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Immerse yourself in the world of Colombian coffee on this small-group tour from Medellin. Get out of the city and take in the beauty of the surroundings; you can focus on enjoying it instead of worrying about driving and directions since all private transportation is included. Learn about the process of coffee-making at an organic coffee farm, from bean to cup, and taste some samples of different brews.

Delve into Medellin’s rich cultural heritage on a half-day tour of the city’s best museums. Learn about Medellin’s radical transformation—from a perilously dangerous city to a thriving metropolis—and visit the San Pedro Cemetery Museum and the Museum of Antioquia. Head straight to the museum highlights and learn much more than by looking at the info panels alone.

During your Medellin vacation, don’t waste a moment waiting—save time waiting in line with a skip-the-line admission ticket to the Antioquia Museum (Museo de Antioquia), one of Colombia’s most important galleries. Choose a time slot to suit you and admire works by Fernando Botero at your own pace.

Immerse yourself in the daily life of the city; live, walk, smell and taste the culture of Medellin while sharing your time with a local, discovering the fascinating urban and social transformation of what was once the most dangerous city in the world. Initially in our tour we will experience Downtown Medellin; we will recognize it's history, it's culture and it's art, we will discover what day to day is like at Downtown Medellin, where approximately 1'200.000 people move daily. We will start our trip using the public transportation, first we will take the train to the Comuna 13, then we will transfer to the cable car that will take us to some of the communities in the hills. At the Comuna 13, we will go to the famous Outdoor Escalators, a unique project in the world framed by the greatest amount of graffiti in Medellin, previously one of the most dangerous areas in the city, we will understand the incredible history and the transformation process that it's inhabitants experienced.

Get a unique take on Medellin’s turbulent past on a walking tour of Comuna 13 that includes a ride on the Metrocable. Delve deeper into the meaning behind the street art than you would on your own and navigate the neighborhood with ease, without having to keep checking your phone for directions.

Enjoy a 2-hour tour with live music on the main streets of Santa Marta, with other national and foreign tourists like you with whom you can interact in what is practically a mobile nightclub.You will have a stop at the Monument of Pibe Valderrama and the Bay of Santa Marta where you will have a beautiful photographic memory.

Explore the vibrant community of Comuna 20, comprising 11 neighborhoods, with a focus on Siloé. Overcoming a history of violence, residents strive for positive change through tourism, entrepreneurship, and local culture. Witness the resilience of this community, experiencing its art, culture, and creativity as they work towards a better way of life.

Comuna 13 was once a dangerous neighbourhood where few tourists dared to step foot. Nowadays, it’s the place to go to see first hand how this underdog of a city has been revitalized into one of South America’s cultural hubs. Ride the Medellin MetroCable for fabulous aerial views of the city tour the city’s vibrant street art and stop by street markets to try authentic local fare and peruse handmade arts and crafts.

What makes our tour different? This is not a typical tour—it’s a real story told by the people who lived it. We are not guides who studied Comuna 13. We were born and raised here. We experienced its past and witnessed its transformation firsthand. What we share with you isn’t a script—it’s our own story. As you walk through the neighborhood, you won’t just see graffiti or escalators—you’ll understand what they truly represent. Every mural, every corner, and every story has a deeper meaning that only locals can reveal. But we go even further. Beyond the main spots, you’ll connect with local artists, explore community projects, and experience the energy that turned Comuna 13 into one of the most powerful symbols of transformation in Medellín. If you’re looking for something real, authentic, and unforgettable… this is the experience you’ve been searching for.

Discover the life and works of one of Colombia's best-known artists, Fernando Botero, on a 3-hour guided tour through Medellín. Explore the Museum of Antioquia, where more than 100 of Botero's paintings are on display, and visit the Plaza de las Esculturas, home to over 20 Botero statues. A highlight of this art tour is Botero's Pájaro de Paz statue, which was destroyed by a bomb and later replaced with an exact Botero replica. The remnants of the original and the newer version now stand side by side.

Set sail for Tayrona aboard a 17-meter (56-foot) yacht with this excursion. Your bilingual captain, Luis, will take you and a small group of up to 25 passengers to the coastal park. Once in the park, you will have time to swim, snorkel, sunbathe, or hang out on the beach, and return to Santa Marta in the late afternoon.

Sample Bogota’s thriving street art and alternative culture scenes during this 4-hour guided walking tour. Learn about the growing cultural role for street murals in Colombian culture as you explore the work of famous artists like DEXS and Toxicomano. During the trip, you’ll also get to sample the city’s numerous vintage stores, trendy bars, and alternative retailers.

Discover the wonderful world of coffee and learn how the elixir is made during this coffee farm experience near Bogota. Join a small group and set out for the town of Choachi, just outside of Bogota, where the farm is located. Learn about the daily life of a coffee farmer as well as the coffee manufacturing process.

