Day 1: BogotáArrival in Bogota, assistance at El Dorado International Airport and transfer to the hotel. Check-in, accommodation.
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Day 2: Bogotá - City Tour + Monserrate(Breakfast) : Breakfast at the hotel. Panoramic City Tour through the historical center of Bogota, also called "La Candelaria". We will visit the Gold Museum, where we will see nearly 34,000 pre-Hispanic gold pieces and more than 25,000 pre-Columbian objects. Afterward, we will visit the Casa de la Moneda and Donation Botero where art pieces of the master Fernando Botero, are exhibited. Botero is a Colombian artist internationally recognized in different artistic techniques such as painting, drawing, and sculpture. The tour will end with a panoramic tour of the Plaza de Bolívar (The Prime Cathedral, The House of Nariño, The Liévano Palace and The Palace of Justice). Ascent to Monserrate (with a panoramic view of the city from this beautiful dead volcano). In the afternoon, return to the hotel. (Lunch not included)
Duration: 6 hours
Includes: Entry ticket to the Gold Museum, Casa De La Moneda and Botero Donation, ascent to Monserrate, guide service and private transportation, local medical assistance card.
Important remark: Gold Museum is closed Mondays, Mint and Botero Donation are closed Tuesdays.
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Day 3: Bogotá - Zipaquira (Breakfast – Lunch) : Breakfast at the hotel. Today we will go to Guatavita and Zipaquira Salt Cathedral: A complete circuit through the so-called "Sabana de Bogotá". In Zipaquira, we will find one of the remarkable tourist sites in Colombia, the majestic Salt Cathedral built 180 meters deep in a salt mine. In the afternoon, return to the hotel. (Lunch included)
Duration: 8 hours
Includes: Access ticket to Zipaquira Salt Cathedral, guide service, private transportation and local medical assistance card.
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Day 4: Bogota – Pereira(Breakfast- Lunch): Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to El Dorado International Airport to flight (not included), to the city of Pereira
Arrival in Pereira! Welcome and assistance at the Matecaña International Airport and transfer to the Hotel. Check-in and accommodation.
from there the first activity will begin, we start the tour to the Coffee Farm located in the municipality of Santa Rosa de Cabal which is located at 1500 meters above sea level in volcanic soils of the Central Mountain Range of the Colombian Andes. The tour begins in the company of a local expert, taking tourists around and explaining the coffee process from planting, selective manual harvesting and pulping
After this, we will roast specialty coffee beans on a wood fire in the kitchen of the typical country house where we can have an authentic coffee experience. During the tour, we have several stations with beautiful views of the natural environment of the place while we enjoy a cup of coffee. Finally, we move on to the innovative process of drying the coffee bean and then to the processing plant, ending up at the main house where we finish the experience with a delicious coffee lemonade.
At the end, transfer to the hotel to carry out the respective check in.
Duration: 04 hours
Includes: Private transportation, guide, and environmental interpretation, landscaping in the Tambo of Santa Rosa, interactive coffee process, assistance by expert personnel of the Hacienda, hydration, snack, Lunch.
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Day 5: Pereira – Salento and Cocora Valley(Breakfast): Breakfast at the Hotel, later the journey to Valle del Cócora will begin, appreciating the beautiful landscape of the place, we entered the town of Salento previously. Once we arrive at the Valley, we will have a welcome cocktail (Canelazo) and assistance from a specialized eco-guide from Cócora who introduces the Cócora Natural Reserve. Walking, transfer to the palm forest where we can appreciate the biodiversity of fauna and flora of the place where we will take the ecological path of the highest wax palm in the world and national flagship tree where we will do the ritual of the wax palm of Quindío, which It consists of knowing the history of how the aborigines worshiped this palm. Then, the planting of palm seedlings continues. In the Valley you can do optional activities such as ecological horseback riding, walks to exclusive and very special places in the valley, have a delicious typical lunch in a restaurant in the Cócora Valley (Not Included) and have a barista show of origin coffee in the town from Salento at Café Jesús Martín. Transfer to the typical town of Salento where we will have a Walking tour visiting its colonial streets, artisan workshops and the viewpoint of Cocora. At the agreed time, assistance and transfer to the place of origin. Duration: 07 hours. Includes: Entrance fees to the described places, bilingual guide, private transportation, and local medical assistance card, Canelazo Tasting.
