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Barranquilla & Santa Marta: Cultural Diversity Tour
4.3
96 Ratings
Cartagena de Indias
Embark on a city tour of Barranquilla and Santa Marta to discover the cultural diversity and importance of emblematic sites. Experience a unique and unforgettable journey, interact with people from around the world, and explore wonderful and magical places.
Embark on a city tour of Barranquilla and Santa Marta to discover the cultural diversity and importance of emblematic sites. Experience a unique and unforgettable journey, interact with people from around the world, and explore wonderful and magical places.
Duration:
13 hours, 15 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Letras Barranquilla - Starting from Cartagena, it’s a 2-hour journey to the first stop of the tour at the Barranquilla letters. Here, the tour guide will assist in capturing memorable photos, with a 20-minute stop.
- Monumento Ventana Al Mundo - A stop will be made with the tour guide providing an informative talk about the monument’s…
- Letras Barranquilla - Starting from Cartagena, it’s a 2-hour journey to the first stop of the tour at the Barranquilla letters. Here, the tour guide will assist in capturing memorable photos, with a 20-minute stop.
- Monumento Ventana Al Mundo - A stop will be made with the tour guide providing an informative talk about the monument’s foundation and Barranquilla’s origins.
- Aleta del Tiburón Junior de Barranquilla - At this monument, travelers will enjoy a discussion on Colombian football and Barranquilla’s team, El Junior, one of the country’s top teams.
- Malecón Tourist León Caridi - At the stunning Malecón del Cayman, also known as Malecón del Rio, tourists can relish the beautiful views and explore a variety of restaurants offering traditional Colombian coastal cuisine, while learning about the city’s legends.
- Shakira Statue - A stop will be made to capture photos at the monument of Shakira Mebarak Ripol, one of Colombia’s and the world’s most iconic singers.
- Monumento a El Pibe Valderrama - It’s a 2-hour journey from Barranquilla to Santa Marta. At the monument of the legendary Colombian national team footballer Carlos “El Pibe” Valderrama, visitors can take memorable photos and enjoy a brief football history review, spending about 20 minutes here.
- Santa Marta - A stop is made at the Santa Marta letters for souvenir photos.
- Parque de Los Novios - This is one of Santa Marta’s most iconic and romantic spots, perfect for photos at the bride and groom’s dome.
- Parque Bolívar - Visitors will hear a brief historical overview of the liberator Simon Bolivar.
- Pumarejo Bridge - On the Pumarejo Bridge, a short historical overview of its creation is provided.
- Museo del Oro Tairona - Casa de la Aduana - A free museum showcasing archaeological artifacts from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and indigenous peoples of Magdalena.
- Playa El Rodadero - Santa Marta’s most significant beach, home to the most beautiful bay in America. Here, visitors can enjoy a sea bath and a typical lunch with various dish options, with an hour and a half allocated for this.
Afterwards, the journey back to Cartagena City takes approximately 4 hours.
- Catedral de Santa Marta - Visitors enter and explore the Cathedral Basilica of Santa Marta.
What's Included
- Lunch
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Breakfast
What's Not Included
- We do not include tickets to the fifth of San Pedro Alejandrino and optional price of $25,000 COP
- We do not include tickets to the fifth of San Pedro Alejandrino and optional price of $25,000 COP
Additional Information
The tour offers an exploration of the most iconic locations in the vibrant cities of Barranquilla and Santa Marta. Participants will encounter a rich cultural diversity and gain insights into the significance of the sites visited. This promises a unique and unforgettable experience, with opportunities to interact with people from around the globe and…
The tour offers an exploration of the most iconic locations in the vibrant cities of Barranquilla and Santa Marta. Participants will encounter a rich cultural diversity and gain insights into the significance of the sites visited. This promises a unique and unforgettable experience, with opportunities to interact with people from around the globe and discover the multicultural aspects of these destinations. Attendees will explore enchanting and magical places.
Location
Monumento Torre del Reloj
Monument Clock Tower
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.3
(96 Ratings)
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Franz_w
Jul 17, 2025
Very good tour - This tour was very well organized and very nice. The story they told us very interesting.
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Brad
Nov 28, 2024
Tour you won't forget - The experience was awesome and very in depth and learned a lot. The tour guide was amazing he helped me get around cause my back was hurting and made sure I was comfortable and was there for anything I needed he really has feelings and cares for his guests.
