Embark on a thrilling 5-day hike to the Lost City, an ancient Tayrona city in the Sierra Nevada. Explore terraces, tiled paths, and circular plazas, and ascend 1,200 stone steps through the jungle.
Santa Marta - Mamey – Camp 1
Edificio Sierra Nevada - The tour begins around 7:30 a.m. where in a 4 × 4 truck we head for 2 ½ hours to the Mamey region, where we have lunch and then begin the search for the sacred place of the Tayronas (former inhabitants of The Lost City). At the end of the afternoon we arrive at Camp 1, in its surroundings we will find rivers, natural pools, waterfalls for moments of relaxation, then we will have dinner and there will be accommodations prepared in hammocks to rest and spend the night.
Camp 1 – Mutanyi – Camp 3
Edificio Sierra Nevada - The day begins and we have an early breakfast, then we begin to walk through the valley of the Buritaca river, there we will find numerous houses that make up a Kogui indigenous people called Mutanshi. Our journey for the day is approximately 7 hours, passing through the Sierra Nevada jungle and encountering natural diversity, until finally arriving directly at Camp 3 where we have dinner, rest and spend the night.
Camp 3 – Lost City – Camp 2
Ciudad Perdida - Very early we have breakfast, to start the ascent to our destination, we begin to climb 1,200 steps, a path built by the Tayronas themselves, at the end we will find the Lost City, once there the guide will show us and give information about the magical place full of relics and ancestral stories, we will spend the morning enjoying the landscapes of the destination, having enough time to rest and take pictures, finally we will have lunch and continue the same way back to reach Camp 2 where we will have dinner and spend the night.
Camp 2 - River Station
Santa Marta - Early departure from the camp, walk for 4 hours to the Rio station where you will find diversity of flora and fauna as the heart of the world.
Lunch
Free afternoon to rest and enjoy the river
Night in the camp in beds
Dinner
Camp 1 - Mamey- Return to Santa Marta
Santa Marta Municipality - After breakfast, we left the river station to Mamey on a walk of approximately 3 hours, lunch in Mamey and return to Santa Marta by vehicle to the hotel.
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
This is the archaeological site of a former Tayrona city situated in the Sierra Nevada, believed to have been established around the year 800, a time period far preceding Machu Picchu.
The celestial site of Tayrona is constructed with a set of terraces carved into the slope of the mountain, accompanied by interconnected tiled trails and compact circular public spaces.
To reach Ciudad Perdida, it involves climbing some 1,200 stone stairs through the expansive regional jungle.
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