Maravilloso tour Parque Tayrona desde Cartgena, sector Cabo San del Guia

While being a quite long tour with a long car ride to the park and back, it was an awesome day. We hiked through amazing nature, saw multiple beaches, got to swim at Cabo San Juan and enjoyed a delicious lunch. For the way back to the bus, we were given the option to ride on horses for an upcharge, which we did and which added to our experience. The hike was quite fast paced and a bit challenging, which can be attributed to the heat, but definitely doable for moderately fit people. We would recommend this tour to people who don’t have a lot of time in Colombia and don’t want to spend a night or two to visit Tayrona National Park, but still want to see it.

Guiderne var søde og rare, maden god og turen levede egentlig op til forventningerne, men den var bare al for lang, ca. 5 timer ud og 5 timer hjem, og så var der ikke tid til at nyde Tayrona. Man skulle skynde sig igennem og tilbage igen for at holde en meget stram tidsplan. Så min kritik går egentlig blot på, at konceptet ikke fungerede for mig. Jeg synes, man har brug for mere tid i Tayrona, og lave turen fra Santa Marta i stedet for.

A fantastic tour to an incredibly beautiful national park! I was picked up from the hotel with a big bus bringing people from Cartagena to different activities, a few of us then transferred into a minibus which got us into the park. The hike is definitely fatiguing, especially due to the heat and humidity. With the short amount of time for a day trip including the long drive from and to Cartagena, the local guide (who was super friendly and very knowledgeable about the park after more than 30 years of working there and pointed out interesting things to us on the way) walked very fast, which contributed to that. We hiked for about 1h45-2h to get to Cabo San Juan, had about an hour there for swimming and taking in the gorgeous views, then walked back a bit to get a delicious lunch (multiple options available, including fish, pasta with vegetables, a dish with chicken etc) - the fish was amazing! - and then had the option of either hiking back or taking a horse together with a small group and a guide. Due to the heat, I did the latter and even as a horse riding novice, it was a very safe way back even though the horses were going through quite uneven terrain which they clearly knew very well though. We were then brought back to the big bus and returned to Cartagena. I enjoyed the trip immensely which is why I give it 5 stars but I have to point out that I booked an English speaking tour and while the tour guide in the big bus spoke English, the local guide in the park where the tour actually happened (and the horse guide) did not. Fortunately, I speak Spanish well enough to be able to communicate but if I did not, this hike would have been a lot more complicated and adventurous, and maybe even a bit risky if something had gone wrong (it did not, everything was very well organised).