5 Islands Tour: Snorkeling, Dining, and Music Experience in Cartagena
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45 Ratings
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Embark on a thrilling 5 Islands Tour in Cartagena, featuring snorkeling, dining, and a vibrant music experience. Explore coral reefs, enjoy a delicious lunch on a private island, party at Cholón, and relax on the stunning Playa Tranquila in Isla Baru.
Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Fuerte de San Fernando de Bocachica - BOCACHICA ISLAND
    We will take a panoramic view of this island to see its fortress called Castillo de San Fernando.
    The guide will give a brief explanation about the history of Bocachica.

  • Islas de Rosario - ROSARIO ISLANDS
    From the boat we make a panoramic tour of the 27 Rosario Islands with a cultural review told by our Orientador guide.

SNORKELING IN THE SUBMERGED PLANE
This is a plane that is submerged at a depth of 7 meters which you can see from the surface with diving goggles.
Observations: this activity lasts only 15 minutes.
TRANSFER TO THE OCEANARIUM OR SNORKELING IN THE CORAL REEFS
We supply some diving goggles to do surface snorkeling in the coral reefs, or the transfer to the OCEANARIUM (entry not included).
Observations: We have a time of only one hour to do one of these two activities, the tour inside the Oceanarium that includes a dolphin and shark show.
For the Snorkeling activity, it takes about 45 minutes accompanied by the guiding guide and with the mandatory use of a life jacket.

  • Isla Grande - We have a time of 45 minutes on this Cholon island to take a sea bath and a moment of partying.
    Observations: This is a public island where many boats and yachts arrive in a party theme.
    The natives usually offer you their crafts and massage services.
    Be careful with card payments, we recommend bringing cash to pay for drinks and food that are sold on this island.

  • Islas de Rosario - Isla Agua Azul on this beautiful island we can enjoy the tranquility and beauty of this place, enjoying a fruit tasting.

  • Playa Tranquila Baru - On this last island we will spend about 45 minutes taking a sea bath and we will enjoy lunch in its 3 options: Fish, Chicken or Vegetarian.
    Be careful with card payments, we recommend bringing cash to pay for drinks and meals sold on this island.

What's Included
  • Bottled water
  • Medical assistance
  • Lunch
  • Snacks
  • Use of snorkeling equipment
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • All fees and/or taxes
What's Not Included
  • Return to the Hotel
Additional Information

On this excursion we are going to take several guided tours of the Rosario Islands, we will observe the Rosario Islands from the boat.
As your first activity, you will snorkel with a mask. Here you will see coral reefs and a plane at the bottom of the sea.

Before noon we will arrive at a private island, there we will have a delicious lunch, sea bath and quiet time.

We visited an island called Cholón, better known as the island of parties, where you can take a sea bath, and at the same time enjoy the party atmosphere.
and finally, one of the destinations most desired by visitors, such as Isla Baru, Playa Tranquila sector, one of the destinations with a majestic water color and its enchanting color of white sand, a natural attraction that should be known.

