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Totumo Volcano: Relaxing Mud Bath Experience
4.7
13 Ratings
Cartagena de Indias
Experience the unique and rejuvenating mud bath at El Totumo Mud Volcano on a one-day tour from Cartagena. Our guides will provide personalized advice for a memorable experience.
Experience the unique and rejuvenating mud bath at El Totumo Mud Volcano on a one-day tour from Cartagena. Our guides will provide personalized advice for a memorable experience.
Duration:
7 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Cartagena - Passengers are picked up one hour in advance from hotels or designated meeting points.
- Volcan de Lodo El Totumo - Guests are transported by a heated bus for a one-hour journey to the Totumo Volcano. The guide will provide an overview of the activities and offer recommendations for entering the volcano. Guests will then have 15 to…
- Cartagena - Passengers are picked up one hour in advance from hotels or designated meeting points.
- Volcan de Lodo El Totumo - Guests are transported by a heated bus for a one-hour journey to the Totumo Volcano. The guide will provide an overview of the activities and offer recommendations for entering the volcano. Guests will then have 15 to 20 minutes to enjoy a relaxing mud bath and embrace this unique experience. Afterward, they can take a refreshing bath in the Cienega del Totumo, which offers fresh water, followed by a delightful light breakfast.
- Arroyo de Piedra - This location offers an exciting adventure amidst a forest, allowing guests to connect with nature while enjoying a delicious cocktail. Surrounded by beaches and inviting pools, guests can relax until a delightful lunch is served, featuring four options and a light dessert. This charming spot offers a variety of activities, including soccer or volleyball courts, water polo, a playground, slides, and additional services, making it an ideal plan for family and friends to enjoy.
- Cartagena - The tour concludes with a return to the original pick-up locations or meeting points, wrapping up a wonderful experience.
What's Included
- Lunch
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Welcome cocktail
- Lunch
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Welcome cocktail
What's Not Included
- Photographs inside the Volcano (5000 pesos)
- Bath for native (5000 pesos)
- Massages inside the mud (5000 pesos)
- Photographs inside the Volcano (5000 pesos)
- Bath for native (5000 pesos)
- Massages inside the mud (5000 pesos)
Additional Information
Embrace the excitement of a fresh and wonderful adventure from the moment you make your reservation. Our guides will reach out to offer tailored advice on the recommendations to consider for this activity. The Totumo Volcano has emerged as one of the top excursions just a few hours from Cartagena. This unique experience offers a distinctive opportunity,…
Embrace the excitement of a fresh and wonderful adventure from the moment you make your reservation. Our guides will reach out to offer tailored advice on the recommendations to consider for this activity. The Totumo Volcano has emerged as one of the top excursions just a few hours from Cartagena. This unique experience offers a distinctive opportunity, as the mud of the Totumo Volcano is rich in minerals that are beneficial for your skin. Immerse yourself in this soothing mud bath and enjoy a deeper connection with nature.
- Bring a towel
- Bring an extra change of clothes
- You will be offered to buy dried mud to take home. Due to its natural properties from its origin, this sludge has explosive properties, which the TSA will point out if you have a connecting flight when returning to the United States. I could keep it, but additional screening measures were needed before TSA clearance.
- For this activity, good weather is necessary. If not, you are offered the possibility of rescheduling or a full refund of your money.
- Up to 20 people can participate in this activity.
- You will receive a confirmation at the time of booking
Location
Monumento Torre del Reloj
Meeting point at the monument of the 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
4.7
(13 Ratings)
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Gisselina_y
Jul 1, 2025
Let's get muddy! - Went with a big group and they were able to accommodate, though we did get split into two busses given the large group. Some additional costs (light massage in the mud, ladies helping you wash off the mud, any drinks) but very affordable. It was fun for kids and grown-ups.
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731johnh
Jun 27, 2025
Totumo - Everything was great! We had a great time at the Totumo and at the beach club. David was especially attentive and informative. I will recommend this tour to my friends.
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Tete143
Apr 14, 2025
A nice touch to your trip! - Nice way to spend a day in Cartagena. Our guide was friendly and spoke good English and prepared us well for the experience. The stop at the beach club for swimming and lunch, which was really good, is the added bonus. You definitely get your monies worth!
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N_b
Jan 23, 2025
Great Tour! - The tour was exactly as described. We were picked up at the clock tower in Walled City and proceeded to the mud tour. After the mud tour we proceeded to a beach club where the included lunch was provided. There was a pool and chairs to relax. There was also a bar. The beach was just a few steps away. The lunch was very tasty! The guides were very helpful. We really enjoyed this tour and would do it again!
Please consider these things before you go.
- Try to get off the bus first so that you can make it to the mud pit first because the line gets long
- Bring a towel
- VERY IMPORTANT: Be sure to have small denominations of Columbian pesos (4 -5,000/per person—we were told about $20K Colombian pesos total) to tip. At the volcano, locals are there to help you along the way. Someone will take your towel and shoes (5K CP)to wait for you after the volcano and lake, someone will use your phone to take pictures (5K CP), someone will give you a massage in the volcano (5K CP), someone will rinse you off in the lake (5K CP). We were told the USD conversion was $9-10 (because the location was remote) for all services. The services were very much worth the money and you have to pay or they will come on the bus to collect!
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Curiosity28430386789
Jan 8, 2025
Two great excursions in One - Our tour guide was very detailed and attentive to our needs. He constantly asked if we had any questions throughout the tour. He ensured that we were safe on both tours. At the beach, he ensured that our lunch and welcome cocktails were ready and to our liking. I also enjoyed the birthday surprise!
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Joseluismu4553qa
Jun 27, 2024
Tour volcano del totumo - For the first time we had as a family the experience of entering a volcano you noticed the skin change with good impurity and satisfying at the same time, the hotel was a thing of beautiful everything was beautiful, and the typical lunch of the coast very rich
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27shayraa
Jun 27, 2024
Fun experience for me and my friends. - I found it an excellent unforgettable experience I really like lunch and the guide did super well with the very attentive, and I was delighted with everything.
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Salvadormr8516oy
Jun 21, 2024
Excellent service - This was one of the strangest activities but the ones I liked the most was something different the sludge super chevere the activity were very fulfilled with all thank you very much for your advice and recommendations.
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Kendy_m
Nov 24, 2025
Its okay - The experience wasn't as relaxing as i thought. It felt very commercial if that makes sense. The mud bath was nice but they charge like 20 mil pesos for the extra services like "massage" " watching our sandals" etc and it really wasnt "optional" as they claim it to be. The tour guide was nice, driver drove well. However, he lacked on interacting with us and gave little to no information on the history of the volcano. He only gave us some info because we asked him about it. Overall, it was okay.
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Mark
Jan 1, 2025
You Only spend one hour at the volcano - It is too busy the small volcano with too many tourists and you have to queue up to go into the mud and you can't stay long in the mud. The area looks like a third world country the restaurants are ugly and expensive. The eco friendly hotel was okay and the lunch was okay.
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