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Santa Marta 4-Day Hike to the Lost City with Pickup Included
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Santa Marta 4-Day Hike to the Lost City with Pickup Included

by Expotur

4 days
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4 days
Starting time
Monday 26 October 2026
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Free cancellation until 25 Oct 2026.
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Overview

This hiking tour lasts about four days and covers the route to the Lost City near Santa Marta. The guides are local experts trained by SENA with experience in sharing cultural, historical, and anthropological information about the indigenous communities and the region. The trek supports local indigenous and peasant communities through contributions aimed at improving their quality of life. Meals included during the tour are breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks. Pickup service is offered to start the hike. Drinks and assistance with carrying luggage are not included. Participants can leave luggage they do not want to bring at the Expotur main office without extra cost. For those not returning to Santa Marta on the last day, luggage can be sent to the route's endpoint at El Mamey for pickup before continuing to the next destination. Travelers are advised to have the yellow fever vaccine as a precaution before the tour.

Highlights

4-day hiking tour to the Lost City
Guides trained by SENA with local knowledge
Breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks included
Pickup service provided at start of tour
Support for indigenous and peasant communities

What's included

Snacks during the tour
Pickup service offered
Lunch included
Dinner included
Breakfast included

What's not included

Drinks are not included
Assistance with carrying luggage is not included

Itinerary

1

Everything begins around 9:30 am at the Expotur office where in a 4 × 4 truck we take a 2 ½ hour course to the Mamey region, where we have lunch and then begin the search for the sacred place of the Tayronas (ancient 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.

240 min

2

The day begins and we have breakfast early, to then start walking through the Buritaca river valley, there we will find numerous houses that make up a village of indigenous Kogui called Mutanshi. Our tour of the day is approximately 7 hours, passing through the jungle of the Sierra Nevada and meeting face to face with the natural diversity, until finally arriving directly at Camp 3 where we eat, rest and spend the night.

7 min

3

Very early we have breakfast, to begin the ascent to our destination, we begin by climbing 1,200 steps, a path built by the Tayronas themselves, at the end we will find the long-awaited Lost City, once there the guide will show us and give us information about the magical full place 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 have dinner and spend the night.

360 min

4

The last day of the adventure begins with breakfast to continue the way back to the point where it all began, the way we will find rivers and waterfalls to refresh ourselves, until finally reaching the Mamey where we will have lunch and the truck will wait for us to return to the city of Santa Marta where we will arrive around 5:00 pm having fully enjoyed an enriching new experience in the magical Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.

360 min

Meeting point

Travelers can be found at the Expotur facilities.

End point

At the end of the tour we can drop you off at any hotel in the city of Santa Marta. We also give you the option of dropping you off at places near Palomino and Minca or if you prefer we can also drop you off at the main entrances of Tayrona Park.

Languages

English (guide)English (written)Spanish (guide)Spanish (written)

Cancellation policy

  • Cancel at least 24 hours before start for a full refund.

Additional info

1–15 travelers per booking
Mobile ticket
Service animals are welcome
Infants travel on an adult's lap
Not advised for anyone with back or spinal problems
Not advised during pregnancy
Not advised for anyone with a heart condition
A moderate level of fitness is needed
Participants can leave suitcases at Expotur main office free of charge or have them sent to El Mamey if not returning to Santa Marta on tour end
Yellow fever vaccination is recommended before the tour
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