San Basilio de Palenque Private Tour: An Afro-Colombian Cultural Journey Bilingual Guide
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19 Ratings
Cartagena de Indias
Embark on a private tour of San Basilio de Palenque, immersing yourself in the rich Afro-Colombian culture. Discover the history of the palenqueros, explore a museum showcasing their heritage, learn about medicinal plants, and enjoy traditional Palenquera music.
Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • San Basilio De Palenque - You will be able to see the Palenquera culture live and direct, its cultures, traditions, home museums, its native language, typical houses, this tour has an estimated time of 2 hours and 2 more hours of travel from Cartagena and return
  • Monumento a Benkos Bioho - The statue of Benko Bioho is located in the main square of Palenque, BENKO is someone important to the history of Palenque, among many more monuments and sites.
What's Included
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Lunch
  • Bottled water
What's Not Included
  • Service not included in the tour
Additional Information

This experience imparts knowledge about the significant fight of palenqueros for their independence and their cultural customs, which forms an immense inheritance. You’ll have the opportunity to stroll through the lanes of San Basilio de Palenque, a museum dedicated to Afro-Colombian ancestry, you’ll discover age-old education concerning medicinal herbs, get to see traditional dwellings, and relish Palenquera music.

  • This experience requires good weather. If canceled due to bad weather, you will be offered a different date or a full refund
  • In this activity, it can be done for an individual or a group, depending on reservation requests
  • We require full name and passport number information to add it to the traveler insurance assistance.
Location
Monumento Torre del Reloj
The guide will call you a few minutes prior to notify you of the exact time they will pick you up. For this, please provide a contact number/WhatsApp that we can reach you on.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Yeye02
Jun 8, 2024
Good experience - The tour was excellent, being able to learn more about Afro culture, everything very well explained, the food very fresh and of good quality, thanks to Jenifer for her attention.
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Carlaalexandrag2023
Jun 8, 2024
HISTORY - Charming town and beautiful culture, San Basilio de Palenque African town that still maintains its Cultures Please come visit Palenque and its beautiful people
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Charliebermond
Jun 7, 2024
Palenque, culture and history - Palenque has been a great experience, from the history, the culture, the food, the people, or rather EVERYTHING! The tour offers a look at our African roots, how slaves fled from the conquerors and founded their own town in the mountains, making this a unique cultural wealth, without a doubt Palenque was the best of our trip.
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Kleimys
Jun 6, 2024
Our history, our roots - Learning from the History of our ancestors was the best, our guide Alberto is a native person and has a lot of experience Thank you Jennifer for your services.
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Mairaa670
Jun 6, 2024
Great!!! - This tour is very good, very cultural and the energy you feel is transformative. I really liked the attention and advice of the unique travel agency!!!
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Aye2622
Jun 6, 2024
The best tour 2023 - Despite going alone I met quality people, heard many stories and a wonderful tour, thank you for making my day wonderful. Super recommended.
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Aleja1018
Jun 6, 2024
beautiful town - It was a walk which we enjoyed a lot, because we love getting to know different cultures, customs and places and if you know about this town you can see that it has everything 😍 We were delighted and enjoyed it a lot.
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G1755ixvanessal
Jun 6, 2024
Good place to learn about history - A very beautiful town where we can enjoy and feel the history of our ancestors. .. good food and very nice people
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P6052cigabrielac
Mar 25, 2024
Highly recommended! - Learning about the history of this community enriched us a lot, its history, its culture, its social impact, and its importance today filled us with great satisfaction and infected us with its dances, songs, emotions, and customs. Highly recommended!
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K8785hatammyc
Feb 21, 2024
Highly recommended! - My partner and I took this tour and we loved it! Very enriching to learn about the Palenque culture, it exceeded our expectations, 10/10
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