Colombia - Santa Marta Adventure Trip

We will meet in Bogota. Check the plaza central and the beautiful downtown area of Bogota. There will be street merchants and performers in a long stretch of street. We will eat dinner at an authentic Colombian restaurant.

We take a morning flight to Santa Marta and arrive there in the early afternoon. After lunch, we will visit the beach, old city and historic sites of Santa Marta. We will have local Colombia food in Santa Marta.

We will take a drive to Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona early morning. We will spend the day and enjoy the magnificent nature. Enjoy the magical beach where the forest meets the sea. Have lunch. Hike. And will be driving back to Santa Marta at dawn.

We will stay the night at Santa Marta and prepare for the trek the next morning. After driving back from Tayrona park, you will have some nighttime for yourself. We can optional visit more of Santa Marta.

The next morning we will join the lost city trek. It's a 4 day trip starting in the morning and we are back in Santa Marta at 5pm on the 4th day: DAY 1 SANTA MARTA – EL MAMEY – CAMP 1 This Trekking to Ciudad Perdida starts around 9:30 at our office; where a 4 WD car will take you in a 2 ½ drive to El Mamey, the place where we have lunch and then begin the search for the sacred place of Tayronas (antique Lost City residents). At the end of the afternoon, we arrive at the first camp, in its surroundings, we will find rivers, natural pools and waterfalls to have a relaxation moment; and then we have dinner and spend the night in hammocks. DAY 2 CAMP 1 – CAMP 3 The day begins and we have breakfast early in the morning. Then we start to walk by the riverside of Buritaca River, where we will find plenty of houses that make part of a Kogui indigenous village called Mutanshi. Our trek during the day will take about 7 hours going through the jungle of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and enjoying the biodiversity to finally reach the third camp (equipped with hammocks, beds and tents) where we will have a delicious dinner and rest after an adventurous day. DAY 3 CAMP 3 – LOST CITY – CAMP 2 Early in the morning, we have breakfast to start climbing up 1.200 steps to our main destination, a trail constructed by Tayrona people to reach the beautiful Lost City. Once we get there, the guide will show us everything related to this magic place full of relics and ancestral stories; we will spend the morning enjoying the landscapes and having enough time to rest and take pictures. Finally, we will have lunch at the third camp and then go back to the camp 2 for having dinner and spend the night. DAY 4 CAMP 2 – EL MAMEY The last day of The Trekking to Ciudad Perdida begins with the breakfast at the camp to then continue the way back to the point where all it started. During the walk, we will find rivers and waterfalls to have refreshing breaks. Finally, we reach El Mamey, where we will have lunch and our 4WD car will pick us up to go back to Santa Marta, arriving around 5:00 p.m. completely delighted of a lifetime experience in the amazing Sierra Nevada.

We can optionally have dinner or say just goodbye at Santa Marta. You have the option to return to Bogota, so you can return home. Or you can continue the journey and visit Cartagena the next day. You can either get on a 4-hour drive through Barranquilla to Cartagena or a short flight. Cartagena is a very touristic place. You will be fine continuing the trip on your own. I may join you, in fact. But from this point on, the main trip is over.