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643siddhantp
Jun 27, 2024
Would recommend this tour of Baranquilla and Santa Marta - Great day tour of Baranquilla and Santa Marta. Air-conditioned bus and time to swim at the beach in Santa Marta. Would recommend
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Flor_d
Jun 6, 2024
Charle is a fantastic guy. - One of the memorial experience was all the monument, including Chakira monument. Charles keep the tours very active, informative and interested. I strongly recommend this yours.
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Micheledw3722cl
Jul 28, 2024
New experiences, a little rushed, little explanations - The spots were nice and it was nice to explore new cities. The tour was completely in Spanish despite us asking for English, but thankfully we had two Spanish speakers so we had to translate. If you are looking for lots of details and explanation this is not the tour for you. Often times, I did feel rushed to take the pictures and leave, there wasn’t much explanation past a sentence or two. Still glad we got the tour just make sure you are aware of what you want before taking this tour.
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Becki_garro
Jun 21, 2024
Brief visit to Barranquilla but amazing historic tour of Santa Marta - The tour takes a complete day and you will ended it up exhausted. If is a 4h drive back to Cartagena once it ends. They provide you with a breakfast (arepa de huevo) in Barranquilla and simple basic lunch at a local humble hotel in Santa Marta. No food allergies are taken into consideration just be mindful of it.
You get a brief visit to Barranquilla, where you can take photos with the city letters name and a couple of monuments.
Once in Santa Marta we got an amazing tour and information about their historic city, photos at the city letter name and visit their museum. Finally they take you to the beach which unfortunately is not quite planned nor explained, basically, you get there and have around 2.5 hours on your own.
The bus was comfortable and it had great AC on. On our way back we had issues with a flat tire which delayed the return for about 40 minutes.
The guides were informative and fun. We got to meet many people from several countries which is always nice.
If you only have one day, I would say to do it but if you want to know a little bit more about Barranquilla or stay longer in Santa Marta's beaches, you may need to look for another tour.
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Ahb126wf
Mar 15, 2025
Fuming bus. - Good tour, with Maria guide, good people, but some seriousness, Not sociable to be a guide, lacks joy. I think the price quite high for the tour, it does not go price-quality ratio. It was fine but not excellent. Something very important is that the bus had cockroaches, it would be good to be fumigated because they are inside the walls, and it does not look good, for those of us who have a phobia can no longer go quietly as soon as we see the antennae moving.
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G7251btadrianam
Jan 2, 2026
Tour to Barranquilla and Santa Marta - HORRIBLE explained almost nothing, we were forced to be in a hotel 2 hours waiting for some VIPs who went to a private beach... they took a long time to deliver lunch and the bus was oversold. I would not repeat this plan
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Juan
Nov 14, 2025
Not worth it to wake up so early for this tour. - The trip started later than expected, the description mentions a sandwich as breakfast but we were giving none, the tour in barranquilla is just stopping 10 minutes ish per landmark to take a picture and that's it, the tour through santa marta felt rushed, the free time in the pool at the hotel was ok, but the worst part was the bus, it was infested with cockroaches and the top compartments were dirty that all of our stuff ended up dirty and sticky, plus the cooling water( just guessing that is it) was leaking during the entire trip, which was uncomfortable, our electronics could have been damaged.
TLDR; short time per landmark, the bus was dirty.
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Michael_d
Aug 8, 2025
Horrible guide, driver, food and too long of a drive, disappointing beach club - Most horrible tour experience in my life in 46 years of traveling the world!!! The driver did not know how to follow Google Maps making last minute sharp turns, braking abruptly in traffic, driving excessively and unsafely slow making it a very long 17.5 hour tour from 4:00am to 9:30pm not even following simple directions from the tour guide. Passed vehicles in the roads when passing was prohibited very slowly almost wrecking about six times!!! The tour guide was unorganized, did not give explanations at sites of beforehand, did not set time limits making it a horrible experience not respecting everyone’s time with making us wait for rude people tourists that would take a very long time in pickups at hotels and in resting stops. Horrible food that made me ill, vomit, diarrhea, fever, stomachache, headache, chills, at the beach club. Horrible beach with no loungers in beach area from the beach club, and ugly pool and facility. Did not go to two of the sightseeing places as described in Viator tour booking and did not provide the sandwich and fruit for breakfast as described, instead went to kiosk rest area in the toll road area that belonged to a family member of the tour guide and fed us a horrible egg arepa that made my stomach ache and no fruit at all. Very disappointing experience. Did not stop at monument of Aleta de Tiburon either. Gave us very few minutes at monuments. Most horrible tour ever. Nice city Barranquilla and walking tour in Santa Marta, however with local guide Mario.
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