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 time to keep discovering Colombia’s capital city on your own. You could visit the Gold and Botero Museums, some of the best museums in the country.
Accommodation: Hotel Casa Deco
After a delicious breakfast it will be time to set course to the famous coffee zone of Colombia.
You will be picked up by a driver at your accommodation and he will bring you to the airport to catch your flight to Pereira. Another driver will await you in Pereira airport and transport you to your beautiful hotel in the heart of the coffee zone.
Your hotel will be a traditional coffee hacienda and 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.
Right after your arrival you can already start taking in the beauty of the exotic flowers and birds that are richly present.
In the afternoon it will be time to discover Colombia’s alternative gold: coffee! You will take part in a coffee tour on the plantations of the hotel.
Like this you will get to know the process, from seed to end product, to get to a coffee as delicious as the Colombian one. And, of course, you will be given the chance to try out different coffees from the region.
Accommodation: Hotel Finca del Café
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 nearby Termales de Santa Rosa de Cabal. You will have around 3 hours to get pampered in the hot springs and pools and enjoy the gorgeous views over a waterfall.
Afterwards, you will be taken back to the hotel so you can have lunch before going to Pereira’s airport to catch a flight to Cartagena.
Upon landing in Cartagena, you will be taken to your boutique hotel in the middle of the old colonial centre of this amazing city.
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, you will be driven 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 you will 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.
The last days of your time at the Caribbean coast of Colombia should be celebrated in style. At 08:30 you are brought to the harbor of Cartagena to take a speedboat to Isla Grande.
This is one of the many beautiful islands of the Rosario islands that are located at one hour navigating from the coast of Cartagena.
If besides relaxing at the beach you feel like doing some activities, you can take a birdwatching tour, a diving course, a snorkel or kayaking trip, a massage, or a walk through the mangroves.
Accommodation: Hotel San Pedro de Majagua.
Today you can choose how to spend your day. You can relax on the beach and enjoy your Caribbean paradise or consult the hotel for tours and activities.
Accommodation: Hotel San Pedro de Majagua
You will spend the morning and the afternoon calmly on the island. Your boat trip back to Cartagena is scheduled for 15:00 which means that around 16:00 you will be back in the harbor and you will be transported to the hotel where you stayed the previous time.
The late afternoon and evening are free for you to keep discovering Cartagena.
Accommodation: Hotel Tres 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.
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