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The Atlas Obscura Podcast

Hacienda Napoles

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

SiriusXM Podcasts & Atlas Obscura

Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2022

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Medellín Cartel founder Pablo Escobar built himself a sort of Jurassic Park-meets-Disney World resort with drug money. He called it Hacienda Nápoles. Now it’s overrun by Hippos. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/hacienda-napoles

Transcript

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0:00.0

Growing up outside Medellin, Colombia,

0:03.8

Gina Serena always loved going to the zoo.

0:08.0

Haseyenda Napolese.

0:10.1

We used to come to Haseyenda Napolese

0:12.8

because my dad used to have a farm near Haseyenda Napolese.

0:17.6

So when we got to the farms on weekends,

0:20.9

I always say that that let's go to the zoo.

0:24.6

I always love animals.

0:26.2

Did you laugh and yell offensive another animals?

0:31.2

Gina saw some typical stuff at the zoo.

0:33.2

Zebras, kangaroos, hippopotamuses.

0:36.2

But Haseyenda Napolese also had some less typical stuff.

0:42.2

Like concrete statues of dinosaurs,

0:45.2

a vintage car collection,

0:47.2

an airstrip, and a Mediterranean-style mansion.

0:52.2

This zoo wasn't a typical zoo.

0:56.2

This zoo belonged to drug kingpin Pablo Escobar.

1:05.2

At the peak of his power,

1:07.2

Escobar built himself a sort of Jurassic Park

1:10.2

meets Disney World Resort.

1:12.2

He called it Haseyenda Napolese.

1:15.2

He hosted parties, water-skied on man-made lakes.

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