Santa Marta Tour from Cartagena
The Santa Marta Tour takes you through the magical landscape of coastal Colombia via Barranquilla to the final resting place of the great liberator Simon Bolivar. Experience culture, nature, and history on this epic road trip.
About the activity
Experience
Highlights
- Photo opportunity at the Totumo Mud Volcano
- Santa Marta Tour of the historical old town
- Simon Bolivars home – Quinta de San Pedro Alejandrino
- Coastal route
- Selected Barranquilla attractions
- Taganga Beach
- Rodadero Beach
Full description
In one big day trip, we take on the Colombian coastal highway and drive to Santa Marta, the last home of the great liberator Simon Bolivar.
On your Santa Marta Tour, you can stop and check out the Totumo Volcano for a relaxing mud bath. Also, there is an opportunity to check out a few sites in Barranquilla, the birthplace of Shakira and home of the Colombian national football team. Driving the coastal highway, you can take in amazing nature and small coastal towns.
Santa Marta is another amazing colonial Colombian coastal city with its own unique history. Historic, buildings and incredible nature. The Santa Marta Tour takes you to Colombia’s oldest city and the second to be founded in America.
The city is amazing with its old colonial architecture and beautiful beach promenade. Close by you can experience the Rodadero or Taganga beach. The Rodadero is beautiful and touristic, while Taganga is famous for its laid-back fisher village-style atmosphere.
The Santa Marta Tour will teach you about the great liberator Simon Bolivar who fought and liberated Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Peru from Spain’s colonial rule. We will visit the farm and now a museum named Quinta de San Pedro Alejandrino, which is where Simon Bolivar was buried.
Santa Marta is also famous for its amazing Tyrona Natural Reserve with the magnificent Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains. Pico Cristobal Colon is the highest peak at 5700 meters classified as the 5th most prominent summits of the world. Tyrona park is, due to its size and prominence, not itself a part of the Santa Marta Tour, but available with a specially tailored tour.
Includes
- Tickets to San Pedro Alejandrino
- The old and new town of Santa Marta
- Air-conditioned Transportation (car)
- One bottle of water per person
- Bilingual Guide and Driver
- Santa Marta Tour
Not Included
- Meals (not included)
- Additional drinks (not included)
- Additional tickets to monuments (not included)
- Items not mentioned in the inclusions (not included)
Covid-19 precautions
Safety measures in place
All areas that customers touch are frequently cleaned
Traveler requirements
You are required to bring and wear a mask
Prepare for the activity
The details below may change if you update your current selection:
Meeting point
Hotel
Start time of the tour
7:00 a.m.
Length of the tour
12 hours (approximately)
Return Details
return to the original departure point
Notes
Later departures are also available, please let us know if you would like to have a late start.
The Santa Marta Tour can be combined with a visit to the mud volcano and Barranquilla city.
If you would like to customize your experience contact us and let us know what you really need!
GermanC –
Martin is a great tour guide, profesional, knowledgeable and helpful. The whole process of booking was very easy and simple, he was clear and flexible. He also arranged for us the transportation to Santa Marta, Tolu and Barranquilla as well as the tour guide at Tayrona Park, The driver was very helpful too, I absolutely recommend Martin to anyone looking for a guide in Cartagena, Thanks Martin and Cesar.
trippingtraveling –
I did a tour w/ Martin last year in Cartagena and it was great. This year, I was coming back again for work, but also wanted to see some other areas of Colombia. Martin helped me organize a tour in Medellin, and 2 tours in la Zona Cafetera – La Cocora Valley, and a coffee farm. All three tours were great, and Martin arranged them all including ground transportation. He gave me good recommendations on hotels which I booked. And he consulted w/ me back and forth quite a bit on schedules, etc to help me make it work w/ my busy work schedule. It was great seeing another part of Colombia and learning more about the history of Medellin, etc.
Douglasp –
Edwardo was on time at hotel .i forgot the drivers name but he was also very pleasant. I had a full day trip to santa Marta . We saw historical and natural things . He was very knowledgeable about everything .
RPM876 –
“We had a 3 day trip to Cartagena, solely to experience the Columbian coast, it’s people food and culture.
Thanks to Martin for bringing it all together. From the moment we started planning this trip he was very responsive to our communications.
Aside from the demonstrating his expert knowledge of his city during our tours, he was very personable and accommodating. He arranged our pick up and drop at the airport and and also provide great recommendations for dinner each night during our visit.
Thank you Martin!”