Tayrona desde Cartgena, sector Cabo San Juan.PRIVADO,MINIMO 2PAX.

Hike Tayrona in one day

Great option if you really want to visit Tayrona but you don’t have a lot of time/aren’t visiting Santa Marta. I looked at multiple tours and this was one of few options that picked up in Cartagena where I was staying. The bus hotel pickup was on time and very convenient, Reyes confirmed with me and sent details a few days in advance. The local guide was very experienced and pointed out cappuccino monkeys and iguanas. If you want the full experience this tour is better for people who Spanish fluently as the local guide does not speak much English and speaks Spanish very quickly. Everyone else on my tour spoke Spanish, I only speak a little. I still had a great time, as I just wanted to hike Tayrona (specifically the rainforest portion up to Cabo San Juan) and see some animals, and I didn’t have anyone else to go with. Fair warning the pace was pretty brisk without many breaks and we hiked 14 miles over ground that was uneven at times so I would recommend to those who have a higher fitness level. The people in my group were on a similar page so it worked out. This was a great memory for me! Cabo San Juan is perhaps the prettiest and most peaceful beach I have ever seen.

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Very nice day!

While being a quite long tour with a long car ride to the park and back, it was an awesome day. We hiked through amazing nature, saw multiple beaches, got to swim at Cabo San Juan and enjoyed a delicious lunch. For the way back to the bus, we were given the option to ride on horses for an upcharge, which we did and which added to our experience. The hike was quite fast paced and a bit challenging, which can be attributed to the heat, but definitely doable for moderately fit people. We would recommend this tour to people who don’t have a lot of time in Colombia and don’t want to spend a night or two to visit Tayrona National Park, but still want to see it.

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A fantastic tour to an...

A fantastic tour to an incredibly beautiful national park! I was picked up from the hotel with a big bus bringing people from Cartagena to different activities, a few of us then transferred into a minibus which got us into the park. The hike is definitely fatiguing, especially due to the heat and humidity. With the short amount of time for a day trip including the long drive from and to Cartagena, the local guide (who was super friendly and very knowledgeable about the park after more than 30 years of working there and pointed out interesting things to us on the way) walked very fast, which contributed to that. We hiked for about 1h45-2h to get to Cabo San Juan, had about an hour there for swimming and taking in the gorgeous views, then walked back a bit to get a delicious lunch (multiple options available, including fish, pasta with vegetables, a dish with chicken etc) - the fish was amazing! - and then had the option of either hiking back or taking a horse together with a small group and a guide. Due to the heat, I did the latter and even as a horse riding novice, it was a very safe way back even though the horses were going through quite uneven terrain which they clearly knew very well though. We were then brought back to the big bus and returned to Cartagena. I enjoyed the trip immensely which is why I give it 5 stars but I have to point out that I booked an English speaking tour and while the tour guide in the big bus spoke English, the local guide in the park where the tour actually happened (and the horse guide) did not. Fortunately, I speak Spanish well enough to be able to communicate but if I did not, this hike would have been a lot more complicated and adventurous, and maybe even a bit risky if something had gone wrong (it did not, everything was very well organised).

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Tour was great, bus ride...

Tour was great, bus ride very comfortable. The hike is serious in the sense that speed was quite fast but we had great time.

Response from the operator: Best regards, we greatly appreciate your kind comment, we know that it is a wonderful destination and we are pleased that you enjoyed it through our service.

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a loooong day but def worth it

So you're in Cartagena, you don't want to pay the extra for staying a night or two in Santa Marta, and deal with the hassle of organizing your Tayrona Park entry. You don't want to spend hours and hours laying on a beach because that's boring. Instead, you want to see a variety of what the park has to offer. What's a girl to do? This tour! Keep in mind it's a looooong day and the van isn't *all* that comfortable. But you get to hike (~ 15km total, about 7+ each way), you see forest life, 5 beaches, and spend just the right amount of time (~1hr) at the final beach. Lunch was delicious. It's in Spanish but they'll try a few words of English if you really need it. The hiking guide will hustle you along the hike and it's **sweaty**. Def a highlight of my several months in Colombia.

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