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Trip Itinerary
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Santa Marta
Day 1-2
Day 1. 🗓️ 24/06/23 Welcome to the Pearl of the Caribbean! 🌅👋🏝️🍹🍽️ We'll meet in the evening and go for a walk through the historic center🚶🏰 and the bay, then, we can have a nice dinner and/or some drinks 🥂as we get to know each other in person and talk about our plans for the next day, as well as optional activities for the free afternoon we'll have on day 2. You can also spend the last day of our trip exploring the area and I will assist you with all the arrangements. 📝 Includes: ✔️ Hotel room in Santa Marta. 🛏️🏨
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Tungueka
Day 2
Day 2 🗓️ 25/06/23 - PART 1 - Santa Marta - Río Ancho 🌅🏖️🚘⛰️🏞️ We'll start at around 8 am when we'll leave Santa Marta to take the Caribbean road and go on a 2-hour drive to Río Ancho, where we'll spend the night🌌 after visiting Tungueka. Once in Río Ancho, the lovely restaurant by the river and its owners will warmly welcome you 🙌. While you order your lunch in advance and get ready for the hike, I'll tell you everything about the gorgeous little town I live in. -PART 2- Rio Ancho - Tungueka - Río Ancho 🏘️🚶 🏍️🏞️ ✔️ Free Afternoon. Our second day continues with a nice hike🥾to Tungueka🏞️. Enjoy the gorgeous scenery of the Sierra Nevada's nature, breathe in the fresh air, and after two hours of a soft hike, we will make it to one of our elder siblings' towns, Tungueka 🌳. We'll get to see the Kogi tribe in their everyday lives 👨👩👧👦, have some time to enjoy the river 🌊, and receive some ancient wisdom from the Mama (Spiritual Leader) 🧘♀️. This will be a great opportunity to learn from their perspective of life and the role of humanity on our planet and have a meaningful cultural exchange 🤝. The motorbikes will be ready to take us back to Rio Ancho 🏍️, where a delicious typical lunch will be waiting for us, as well as the river and a free afternoon 🌞. Includes: ✔️ Breakfast 🍳 ✔️ Access to the Kogi indigenous community. ✔️ Private interview with the spiritual leader of Tungueka🗨️👥 . ✔️ Contribution per person to the Mama (Spiritual leader) and indigenous translator. ✔️ Contribution per person to the local communities of Rio Ancho and Tungueka. ✔️ Motorbike ride from Tungueka to Río Ancho🏍️ ✔️ Lunch by the river 🍽️.
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Río Ancho
Day 2-3
After a great time learning from one of the spiritual leaders🙏 of the Kogi tribe, having a nice lunch by the river, and enjoying this authentic, traditional part of the Colombian Caribbean 🦜, it's time to enjoy a free afternoon exploring the optional activities in the area and get some rest at the beautiful hostel in Río Ancho🏞️. Includes: ✔️ Hostel room by the river 🛏️.
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Machete Pelao
Day 3
Day 3. 🗓️ 26/06/23 - PART 1- Río Ancho - Machete Pelao - Vista Hermosa 🌄🚘🏘️🍽️🏍️ The third day starts at around 6 am🌄. The car 🚘 will take us back to the Caribbean road on a one-and-a-half-hour ride to the entrance to the Lost City Trek, where we will meet our local guide. 👤-The Lost City Trek is something I've been doing for 8 years, so I have chosen the best⭐ guides for our trip! 💪 Once we meet our guide, we'll hop in the cars again to take the gravel road for another hour to Machete Pelao, where we'll stop for some typical breakfast 🍽️ and gear up for the adventure. There will be motorbikes 🏍️ waiting for us, they'll take us from Machete Pelao to Vista Hermosa, where our hike begins 🥾. Includes: ✔️ Car transport from Río Ancho to Machete Pelao 🚘. ✔️ Breakfast 🥞. ✔️ Motorbike from Machete Pelao to Vista Hermosa 🏍️ ✔️ Local guide 👤
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Camino Ciudad Perdida
Day 3-4