Additional optional lunch: 30 Usd per person
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Day 6: Pereira – Medellin- Guatape & Piedra del Peñol (Breakfast- Lunch ): Breakfast at the Hotel, then transfer to the Matecaña Airport to take a flight to Medellin.
Arrival in Medellín! Welcome and assistance at the Jose Maria Cordoba International Airport and transfer to the Hotel. Check-in and accommodation
And after airport we will start the tour to Piedra del Peñol and Reservoir Area. At the agreed time, you will leave for the new town of Peñol, a fundamental starting point to learn about the past of this area. The visit will continue to know the majestic Piedra del Peñol, which constitutes one of the most interesting natural attractions in Colombia. Later, you will visit the town of Guatape famous for the details of the basements of the houses where a motorcycle taxi tour will be made. Later, the Peñol-Guatape reservoir will be known, through a tour in a typical boat (Additional cost), you will be able to enjoy a unique landscape. In the afternoon, return to the Hotel.
Includes: Tour according to description, Moto Taxi tour, Accompanying Guide, Lunch, Transportation, and Local medical assistance card. Duration: 8 Hours. - Days of Operation: Every day
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Day 7: Medellin – City Tour + Commune 13(Breakfast): Breakfast at the accommodation hotel after the start of the City Tour Visiting the main tourist sites of the city, Parque de San Antonio, Plazuela de San Ignacio, the traditional avenue The Beach, The Sculpture Park, which contains more than 20 sculptures donated by Master Fernando Botero, The Wish Park and the Atanasio Girardot Sports Unit, as well as the remodeled Convention Center, the old Macarena Plaza de Toros. Additionally, the traditional Pueblito Paisa will be visited, later they will move to the Poblado area, where they will visit the Poblado Park, the Lleras Park and the Golden Mile, the financial and hotel heart of the city.
The visit will continue to Comuna 13 of Medellín, touring the graffiti that highlight the places that have marked history, these murals have been made by different artists from the area,
where they reveal the stories that move and inspire hope. The tour ends with a visit to the iconic Escalators of Commune 13 at the end transfer to the Hotel.
Duration: 7 Hours
Includes: Transportation in tourist vehicle, accompanying guide. Entrance Metro and metro Cable and Graffitour
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Day 8: Medellin- Cartagena(Breakfast): Breakfast at the accommodation Hotel and at the agreed time you will depart for the Jose Maria Cordova International Airport to take a flight (not included) to the city of Cartagena. Reception at the Rafael Núñez International Airport, in the city of Cartagena. Check In at the Hotel.
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Day 9: Cartagena- City Tour(Breakfast): Breakfast at the hotel. tour by the residential areas of Bocagrande, Castillogrande, and Manga. Arrival at the Cima de la Popa, where we will have a panoramic view of the city. Guided visit to the convent and church. Guided visit to the San Felipe de Barajas Castle, the most important military engineering work of Spain in America and which protected the city from pirate attacks. At the end of this visit, we will return to the hotel along Santander Avenue where we can appreciate the bastions and walls of the historic center; we will visit Las Bóvedas craft center. In the afternoon we will return to the hotel. Includes: transport, guide, entrance fees, and local medical assistance card. Duration: 04 hours. Days of Operation: every day
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Day 10: Cartagena Islas del Rosario (Island of Majagua) Breakfast at the hotel. At 08:30 am departure from Marina Santa Cruz dock. Full-Day in the islands to enjoy its crystal clear waters perfect for scuba diving and snorkeling (activities with additional cost). At the Pegasos Pier, you will board a speedboat or yacht, in order to navigate with a panoramic tour of the Bay of Cartagena and Bocachica, where you can admire a beautiful landscape with the forts of San Fernando and San Jose. Navigation along the coast of Baru Island where we will reach the base island in the Rosario Islands. Free time to enjoy the sea and the facilities. Return to the hotel in Cartagena.
Includes: Tour through the Archipelago. Typical lunch and assistance card. Transfer Hotel –Port-Hotel Duration: 8 hours. *Days of Operation: Every day. Not Included: Taxes at the pier/dock and Coralia taxes U$15 per person, Oceanarium entrance U$15 per person.
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Day 11: Cartagena- City of origin(Breakfast)- Departure to the airport to take the flight back home.
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