CARTAGENA & SAN ANDRES ISLAND

DAY 1: CARTAGENA

Breakfast. Transfer to the airport as scheduled, to take a flight to Cartagena. Reception and transfer from International Airport Rafael Nuñez to the hotel of your choice. Overnight.

DAY 2: CARTAGENA (City Tour)

Breakfast. At the agreed time, I meet one of our representatives at the hotel where you are staying to begin a panoramic tour of Cartagena de Indias. During the circuit, you will pass through the modern area of Bocagrande and the Manga neighborhood, where you can see old houses from the beginning of the 20th century. Then you will visit the Castle of San Felipe de Barajas, with which the Spanish sought to defend themselves from English attacks in the seventeenth century. We continue with a short walk through the historic center of this beautiful city, the tour ends by visiting the emerald museum. The tour will end at your hotel.

Includes: Entrance to the Castillo San Felipe and the Esmeralda Museum.

Duration: approximately 3 hrs. and a half.

Departures from Monday to Friday at 14:00 hrs., Saturday, Sundays, and National holidays at 09:00 hrs.

DAY 3: CARTAGENA

Breakfast. Day at leisure to discover more secrets from the Heroic City or you may take an optional tour.

DAY 4: CARTAGENA – SAN ANDRÉS

Breakfast. Transfer to the airport as scheduled, to take a flight to San Andrés. Reception and transfer from Airport to the hotel of your choice in public Taxis of the island. Overnight.

Notes:

• To enter the island, it is necessary to buy the Tourism card, approximately USD 35 per person, the payment must be done in Colombian pesos.
• In accordance with the government regulation of the Island, all transfers from to airport to the hotels and vice versa must be done with public taxis.

DAY 5: SAN ANDRES (Tour Around the island)

Breakfast. On this tour you can appreciate the colors of the sea: blues, greens, lilacs, vegetation, and a beautiful blue sky. The visit will begin at the indicated meeting point, from there, we will go to Morgan’s Cave, where there will be a stop of approximately 20 minutes, time for if you wish, you can purchase the entrance to the Cave and learn about the legend of the English buccaneer Henry Morgan who, according to the story, hid some of the treasures that he stole from the Spanish galleons in this place. The tour will continue to the Hoyo Soplador, located on the southern tip of the Island, ending the tour we will pass through the beautiful beaches of San Luis, this place has a spectacular contrast between the colorful houses that preserve the Antillean architecture, the green of the vegetation, the white of the sand, and the infinite and deep blue of the sea. On the tour it is possible to visit the first Emmanuel Baptist Church, it is the oldest on the island, this iconic Church is made entirely of pine wood and built-in parts in Alabama, United States and then assembled in the highest part of the island, known as La Loma, from its viewpoint you have a panoramic view of the entire island.

Tour around the island It is a panoramic tour, it does not include tickets to the places of interest.

DAY 6: SAN ANDRES (Johnny Cay, Haynes Cay, and Mangroves Excursion)

Breakfast. Passengers must arrive at 09:00 hours at the Casa de la Cultura Pier where they acquire their entrance ticket to Johnny Cay, there they will take the boat to the Islet of Johnny Cay to enjoy the beach and the contrast of the seven colors of our sea. We continue to the islet of the aquarium for a visit and sighting of manta rays, we end with a tour of the OLD POINT mangroves.

It operates every day.  Does not include: Kay entrance, lunch, and transfers hotel / pier / hotel IMPORTANT

DAY 7: SAN ANDRES

Breakfast. Pick-up and transfer to the airport in public Taxis of the island as scheduled to take a flight to reach the next city or your final destination.

CARTAGENA 

• Transfer airport – Hotel – airport
• 3 nights with daily breakfast
• City Tour

SAN ANDRES

• Transfer airport – Hotel – airport
• 3 nights with daily breakfast
• Tour around the island
• Johnny Cay, Haynes Cay, and Mangroves excursion

• Rooms in Triple accommodation are subject of availability and usually hotels offer a bed-settee or in some cases, hotels allow this accommodation sharing 2 beds in a same room.
• Do not include: Tourism Cards, Tourism or ecological taxes, Expenses, and food unspecified, Colombian IVA’s Tax of 19% (See more in conditions ), Hotel insurances is voluntary, if the passenger decide to pay, it must be done directly to the hotel.
• The beach tour for Luxury Category will be at “San Pedro de Majagua” island (Rosario Island), the other categories will visit “Isla del Encanto” (Barú). Both excursions include typical lunch and always operate in regular (share) speed boat even when the category is Luxury, if the passengers want a private boat, it is possible to rent a boat with additional cost