Day 3 - PART 2 - Vista Hermosa - Paso De Lorenzo Camp. 🏞️🚶🏕️🏊🍽️🥾🏕️🌌 From Vista Hermosa, we'll have about three hours of walking through beautiful landscapes🏞️ to Mumake camp, where we'll have some time to refresh in the river 🏊 right before lunch. Our hike 🥾continues for another 3 hours in the beauty of the Sierra to Paso de Lorenzo Camp, where we'll spend the night 🏕️. Includes: ✔️ Lunch at Mumake Camp 🍽️. ✔️ Dinner at Paso De Lorenzo Camp 🍽️. ✔️ Local guide 👤
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Ciudad Perdida Magdalena
Day 4-5
Day 4. 🗓️27/06/23 Paso de Lorenzo - the Lost City - Mumake Camp. 🌄🥾🗿🏊🚶🏕️🌌 The big day is here! 💪 Our hike to the ancient Lost City will start as the first early sunbeams appear. After a nice cup of hot chocolate, tea, or coffee ☕ and some delicious typical breakfast, we'll only have a one-hour walk 🥾to the ancient 1,200 stone steps to the Lost City🗿, built between 600 and 700 CE. Take some time to catch your breath after half an hour going up the steps -which will be no easy thing with such breathtaking views surrounding you. Once in the Lost City, we'll have about 3 hours to walk around🚶its 4 Square kilometers of uncovered, restored areas🗿. Our guide and I will tell you all the history of the place and have some snacks🍍🍫 ready for you before going back on another one-and-a-half-hour walk 🚶to Paso de Lorenzo for lunch 🍽️, where the river by the camp will be waiting for you. 🏊 From Paso de Lorenzo to Mumake camp🏕️, we'll have a three-hour hike and the river by the camp awaits us once again🌊. We'll spend the night there and even though we'll have already found the Lost City, the adventure goes on. Next stop: The waterfalls! 💦🏞️. Includes: ✔️ All meals 🍽️ ✔️ Snacks 🍍🍫 ✔️ Local guide 👤l
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Quebrada del sol
Day 5-6
Day 5. 🗓️ 28/06/23 Mumake - Las Cascadas. 🌞🏞️💦🏊 Time to go on the new route🧭 to the waterfalls and take a dip in them! 🌊We'll find the route after the first hour of hiking. It will be 3 hours in total surrounded by very tall trees🌳, exuberant nature,🦜 and incredible views all the way to the camp, where we'll have lunch🍽️, rest, enjoy the tranquility of the place🧘, and spend the night there. 💤🌌. Includes: ✔️ All meals 🍽️ ✔️ Local guide 👤
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Machete Pelao
Day 6
Day 6 🗓️29/06/23 - Part 1 - Las Cascadas - Machete Pelao 🌄🚶🏞️🏊🏍️ Our last day of the hike will also be full of gorgeous nature surrounding us🦜 and lots of fun in the crystal-clear Buritaca river🌊, which will wait for us while we walk🚶3 hours to finally dive🤸🌊 from an 8-meter tall hanging bridge. If diving from a tall bridge is not your thing🙅, then, you can also walk into the river🚶🏊, or just take it easy🧘and rest before our motorbike ride🏍️ back to Machete Pelao for lunch. Includes: ✔️ Local guide 👤 ✔️ River tubing (subject to availability at the place)🌊 ✔️ Motorbike ride to Machete Pelao🏍️
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Río Ancho
Day 6-7
Day 6 - Part Two - Machete Pelao - Río Ancho. 🍽️🚘🏘️🧘🌌 It's time to go back to gorgeous Río Ancho after such an incredible hike🥇. We'll say goodbye to our awesome local guide 💪👤 after lunch and head to Río Ancho🏘️ to spend our trip's final night, which we can make even more special by sharing a nice farewell dinner.👥🍽️🥂 Includes: ✔️ Lunch in Machete Pelao 🍽️ ✔️ Car transfer to Río Ancho.🚘 ✔️ Hostel room by the river 🛌 ⚠️ Does not include farewell dinner.
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Río Ancho
Day 7
Day 7 🗓️ 30/06/23 👋Farewell👋 After a real unique🌟 experience in the heart of the world🌎 -the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta🗻, this Is it... Or maybe not? This could be a great chance for you to explore optional activities; otherwise, I'll just help you with your departure✈️ and hope to travel with you again soon! 🍻👋 Includes: ✔️ Breakfast 🥞🍳☕
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