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11 Day itinerary in Colombia, South America

Colombia Full Experience: Bogotá, Coffee Region, Medellín...

Natgeo says: "If Earth's biodiversity were a country, it could be called Colombia." Enjoy a wonderful week in Colombia. These eleven nights and nine days, will allow you to discover the most known regions of the country, where you will experienced all of the diversity of culture, gastronomy, music, ... Read More

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Overview

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Recommended Age

Everyone

Operated in

English, French, Portuguese

GUIDANCE

Tour Guide

starting point

Bogota

trip type

Private

trip attributes

Outdoors & Nature

Classic Sights

Food & Drink

Start

Night

End

Highlights

1

Discover the Tayrona National Park

2

Visit the Rock of Guatapé

3

Indulge yourself in the warm, crystal waters of the Caribbean.

4

Enjoy a real Coffee Experience

Itinerary

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Day 1

place Arrive in Bogotá. Welcome to Colombia!

Welcome to Bogotá! You will be picked up at El Dorado Airport by our prepared private transportation service and taken to your hotel. You can relax during your approximately 30-45 minutes drive to your hotel. On the way to your hotel, your english-speaking guide can give you all the recommendations you may like in order to get the most of your stay in Colombia. Bogotá is a diverse and multicultural city with a blend of modern and colonial architecture. The predominant colors in Bogotá are the green of the city’s many parks and the eastern mountains overlooking the sanctuaries of Monserrate and Guadalupe.

Accommodation:

  • High End: 4* hotel: Wyndham Bogota
Day 2

place Discover Bogotá & The Salt Cathedral

Early in the morning, you will enjoy the Colonial Downtown of Bogotá. Visit the Colón Theater, San Carlos Palace, San Ignacio Church, Nariño Presidential Palace, Bolívar Square, City Hall and the Cathedral. Also, enjoy a visit to the Museo de Oro (Gold Museum). After you have experienced these treasures of the city, you will enjoy a wonderful view on a cable car ride to Monserrate hill. *Please take note that the Gold Museum is closed on Mondays. We do not operate Monserrate on Sundays due to the number of devotees visiting the hill this day. Instead, we visit the Botero Museum. Visit to the Salt Cathedral Zipaquirá Transfer to the town of Zipaquirá located 49 kilometers from Bogotá. On the way, panoramic view of the Sabana countryside and El Puente del Común. Upon arrival, we will have a preferential entrance to the Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá considered as the first wonder of Colombia. Inside we will visit the stations of the Cross, the Dome, the Narthez labyrinth, and the three naves. After visiting the mine, a short city tour around the colonial town of Zipaquirá.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation:

  • High End: 4* hotel: Wyndham Bogota
Day 3

place Fly to the Coffee Region & Discover an authentic Coffee Farm

Depart from El Dorado International Airport (BOG) -> Flight from Bogotá to the Coffee Region Tour Coffee Experience at La Morelia Hacienda Located in the department of Quindío in the village of El Caimo, Hacienda la Morelia is the producer of La Morelia Coffee, known in the department for its quality. This coffee is exported to European and Asian countries and during this experience, you can learn the whole coffee process to the final product. You will have tasting of different coffee preparations and technical tasting on the tour. You will be welcomed with a delicious coffee while we have the introduction to the coffee process, the interactive tour through the coffee plantations, visit to the beneficiadero, threshing, roasting and packing coffee. We return to the main house where we will have a cup of coffee and you will enjoy a demonstration of barista, during this time, you can drink any unlimited coffee from your preference.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation:

