Sep 27, 2024
THANK YOU SUMAJ! - Had the best time with Sumaj on the 2N/3D trip to Punta Gallinas!
Everything just went smoothly and their communication from start to finish was great. The price is extremely fair for what you get - the accommodation was beautiful and clean, food was delicious at every meal and they always give you multiple options (incl. vegetarian) plus a drink.
The girls in the office checked in on us every day to make sure everything was going well and they are very fast at replying to any questions you may have.
Our driver, Angelo, was amazing - so friendly, fun and knowledgeable! We were also able to store our stuff at their office during the tour so we didn’t have to bring it all or pay for a hostel while we were gone.
La Guajira is definitely worth the trip and I would recommend everyone to choose Sumaj Tours as their agency!
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Jul 23, 2024
Experience 10/10 - I loved being able to meet Colombia accompanied by Jota, our Guide who made sure everything went well and we were always happy and comfortable. The amazing place, beautiful landscapes and an unforgettable experience without any doubt!! I highly recommend it, I was with my family and we were all looking forward to coming back! Thank you to Julian who helped us make everything possible and I always look for the best possible experience.
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Jul 23, 2024
Total adventure - Thank you very much for Adrian and our Jota Driver and Guide for three days of adventure knowing The Wonderful Lands of Guajira @sumaj.tours
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Jan 27, 2023
Majesty Guajira! - It was an indescribable experience, the majesty of the desert and nature, it is preserved for what it is, a beauty away from the hand of man, Fabio the best all!! It was our driver, a friendly and helpful person!! Yes or if you would repeat this excellent tour!! I leave happy and recharged! 🌵✨
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Sep 25, 2022
Beautiful experience - Apart from visiting Cabo de la Vela, there is a beautiful beach called MAYAPO. See the flamingos on Camarones beach.
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Sep 1, 2022
Incredible tour - The organization is very good, the transport can be a bit hard but it is a tour to cross a desert so it is understandable that sometimes the cars suffer a little, in my case nothing happened and everything was great. The traditional accommodations amazing and the food very good.
It was nice to meet the guajira with Sumaj
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Jul 15, 2022
Adventures in La Alta Guajira - Passing through the cape of the sail and walking all its beaches, desert and mountain ⛰️ from the sugar pylon, the tip of the cape where the lighthouse is located was an unforgettable adventure.
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Aug 9, 2023
I do not recommend contracting with Sumaj Tours -
La Guajira is worth visiting, pure and wild nature, a place with wonderful corners, with its Wayuu peoples who survive as best they can, forgotten by government authorities throughout history, their resources exploited and mistreated, today they try Get ahead as always.
I do not recommend contracting with Sumaj Tours.
We were aware before booking the tour that it was not going to be a comfortable destination, since there are many hours of driving, intense heat, not very comfortable rancherías with questionable cleanliness and repetitive and basic meals.
Before contracting with Sumaj Tours they seemed very serious and organized to us, the reality was quite the opposite.
They took us in a Toyota 4x4 that was not in condition to be used: window glass that went down and then did not go up (luckily solved after 2 hours of driving in intense heat), handbrake that did not work and every time As we were getting off, it leaned back, putting the passengers at risk, the trunk did not open with the appropriate inconvenience (solved on the second day of the trip), the fuel pump was malfunctioning and we came back bouncing and very slowly. The vehicle smelled a lot of gasoline because they were transporting a can in the same cabin where we were traveling, these gases are toxic and it is not the correct or legal way to transport it.
A trip with so many hours of travel, I was not looking for a driver who would simply take me from one place to another to take the photo, but a guide who could really tell us travelers about the place, its people, etc... The Sumaj Tours agency assured me before booking the tour that all its drivers were Baquianos. I'm not going to doubt it, we had one who didn't speak or tell anything interesting. Missed opportunity to get to know this wonderful place better.
At the exit from Riohacha there was a police checkpoint, the driver turned around on the road and exited through another area of Riohacha, this is not normal to do if everything is in order and the vehicle is in order. Apart from the fact that he drove in flip flops, and other times completely barefoot, this is not allowed by Traffic, simply because it is not safe.
It is not possible that Sumaj Tours did not know the condition of your vehicle, and in any case I see that they do not carry out any checks. In this case they knew it in advance from the conversations they overheard with the driver.
Therefore, my recommendation is that you look for another agency for this tour other than Sumaj Tours.
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Mar 10, 2025
Worst organisation of tour i've experienced. - Clearly the place and the natural and human discovery of the Guajira desert is to be done.
But the organization of the agency shows its flaws once the commercial part is done.
Long story short:
- lack or no information during the tour, the driver is not a guide, but no information is given at each stop.
- the information was sporadically given to one member of our group, the driver was clearly teasing.
- your packed with 6 peoples in a off-road car that is falling part.
- proposed snacks are quantitatively enough for one day, not 3.
- Boat crossing, for 3 minutes crossing it's 12€/pp. And they don't help you for nothing. We had to help each other to charge our stuff and get in or out the boat. They were 3 just looking at us.
Once I gave all information to the agency, it took them 3 months to reply and to come with a solution (a discount on the next tour !).
Next to this, the indigenous family experience was really fun and nice to experience, and nature in the desert is quiet beautiful. So, YES it's a very nice tour to do, but consider your agency.
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Jul 31, 2022
Very bad experience!! - Hey this agency is not good at all.. the cheap, it's expensive!!!
I hadn’t had the opportunity to comment, but it’s definitely not an agency they should go to such a magical place with.
Indeed as some comments say everything very nice before, they paint everything very nice, travel with my partner and despite the bad comments we saw we decided to travel because a “travel Instagramer” recommended it, but then we said obvious that everything turned out beautiful and they dedicated 100% to her to do a great propaganda!!!
We arrived and the first thing they asked us was payment, they didn't tell us what, or how, at what time? Nothing, that is, if we don't ask, from there I distrust. Obviously we had to ask and we were told that the next day we were picked up at 7:30 - 8, arrived the other day. 8, 8:15, 8:30... picked up everyone from our hotel very punctual the other agencies and it was us... until 9:15 and we were literally 1 block away from them. When we arrived there were more people waiting and obviously all very upset because I guess they didn't have a car for everyone!! How awful, we had to wait another hour and a half. We left very late and said nothing, when we finally started with our driver, he told us that he was hired last minute.. or is terrible.
And not to extend any further, I paid for a room with private bathroom... juaaaa touched me bathroom but it was not good then I had to bathe in the communal showers, people in my group paid for rooms with double bed and bathroom and they were going to put them to sleep with people and in single beds. Worst of all, everything touched the race, at the end of the day a part of the group stayed 1 hour from the lighthouse and another part at the other end 2 hours!!
My trip would have been a disaster if it hadn't been for my fellow passengers and our super driver hired at the last minute... ameee him tremendous guide, driver anyway. Actually the driver is the one who does everythingoo, takes you, explains you, they survive for you to get you meals, everythingoooo is through the driver!! If you go call my guide and driver is much better, obvious much cheaper if you go in a group. His name is Wilfer es wayu and his number is 3137465537, you will not regret it!!
Julian never answered any of us his for everything was an excuse, they told us they would compensate us and here I keep waiting!! In the end for all the cock-ups they had they gave us a cocktail on the beaches of Mayapo. That by the way you have to allocate at least half a day to meet them are amazing...
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