Location
LA BOCA DEL PUENTE
next to the Clock Tower
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Patricia_b
Dec 23, 2023
Lots of fun - We had lots of fun, the boat trip was very informative, lunch was delicious and the islands very entertaining.
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Astridmariez
Mar 24, 2023
Beautiful tour - The tour was really beautiful with a lot of white beaches and great food. The guide Jafet was very kind to translate and explain everything in English as my friend and I were the only ones not talking spanish. We would really recommend doing the tour.
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Ellacn1486wg
Mar 24, 2023
amazing - I highly recommend this tour, was very affordable and a great way to see many islands in one day. My guide Jafet made the experience even better and always made sure we had everything we needed. He showed us all the great snorkelling spots and was fun and chatty. Everything was organised great and the food included was delicious. I was very impressed and had a great day!
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Nehidys
Feb 11, 2023
OUTSTANDING SERVICE - My experience with Costeña Travel was OUTSTANDING. I would like to praise Jely and her team for the excellent service she offers to each of their customers. Thank you, Costeña Travel for letting me have the best time of my life in Cartagena. I’ll highly recommend you and I can’t wait to go back to Cartagena and book the rest of the services that you offer! With love and gratitude, Nehidys
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Yerlos
Dec 10, 2022
It was the Best vacation going to 5 islands in one day - Wow...I had a blast with My family in one day we went to 5 diferent islands ❤️the lunch was the Best fresh fish 🐟ever..We went in a Nice speed boat 🚤fully recommended Costeña travel 💗
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Dan_gregers
Sep 25, 2023
A great day trip, can be bought cheaper in person - The trip was excellent overall and reasonably priced, but there were aspects that could have been improved. Pros: - Communication through their WhatsApp number was good. - Included meal was nice and a reasonable portion (Fish or Chicken or a third option I don't know). - Sufficient time at each stop. - Our tour guide Randy was accommodating in English despite the rest of the boat speaking Spanish. - Despite being a Sunday, only the party island was really busy (which added to the atmosphere) the other islands weren't crowded. - The boat was 85% full, space to move and sit in one or two different spots - Our boat had a cool box to store drinks Cons: - Buying the ticket through Tripadvisor cost us 100K cop more than buying the ticket in person. Although we don't know where the other tour members bought that ticket from. Buying the ticket online was convenient. - We were told to be at the meeting point at 7:45 latest but we didn't leave the meeting point until 8:30 - Snorkelling didn't include a snorkel, which wasn't a massive issue for the activity just a bit miss-leading Notable mentions - Bring your own snacks and bottles of water, prices for food and drink on the islands were very expensive - The music on the boat was loud, fine for us but not to everyone's taste
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Mrcio_r
Jan 10, 2023
Nice boat trip, but not enjoyable/relaxing beaches and bars/restaurants - The boat is quite good, clean, good speed, comfortable to acommodate about 12-15 people. The best part of the trip, no doubt. The view and trip were really nice. The guide agent reaches you in your hotel, which is good to find the way (walking through the centre) to the boat. Two stops for free diving, but they just gave a glass/mask without snorkel, making more difficult to enjoy since there is no deck or support to rest during the swimmning/diving. Another stop in a beach restaurant - new and clean, but swimming pool not clean/usable and stereo/sound extremely high, drinks too expensive. Stop in Isla del Cholon - too crowded, noisy and dirty, maybe enjoyable for teenagers or youngest looking for free fun and other things... Another stop not even worthy mentioning.... Last stop to lunch at Playa Blanca, which is usually unbelievably crowded - the beach restaurant was somewhat calm, food ok, but not high standard (there was no running water to wash hands - only the same bucket for everyone...). So, if you want to find a good day trip to Islas del Rosario I suggest to try to find a agency shop and discuss in more detail about the stops, and understand if they fit your expectation. It is impossible to guess from the internet advertisement, and each agency has its own partners (beach restaurants, etc).
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Srikanth_p
Mar 29, 2023
Beware ... this is not the trip for anyone. Period - After lot of research we settled on this tour. Sadly this has been the low point of entire stay in Cartagena. Anyone used to high quality tours, this is not going to meet the expectation. The summary is as follow 1. Picked up from the hotel late - 30 min past the time 2. Drove for 2 hrs to blanca beach. 3. The beach entrance is quite something. It doesnt have a normal road. Took about 30 min to traverse probably 500 yards. Having been on Indian roads, this was a shock to me. Felt like i was on Mars with craters 4. Walk from the parking lot to the beach - well there were literally million people in small place. There is no place to navigate,. Not to mention that i lost my money in this process (my mistake) 5. After another 45 min wait .. get on to a speed boat with basic ladder hangin on the side of the boat 6. Go on a boat for 45 min to show couple of islands 7. Snorkel with head gear, no air tube or flippers. This was not what i had expected 8. after snorkel go to island with party, This is ecoli in the making,. Probably 500,000 folks in cramped beach 9. Back to Blanca beach for some food 10. Back to hotel Net net the time we spent in water - 1.5 hr This is really not worth the trip. Recommend hire a private boat for island tour would be my recommendation. We were glad to be back in one piece... just couldnt get off this tour
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Robertbn8152ui
Feb 20, 2023
Just glad to get off the boat again in Cartagena. - Just glad to get off the boat. The sea was so rough we spent all our time crashing into huge waves and getting covered in spray. Either the trip should not have gone ahead with these weather conditions or we should have been given the option to cancel. The boat sometimes rolled allarmingly. We only visited two islands. The coral reef is not worth seeing, small patches of brown coral with just a few small fish, not like the Red Sea. Both islands were very crowded noisy and expensive. The e=sea water was not clean. The food was okay, the vegetarian option was best as the fish was overcooked and very salty. That is normal in Cartagena. If you want an enjoyable cruise you need a much bigger boat than this one. Our guide Camilo did a good job. It would have been less hassle just to get a taxi to the meeting point. The coach that picked us up was ancient and had no seat belts.
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Luigi_c
Jan 12, 2023
There was no hotel drop... - There was no hotel drop off. They leave you on the dock, their are no snacks or water offered while on the boat. You do not eat until the very end!
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