  • High End: 4* hotel: Hotel Boutique Sazagua
Day 4

place Filandia, Salento & Cócora Valley

You will be picked up at your hotel for your tour guide. You will be transfered in private service to Filandia. There, we'll take a tour through the colonial streets and we'll visit the Quindío viewpoint. (Note: The Quindio viewpoint is closed every Monday and every Tuesday when Monday is holiday in Colombia). Next, we'll have a stop in a basketry workshop and you'll enjoy a typical lunch with a non-alcoholic beverage and dessert in a local restaurant. After the Gastronomic experience, you'll discover the beautiful Cocora Valley and you will enjoy its beautiful landscape. First, you'll have a welcome cocktail "Canelazo" and with the assistance of a specialist ecoguide we ́ll be ready to start the introduction to the natural reserve of Cocora. Then, you will be transfered to the fog's forest watching the biodiversity of fauna and flora, there you'll find the highest wax palm of the world and we'll connect with the earth doing a special ritual planting some palms. Then, we'll go to the typical village of Salento, where you'll have a walking tour visiting its colonial streets, craft workshops and the viewpoint. At the end, we will take you back to your hotel.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation:

  • High End: 4* hotel: Hotel Boutique Sazagua
Day 5

place Fly & Explore Medellín

Depart from Matecana International Airport (PEI) -> Flight from the Coffee Region to Medellín Transportation to your Hotel You will be picked up at the airport by our prepared private transportation service and taken to your hotel. You can relax during your approximately 30-45 minutes drive to your hotel. Explore Medellín - The City of the Eternal Spring You will enjoy a panoramic tour where you can appreciate some of the places with the greatest touristic attraction and social impact of the city will follow, including The Nutibara Hill at the top of which is a replica of a typical Antioquia village, The Botanical Garden, The Explora Park, The Park of Desires,The Barefoot Park, Ruta N Innovation and Technology Center. Lastly, we will visit Botero Square where 23 outdoor bronze sculptures by Colombian Master Fernando Botero are exhibited, and The Antioquia Museum. At the end, you will return to your hotel.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation:

  • High End: 4* hotel: Diez Hotel Categoría Colombia
Day 6

place El Peñol & Guatapé

Today, you will be going through the municipality of Peñol until reaching Guatapé. Guatapé offers a peaceful break from the city, while also featuring a stunning panoramic view of nature and the surrounding scenery from the top of its hill. Start with the beautiful view of the reservoir that provides 30% of the energy of Colombia and has an extension of 64 km2. Visit the Rock of Guatapé which is approximately 220 meters high, and optionally with additional cost, you can climb 649 steps until you reach the viewpoint with a 360 degree view of the Guatapé reservoir and its neighboring lands. Then, you will be transferred to Guatapé, the most colorful town in Colombia. It is also one of the most colorful towns in the world. In fact, you’d have to try pretty hard to find a street in Guatapé that wasn’t worthy of being admired and photographed! Enjoy a walk through the streets, where a specialized guide will inform you about the history of typical houses, its ̈zocalos ̈ and this unique culture.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation:

  • High End: 4* hotel: Diez Hotel Categoría Colombia
Day 7

place Fly to Santa Marta

Depart from Jose Maria Cordova International Airport (MDE) -> Flight from Medellín to Santa Marta Transportation to your hotel You will be picked up at the airport by our prepared private transportation service and taken to your hotel. You can relax during your approximately 60-90 minutes drive to your hotel.

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation:

  • High End: 4* hotel: Villa Maria Tayrona, de Kalihotels
Day 8

place Discover the Tayrona National Park

Tayrona National Park – a sanctuary of nature and archaeological remains that invite an encounter with oneself. Mangrove swamps, corals, algae prairies, thorny scrubland, and magical dry, humid, and cloud forests proliferate and are home to a surprising variety of vegetal and animal species that bear witness to life. Flora and fauna observation are especially interesting here, especially birdwatching, which includes the threatened Andean condor. Aside from its natural and archaeological attractions, Tayrona Natural Park is a great site for eco-tourism, thanks to the diversity of its sea waves and diving sites. The Chairama archaeological site known as Pueblito and the stone paths that lead to it are very attractive to tourists. The Tayrona Natural Park is home to over 100 mammal species, among them howling monkeys, pumas, deer, and several species of bats. Over 300 bird species coexist with them, condors and lone and white eagles, being the main ones. The park is also home to 31 reptile, 15 amphibian, 202 sponge, 471 crustacean, and more than 1,000 more marine species. Dolphins and marine turtles are frequent visitors; the latter for the purpose of spawning. Today, you will enjoy a two hours hiking trail each way (medium level), where you can appreciate the beauty of the beautiful park and be sumerge into their jungle and waters.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation:

