Lost City Trek -Ciudad Perdida 5 Tage von Santa Marta oder Taganga aus

This was an incredible trip and an unforgettable adventure! The trek itself is quite demanding T times with a significant amount of steep hills which can last for over an hour at a time constant incline. I think it's important to keep that in mind when booking that your prepared for a bit of a workout, and a very steep ascent on the steps to the Lost City, with an equally steep descent that takes a lot of focus and time, but is totally doable. The camps are always welcoming. Beds are very adequate, each with a mosquito net, blanket and pillow. I recommend carrying your clothes on a plastic bag within your pack so that you'll always have dry clothes in the event of a rainstorm! Bring a pack over for the train and a lightweight rain jacket. You won't be sorry... any added weight will be well worth it. Bring lots and lots mosquito repellent and a good first aid kit. Although our team was very well prepared, it's nice to have extra comfort of knowing you have it. Our team of guides were incredible! We booked our trip through G Adventures, with Hugo as our tour leader. He was outstanding, kind, knowledgeable and attentive to everyone on our group. The rest of our guides were through Magic Tour. Isaias Suarez was our cook for the week. He prepared amazing, home cooked, well thought out meals each day for breakfast, lunch and dinner, leaning nobody hungry! Coffee, hot chocolate amd treats were also provided. He was Fantastic. Our main guide was Jose Samboni. I can't say enough about Jose. An incredibly talented amd knowledgeable guide who is a local that knew everyone we passed on the trail. His knowledge amd expertise and years of experience, really made you feel like you were part of this special place for the brief time your on the trail. Jose was so very kind, patient and always took time to make sure everyone was following and taken care of. Fernery Gallego was our auxiliary guide. 'Fer' was fantastic. He took the time to attend to everyone, always there to help and guide us all. Fer always had a cup of hot chocolate or coffee for us when we needed it most and always helped make sure everyone was in our group, and were at a comfortable pace. Fer was equally fantastic as the rest of our team. I would recommend this trek, but if you're lucky enough to have Hugo, Jose, Isaias and Fernery... you'll have an even better time. Safe travels! Magic Tour is lucky to have each of them on their team. I feel very lucky to have experienced this with my group and this team.

El camino es una pasada si te gusta el trek, aunque la humedad lo hace un poco dificil para aclimatarte. Durante los 5 días te unen a un grupo que también hace los 5 días cómo tu. Lo pasamos genial e hicimos muchas migas. Sobre todo con otros dos españoles que también viajaban solos como yo. Nuestro guía Diego fue lo mejor, siempre animándonos y explicando historias sobre Sierra Nevada. La diferencia con el grupo de 4 días fue que el último día nos quedamos en una termas del campamento. Si tienes un día de sobra es un día de relax total, lo recomiendo. Si vas a Colombia y no visitas Ciudad Perdida más vale que no vayas.

Hiking- strenuous, the heat and humidity make this technically easy trekking a real challenge Accommodation- the hygiene standards are unspeakably low, not only the bathrooms and showers are disgusting, the worst things are the dogs which are walking freely and sleeping in the tourist ‘s bedrooms and peeing at the bed posts, backpacks or what else is in their way Sightseeing- the lost city is an interesting place but frankly speaking there is not really to be seen a lot, it needs a lot of imagination...and there is not a lot of literature around which can explain the place