Get an insider's perspective on Medellin's transformation from one of the most notorious cities in Latin America to one of the safest, most vibrant, and most visited destinations in all of South America. This tour takes you to outdoor mural galleries in the neighborhoods of Las Indepencias and San Javier, allowing you to hear the city's story through its artwork. Travel like a local on the metro and the bus along with your guide, and taste local favorite snacks, too.

Dive deep into the history of Cartagena's Walled City with Part I of an offline audio tour. Downloaded straight onto your smartphone, this self-guided experience is perfect for independent travelers who like to sightsee at their own pace. Through immersive audio commentary, you’ll travel hundreds of years into the past to the days of colonial Colombia. Highlights include la Serrezuela, San Felipe de Barajas Castle, Las Bovedas, and Our Lady of Mercy Church.

Get a personalized introduction to Medellín’s handicrafts on a half-day private market tour that includes round trip-hotel transfer. Visit two markets where artisans display Colombian crafts, shop for distinctive souvenirs, and experience Paisa culture firsthand.

Learn about the coffee production process from bean to cup on this half-day tour. Enjoy the scenery as you ride from Medellin to the countryside, then sample delicious Colombian coffee as you discover the production stages including planting, de-pulping, fermenting, roasting, and grinding. Tour the coffee farm and try picking some of the beans yourself.

On the Pablo Escobar Tour in Medellín we will get to know some of the most important places in the history of Pablo Escobar. This tour is totally private, where we will pick you up at the hotel and we will start a historical tour from the moment you meet the guide, who is a professional guide, and at the end we will leave you at the hotel. Also, remember that we have 8 years of experience. The experience you will have is the best and the information you will receive is reliable and true. We will visit the Inflection Park, where the Monaco building was. The Cemetery, where Pablo Escobar is buried. The Pablo Escobar neighborhood and the house where he died.

Discovering the best nightlife spots can be difficult when visiting a new place. This Chiva Rumbera party bus makes it easy to have fun and make new friends. You will be picked up at a meeting point or your hotel and driven around the city. Enjoy music on board and continue the fun at a disco. Spend a night out in the different city.

This tour covers Pablo's tour and the Comuna 13 tour all in one day. Our guides speak perfect English and Spanish and know the complete history of each place that you will visit. Their will be opportunities to shop for souvenirs and to take some amazing pictures. The tour is completely private which we prefer as this way we can dedicate our time to you, answer any questions, and move at your pace. Here at Medellin, we are not just your tour guides, but your new friends in Medellin!

Discover all that Medellín has to offer during this comprehensive 8-hour exploration of the city’s top sights. During the course of your full-day trip you’ll visit notable attractions including Botero Plaza, the nature reserve of Arví Park, a replica of a traditional Colombian village at ‘Pueblito Paisa’ (Little Town), Barefoot Park, the Park of Lights, Medellín’s innovative Metro, the Botanical Garden, the urban escalator in the former slum of Comuna 13 and the outlying areas of Sabaneta and Envigado. Your Medellín excursion also covers admission fees, all activities, a driver-guide and round-trip hotel transport.

Pedal through the green heart of Bogota! What sets our tour apart? Bogota is a pioneer of urban cycling in South America, with 532 km of cycle paths that take you to its greener side. You will tour the Simon Bolivar Metropolitan Park: 113 hectares of pure nature (the equivalent of 1,076 Olympic swimming pools!). Next door, an architectural gem awaits: the Virgilio Barco Library, by architect Rogelio Salmona (also author of the Environmental Axis and the Gabriel García Márquez Center). Its water mirrors, monuments and organic shapes will leave you speechless — a must-see for lovers of design and photography. Nature, art and history in one tour. Choose your schedule: morning or afternoon. Limited places! Book now and live Bogota on two wheels.

Take a cultural tour of Medellín and navigate the city like a local on a guided Medellín Metro outing. Set out aboard public transit to see some of Medellín’s most unique sights and neighborhoods. Spend some time wandering among the city's botanical gardens and lively Botero Plaza, and ride on one of South America's oldest cable car systems to Santo Domingo Savio Library. The cable car is actually part of the metro system and its ariel views of the Medellín valley are unbeatable.

This tour can be done independently of the self-guided tour to Cartagena Fortress: The Rise of the Wall Part I. The voice of Antonio Arévalo, one of the builders of the fortress, is your narrator on this special audio walk. He embarks on a journey back in time to show you the walls of Cartagena, with special commentary on the engineering marvels that were designed to protect the city from pirate attacks. Your tour begins just outside the Bovedas, where you'll learn how they were used as Republican prisons in colonial times and now serve as an exhibition space and selling point for handicrafts from all over Colombia. You will walk on the wall and discover the Santa Clara bastion and see the house of Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Your narrator will ask you questions along the way and make everything you learn about the architectural elements entertaining and exciting. You will hear the poem by Daniel Lemaitre that inspired the monument that you can see from this place.