  • High End: 4* hotel: Villa Maria Tayrona, de Kalihotels
Day 9

place Discover Cartagena

Private Service from Tayrona Area to Cartagena Today, you will be picked up at your hotel at the Tayrona Area and you will be taken to your hotel in Cartagena. Relax in car service during your approximately 4-5 hours drive, enjoy beautiful landscapes during your road trip. Cartagena is Magical Realism The reason the city is designed like a fortress is that it was the principal shipping port of gold from the New World back to Spain. The stone ramparts helped protect it from countless pirate attacks, including from the most famous of all: Sir Francis Drake. On top of this history, you will visit myriad plazas, the church and the monastery of San Pedro Claver, the Basilica Minor cathedral, and you'll stroll along narrow cobbled streets lined with colonial houses featuring bougainvilia-draped balconies. Visit the modern neighborhoods of Bocagrande and Manga. You will see the contrast between modern architecture and the beauty of the old houses from the twentieth century. Then, you will visit the Castle where the Spaniards sought to protect the city from the attacks of the English in the seventeenth century, “El Castillo De San Felipe de Barajas”.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation:

  • High End: 4* hotel: Hotel Boutique La Artillería Cartagena de indias
Day 10

place Majagua Island

Indulge yourself in the warm, crystal waters of the Caribbean. You will be picked up from your hotel and taken to the Pier. The Rosario Islands are an archipelago made up of 27 islands, located 45 minutes from Cartagena in a National Park on the Colombian Caribbean coast. They are only about an hour from the beautiful city of Cartagena. Beautiful, diverse, and well worth a visit, for a day or even longer. The Rosario Islands are an integral part of one of Colombia’s most important national parks. The only park in the country that is primarily underwater. As such, the islands and surrounding waters are remarkably well preserved and protected, meaning that you can enjoy their wonders as nature intended. San Pedro de Majagua Island, Cartagena: Enjoy lunch at San Pedro de Majagua, located on Isla Grande and owes its name to Pierre Daguet, a French painter who in 1955 created his house and studio there. You’ll enjoy coral beaches and a variety of fauna of the reef, ideal for relaxing and swimming.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation:

  • High End: 4* hotel: Hotel Boutique La Artillería Cartagena de indias
Day 11

place Depart Cartagena

It's time to say goodbye to Colombia! Enjoy your last morning in Cartagena with a leisurely breakfast and walk along the sea. A representative will meet you at your hotel and drive you to the airport for your connecting flight home.

Meals: Breakfast

What’s Included

Accommodation expand_less

  • Wyndham Bogota
  • Villa Maria Tayrona, de Kalihotels
  • Diez Hotel Categoría Colombia
  • Hotel Boutique Sazagua
  • Hotel Boutique La Artillería Cartagena de indias

Meals expand_less

  • Breakfast (10)
  • Lunch (5)

Transport expand_less

  • Domestic flights: Bogotá - Coffee Region, Coffee Region - Medellín, & Medellín - Santa Marta
  • Pick up and drop off service to the airports (International and domestic flights)

Activities expand_less

  • All the tours and plans indicated in the itinerary
  • Entrances and fees to all sites on the tours and tour guide fees

Extras expand_less

  • All applicable taxes and fees
  • Private Bilingual tour guides

Not Included expand_less

  • Tips and gratuities
  • Personal expenses
  • Fly into Bogotá Airport (BOG) and fly out of Cartagena Airport (CTG).

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I live, breathe, and love Colombia with my whole heart. My nickname growing up was “Colombianita”—or little Colombian girl—because I’ve always been so passionate about the bounty of beauty in my country, and I love to share it with curious travelers.

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