Classy.
Hacienda Napoles, the drug baron's version of the biblical ark, has
since fallen into ruins. Its name is barely readable on the concrete
arch at the beginning of the drive.
Hacienda Napoles: At home with Pablo Escobar, the drug baron who lived
in a zoo
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Since the death of the notorious cocaine supplier, his estate has
fallen into disrepair.
Anyone make it over to Hacienda Napoles from Medellin? Is it
difficult? Is it worth it?
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Hacienda Napoles / Cali Zoo / More Zoos in Colombia...
Hacienda Napoles was once the playground of the world's most notorious
druglord, a bacchanalian expression of criminal wealth and power, but
today it stands as a monument to his extinction.
Out at Hacienda Napoles, his rural retreat, nostalgia is blossoming.
At the entrance, Escobar used to display, on a pedestal, the
single-engine Piper Cub plane which flew his first cocaine shipments.
Hacienda Napoles, the former estate of the wealthiest drug lord in
history, Pablo Escobar. The 5,500-acre estate was home to
million-dollar cocaine deals, parties with underage girls, and
meetings with shadowy politicians, but has recently re-opened as an
odd Jurassic Park-zoo meets surreal Neverland.
of 2008, the hippos of Hacienda Napoles were still roaming the site
along with the visitors, who poked through the rapidly disintegrating
mansion, admired the life-size sculptures of fighting dinosaurs, and
played on the land which had once inspired such fear.
The Hacienda Napoles is a sprawling estate which once belonged to
Pablo Escobar, one of the most feared members of the Medellin drug
cartel in Colombia.
In 2007, Hacienda Napoles was opened as
a theme park, catering to the curious visitors who had already been
poking around the site for years.
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