- Volcan de Lodo El Totumo - We pick up clients at their hotels or Airbnb, then take them to the volcano which is a 30-mile drive (45 minutes to 1 hour). Upon arriving at the volcano, the guide will give you the recommendations and instructions that you must follow to enjoy this experience. The volcano has a height of 20 meters (60 feet) and a depth of 2,300 meters (6,000 feet) but due to the density of the mud, people cannot sink into it. Furthermore, the mud has a chemical composition of 40 minerals that make it makes it healthy for your skin, exerting a rejuvenating effect on it. This visit includes a snack of arepas or empanadas with water or soda.
- San Basilio De Palenque - From the volcano, we travel 40 km (60 miles) south of Cartagena for 1 hour and a half to reach Palenque, where we will enjoy the African legacy in Colombia and the first independent and free town in America. Here we will have a music and dance show, where we will appreciate African culture through its music and you will be a special guest to participate in dancing with the group, then we will take a tour of the community where we will visit Ruperta’s house, a palanquera in charge of make typical traditional sweets, here we will enter the patio of your house and we will learn and participate in the preparation of these delicious dishes, we will also be given a taste. Then we will go to the Gym where we will talk about the legend of Kid Cervantes Pambele, and if it is very daring we will take the gloves to practice a little boxing, then we will go to have a delicious palenque-style lunch, and then we will be prepared to return to the city from Cartagena
- Private transportation
- Entrance tickets to the mud volcano
- Lunch
- Snack of empanadas or arepas with soda or water
- Gratuities
- Alcoholic beverages
This tour was designed for those who have a short itinerary and need to do these two unmissable tours in the city of Cartagena in a single day. The mud volcano is unique in the world of Palenque, which makes this experience doubly unmissable. You will visit a mud volcano in which you cannot sink due to the high density of the mud and with more than 40 minerals that have a rejuvenating effect on your skin, helping to make it softer and smoother in addition to the unique experience of floating (even if you don’t know how to swim). Then we will visit the community of Palenque which has more than 400 years of founding history and generation after generation has preserved its African legacy with pride, which allows you today to enjoy an African music and dance show in which you also will participate in dancing, a visit to the sweets house where he will taste and participate in the baking of them, then he will go to practice boxing and finally have a delicious Palenquero-style lunch.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
