Contiki

• 2 Dinner (D)
• 14 Breakfast (B)
• 1 Lunch (L)

• Bogotá: Head out with your new crew for a delish welcome dinner. Expect Colombian flavours, live music, and a buzzing atmosphere.
• Salento: Head to a working coffee farm for a community-led experience that gets you into the full bean-to-brew story — from growing and processing to roasting and tasting. It’s a proper look at local livelihoods, sustainable production, and the drink this region does best.
• Salento: Jump into a private Willy’s Jeep and head for Cocora Valley, where a guided walk will take us through one of Colombia’s most iconic landscapes. With the world’s tallest wax palms towering overhead and a stop in beautifully preserved Filandia, this one’s got big scenery and plenty of charm.
• Medellín: Dive into Comuna 13 with a guided tour that brings Medellín’s story of transformation to life through murals, music, escalators, and street-level creativity. Every corner has something to say — and this place says it loud, proud, and in full colour. 
• Guatapé: Check out colourful Guatapé, where bright zócalos and easy lakeside charm will set the scene. Then we’ll take on El Peñol Rock, with a whole lot of steps standing between us and one of Colombia’s biggest show-offs.At the top, the views will fully deliver — think winding water, emerald islands, and a panorama worth every step.
• Guatapé: Take to the water on a relaxed boat cruise across the Guatapé Reservoir, with forested hills, little islands, and El Peñol Rock showing off in the distance.It’s an easy way to soak up the scenery while getting the story behind the dam, the old town, and the region around it.
• Tayrona National Park: Head into Tayrona National Park with a local guide and hike through one of Colombia’s wildest corners, where jungle trails, Caribbean coastline, and seriously good beaches all show up in one go. Along the way, we’ll pass through tropical forest, spot wildlife, and check out standout stretches like Arrecifes, La Piscina, and Cabo San Juan.It’s a proper half-day adventure with beach time built in.
  Heads up: if the park’s closed, we’ll swap this activity for another local experience.
• Cartagena: Hit the streets of Cartagena’s Walled City with a Local Guide and get into the stories behind its colonial plazas, landmark churches, and iconic Torre del Reloj.
• Cartagena: Jump into a small-group salsa lesson with a pro instructor and get to grips with the rhythm, the steps, and the moves that make this place tick.

Meet your fellow travellers over a Colombian welcome dinner at a local Bogotá restaurant. Share dishes inspired by the country’s varied regional kitchens while live music sets a lively tone for the gathering.

The meal offers a relaxed introduction to Colombia through its flavours and sounds. Bogotá brings together traditions from across the country, making its dining scene a fitting place to get acquainted with your crew.

Get your bearings on an orientation of Bogotá’s highlights, discovering the setting of Colombia’s high-altitude capital and the contrasting character of its streets. This introduction helps you make sense of a city shaped by long-standing history and contemporary creativity.

Set on an Andean plateau, Bogotá pairs historic districts with a thriving arts and cultural scene. The orientation gives you a useful starting point for exploring its museums and neighbourhoods independently.

Visit a working coffee farm near Salento for a community-led look at the region’s bean-to-brew process. Learn how coffee is grown, processed and roasted, and taste the finished coffee where its story begins.

Colombia’s Coffee Cultural Landscape is closely tied to family farms and the livelihoods built around them. This guided experience connects the flavours in your cup with local knowledge, sustainable production and the work behind each harvest.

Ride a private Willys jeep to Cocora Valley and take a guided hike beneath Colombia’s towering wax palms. The trails reveal the scale of these slender trees against the green Andean slopes, with time to take in the valley’s distinctive scenery.

The experience also includes a visit to Filandia, a coffee-region town known for cobbled streets and brightly painted facades. Its preserved architecture offers a different perspective on the landscapes and communities of Colombia’s coffee country.

Get acquainted with Medellín’s city highlights on an orientation that introduces this energetic metropolis in its green Andean valley. Take in the setting and character of a city whose public spaces and neighbourhoods reflect decades of change.

Nicknamed the City of Eternal Spring for its mild climate, Medellín has become known for its creativity and urban reinvention. The orientation provides context for exploring its streets and understanding the stories that shape them.

Explore Medellín’s Comuna 13 on a guided tour through streets filled with murals, music and street-level creativity. See the neighbourhood’s outdoor escalators and hear how residents have used art and community projects to express their experiences.

Once associated with intense violence, Comuna 13 is now widely recognised for its transformation. Its colourful walls carry stories of resilience and social change, making the visit as much about listening and understanding as it is about seeing the artwork.

Explore Guatapé’s colourful streets, where painted zócalos decorate the lower walls of homes and businesses. Visit El Peñol Rock and tackle its stairway for sweeping views across the reservoir’s winding waterways and green islands.

The town’s decorative facades give each street a distinctive local character, while the great granite rock provides a striking viewpoint over the surrounding landscape. Together, they show two sides of Guatapé: close-up craft and expansive mountain scenery.

Cruise across Guatapé Reservoir for water-level views of forested hills, small islands and El Peñol Rock rising in the distance. Relax on board as the boat moves through a landscape of open water and deeply indented shorelines.

Hear about the dam and the old town affected by the reservoir’s creation, adding a human story to the scenery. The cruise offers a different vantage point from the rock’s summit and a closer look at the region’s changing landscape.

Find your bearings on a Santa Marta orientation that introduces the city’s Caribbean setting, historic character and coastal atmosphere. Take in the contrast between sea views and the mountain backdrop as you get to know this gateway to Colombia’s northern coast.

Founded in 1525, Santa Marta is among the oldest surviving Spanish-founded cities in the Americas. Its history and warm coastal rhythm make it a distinctive introduction to the Caribbean side of Colombia.

Hike through Tayrona National Park with a Local Guide, following tropical forest trails towards the Caribbean coast. Look for wildlife along the route and experience beaches and bays such as Arrecifes, La Piscina and Cabo San Juan, with beach time built into the half-day adventure.

The park lies in a region of deep Indigenous significance, where jungle-covered slopes meet the sea. If Tayrona is closed, another local experience will replace this guided visit.

Walk through Cartagena’s Walled City with a Local Guide and discover the stories behind its colonial plazas, landmark churches and Torre del Reloj. Colourful facades and busy squares bring the historic centre’s Caribbean character into focus.

The fortified old town reflects Cartagena’s importance as a Spanish colonial port. Exploring it with a guide adds context to its architecture and public spaces, revealing more than a stroll through its picturesque streets alone.

Join a small-group salsa lesson in Cartagena with a professional instructor. Practise the rhythm, basic steps and partner moves in a welcoming setting that gives you room to learn by doing.

Salsa is part of Colombia’s social dance culture, and Cartagena’s lively music scene makes it a fitting place to try it. The lesson offers a hands-on connection to the city’s evening energy, whether you are finding the beat for the first time or building confidence on the dance floor.

Take an optional boat trip from Cartagena to a small island off the Caribbean coast. Enjoy time for snorkelling and ocean swims, or settle in by the pool and relax with your fellow travellers beside clear coastal water.

This island escape offers a change of pace from Cartagena’s historic streets, with the sea and shoreline at the centre of the experience. It is at additional cost and bookable on tour.