Cartagena Tours

Cartagena tours in the walled city and Getsemaní, plus San Felipe fortress, sunset sailing on the bay, Caribbean beaches and the Totumo mud volcano.

San Basilio de Palenque Tour – Colombia’s First Free Town

Visitors and local dancers posing together at the Palenque sign during a San Basilio de Palenque tour.

A San Basilio de Palenque Tour takes you about an hour outside Cartagena to a place most visitors never see — the first free town in the Americas, founded by Africans who escaped slavery during the colonial era and built a community that still stands today. This is not a museum or a reconstruction. San…

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Day Trip to Playa Tranquila Beach and Aquarium in Cartagena

A day trip to Playa Tranquila is one of the best ways to experience the Caribbean coast beyond the walls of Cartagena. This private tour takes you by boat to the Rosario and Barú Islands, where you spend the morning at the aquarium and the afternoon on some of the softest sand in Colombia —…

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Rosario Islands Tour: Private Boat Day Trip from Cartagena

Rosario Islands Private Boat Tour from Cartagena: Coral Reefs, White Sand, and a Full Day on the Caribbean Your Rosario Islands tour begins with less than an hour on the water, leaving the walled city of Cartagena behind as your private boat heads toward one of Colombia’s most protected marine areas. The Rosario Islands —…

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Graffiti Tour in Cartagena: Private Street Art Walk in Getsemaní

Traveler standing beside a mural of three women during a Graffiti Tour in Getsemaní, Cartagena, Colombia

Graffiti Tour in Cartagena: The Neighborhood That Painted Its Own History A graffiti tour in Cartagena is one of the best ways to experience the city beyond its colonial walls and postcard-perfect plazas. While most visitors stay within the historic center, the Getsemaní neighborhood sits just a few blocks south — and it tells a…

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Food Tour in Cartagena Walled City

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Food Tour in Cartagena’s Walled City: Three Cultures, Five Centuries, and the Streets Where It All Still Lives A food tour in Cartagena’s Walled City gives you the most direct access available to a culinary tradition that most visitors to Colombia never fully encounter. Cartagena de Indias was founded in 1533 and became the primary…

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Getsemaní & San Felipe Castle Walking Tour in Cartagena

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Cartagena Walking Tour Through Getsemaní and San Felipe Castle: Two Neighborhoods, Three Centuries of History A Cartagena walking tour through Getsemaní and San Felipe Castle covers more Colombian history in three hours than most visitors encounter across an entire trip — and it does it in two places that feel nothing like the polished tourism…

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Day Trip to Salt Cathedral & Guatavita Lagoon – Four

The Salt Cathedral and Guatavita Tour from Bogotá: What You’re Actually Getting Into The Salt Cathedral and Guatavita tour from Bogotá puts two of Colombia’s most historically charged sites into a single private day — and the combination works in ways that a single-site visit simply doesn’t. You go underground first, into darkness and carved…

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