PHOTOS: Electric wheelchair tours show Colombian city from new angle

Wilson Guzman, a tour guide, right, leads an electric wheelchair tour in Medellin, Colombia, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020.  For the equivalent of $25, both people who can and can't walk can get on the electric wheelchairs and take the three-hour tour of the city’s riverside parks, which includes stops at a coffee shop and a bar that does beer tasting. (AP)

Updated on: Dec 03, 2020 9:57 AM IST

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Wilson Guzman, a tour guide, right, leads an electric wheelchair tour in Medellin, Colombia, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020.  For the equivalent of $25, both people who can and can't walk can get on the electric wheelchairs and take the three-hour tour of the city’s riverside parks, which includes stops at a coffee shop and a bar that does beer tasting. (AP)

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Martin Londoño, owner of MATT, an electric wheelchair tour company talks during an interview in Medellin, Colombia, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020. Londoño, an entrepreneur who lost the use of his legs in a traffic accident is organizing electric wheelchair tours for people with disabilities or fully abled folks, in a bid to generate employment for people while creating awareness of the challenges faced by those on wheelchairs. (AP)

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A tourist rides an electric wheelchair during a tour in Medellin, Colombia, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020. The steering and breaks on the wheelchairs are like those on a regular bicycle, while accelerating only requires pushing a button on one of the handles. (AP)

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Tourists in electric wheelchairs ride at a park in Medellin, Colombia, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020. (AP)

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Tourists in electric wheelchairs ride in the streets of Medellin, Colombia, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020. To move tourists around the city, MATT uses electric hand-cycles that are powered by rechargeable batteries and latch on to wheelchairs with metal bars and hooks. (AP)

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Martin Londoño, left, owner of MATT, an electric wheelchair tour company, greets a client in Medellin, Colombia, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020.   (AP)

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Martin Londoño, right, owner of MATT, an electric wheelchair tour company, rides his wheelchair at a skate park in Medellin, Colombia, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020. Londoño says he is trying to promote his tour on social media while building partnerships with local travel companies. He dreams of taking the wheelchair tours to other cities in Colombia, Latin America and the United States. (AP)