Today you start your Colombian adventure!
A driver will be waiting for you at arrivals and will bring you directly to your cosy hotel in the historic center of Bogotá. Depending on your arrival time, you will have some free time to calmly acclimatize, get used to the altitude, and relax.
Accommodation: Hotel Casa Deco
After breakfast, you will discover La Candelaria, the charming colonial old town of Bogotá. Your English-speaking guide will take you to discover the best places of this colourful area in a 3.5 hours-long private walking tour.
Along the walk, you will visit iconic places such as the Plaza Bolivar and Chorro de Quevedo. Your guide will give you explanations and facts about the history of Bogotá, as well as its current situation.
After lunch, you will have some free time to keep discovering Bogota and its great museums on your own.
Accommodation: Hotel Casa Deco
After breakfast, you will be taken to Bogota’s airport so you can catch a flight to the Coffee Zone. After landing in the airport of Pereira, you will be taken to your hotel, located one hour driving away.
Your hotel will be a traditional coffee hacienda. It is surrounded by a gorgeous garden and an active coffee plantation. You will be able to enjoy an outdoor pool with Jacuzzi, and visit the different viewpoints over the plantations and the green mountains that are so characteristic for this region.
In the afternoon, you will take a great coffee tour. Your English-speaking guide will take you through all the different steps in the process of making coffee. You will see the whole process, from the bean to the cup. The tour takes about 3 hours.
Accommodation: Hotel Finca del Cafe
In the morning you will leave your beautiful hacienda to pay a visit to the Cocora Valley with a guide. You will make an amazingly beautiful walk in the valley that is dotted with large palm trees. These peculiar trees are the national tree of Colombia, the Quindio Wax Palm tree, and they can get as high as 60 meters.
Afterwards you will visit Salento, a colonial town nested at the feet of the Cocora valley and where you will have the opportunity to walk around and take pictures of the cute colorful houses.
You will finish your tour with a visit to Filandia, a local coffee village that is famous for its beautiful local arts and crafts. Around 17:00 you will be back at the hotel to enjoy the last sunshine of the day.
Accommodation: Hotel Finca del Café
In the morning, after a delicious breakfast, you will be taken to the airport of Pereira to catch a flight to Santa Marta. Upon landing, you will be taken to your beach hotel in the surroundings of the Tayrona National Park.
You will have the afternoon to enjoy the hotel’s facilities, relax and start enjoying the Caribbean sea.
Accommodation: Hotel Villa Maria Tayrona
Today could be the perfect day to visit Tayrona National Park. The hotel can arrange for you to be brought to the entrance of the park so you spend the day discovering the beautiful beaches and jungle walk at your own pace.
However, it is also perfectly possible to spend your day on the pristine beach in front of the hotel and to use the facilities of the place.
The hotel can also help you with explaining and leading you to two gorgeous walks in the surroundings.
Accommodation: Villa María Tayrona
In the morning you will still have some time to enjoy the beach and the hotel’s facilities.
After lunch, you will be picked up and taken to the pearl of the Caribbean: Cartagena. The drive takes around 5 hours along beautiful landscapes.
Accommodation: Hotel Boutique 3 Banderas
In the morning, you will take a fantastic 4-hours long city tour of Cartagena, a city that captures the heart of all its visitors because of its colours, Caribbean climate, warm people and its historical legacy.
This tour starts by picking you up at your hotel to take you to La Popa monastery. In this place, you can view Cartagena entirely from a viewpoint and learn about the history of this monastery.
Afterwards, we will drive to Castillo de San Felipe, a strong fort built on top of a mountain by the Spanish as a strategic point to gain control of the bay, where incredible battles were fought during many centuries. There we’ll have the opportunity to discover from the outside the impressive architecture and history behind this fort.
The Cartagena city tour continues with some great walks around the 2 oldest and most important neighbourhoods of Cartagena: Getsemani (famous for its graffities and colourful streets) and El Centro (the best preserved of the city).
In the afternoon, you will have some free time for you to enjoy the city on your own.
Accommodation: Hotel Boutique 3 Banderas
Explore Colombia´s turquoise Caribbean sea by taking this exciting Rosario Islands tour near Cartagena.
Imagine yourself on a white sand island dotted by palm trees and surrounded by turquoise water, holding a cocktail. No, this is not a dream, it can become reality on the Island tour to the Rosario islands.
You will leave Cartagena in the morning and be back around 4 P.M. In one of the islands you will have access to two gorgeous beaches to relax and swim and you will be served a typical Caribbean lunch.
Accommodation: Hotel Boutique 3 Banderas.
Today you will have your last day in Cartagena and in Colombia. Depending on the departure time of your flight back home, you might still have some time to keep discovering and enjoying Cartagena.
At the right time, you will be picked up in your hotel and taken to Cartagena’s airport.
All local flights.
Land transport, tours, and accommodation as mentioned in the itinerary.
Breakfast in each hotel.
Premium Travel Insurance (Click here to see what is included)
24/7 support from the Lulo Colombia staff.
The use of one of Lulo’s mobile phones on your trip.
A local SIM card with emergency credit.
A travel application with access to all details of your trip.
International flight.
Not mentioned services and meals.
Price based on group of 2.
Price is subject to change, depending on availability of hotels and flights.
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