MUV2 EXPLORE COLOMBIA
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C O L O M B I A
LET’S MOV2EXPLORE COLOMBIA South American destination that can’t be missed.
THE REGIONS YOU WILL GET TO VISIT PAN
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CIRCUITS 04. CHOCÓ ADVENTURES
20. TOWNS OF THE ANDEAN MOUNTAINS
07. QUECHUA’S SANCTUARY
23. TEYUNA’S TREK
11. SANTANDER
27. JEWELS OF COLOMBIA
14 AMAZON LUNG
32. FROM THE CAPITAL TO THE CARIBBEAN
18. MULETEER’S EPIC
BRAZIL
ECUADOR
PERU
EXPERIENCES
ECOTOURISM
ETNOTOURISM
AGROTOURISM
FAUNA & FLORA SIGHTING
ANCESTRAL TOURISM
TREKKING
CULTURAL
ADVENTURE
HERITAGE TOWNS
COLOMBIAN FAIRS & PARADES
GASTRO-BAR
CITY TOUR
EXOTIC TOURS
PRIVATE TOURS
WELLNESS
GAY-FRIENDLY
CHOCÓ ADVENTURES AN EXOTIC AND NATIVE EXPERIENCE
EXPERIENCES:
MEDELLÍN Our adventure begins in MEDELLÍN, one of the coolest cities of the world, accompanied by a fun and charismatic tour guide. Our MOMENTS will be so UNIQUE and MEMORABLE that we will feel like true ‘ Chocoanos ’. We will be delighted by the magnificent view of an innovative city that has a permanent spring weather and is the gateway to the Colombian west side and that is currently focused on the social and urban transformation, integration of nature into the city, creativity and culture, leisure, fashion, and gastronomy; a city that is UTRIA NNP
capable of generating unique experiences.
MEDELLÍN
CHOCÓ Then, we will fly to Bahia Solano, a municipality located in the Pacific Coast, in the biodiverse CHOCÓ Department to visit as well El Valle municipality, the exuberant cove in UTRIA NNP. We will hike through Playa Larga to get to September Tortugario Station and the Natural Waterfalls.
CHOCO’S BIODIVERSITY Living authentic eco and ethnic tourism experiences is a must in this program that looks for getting the utmost of CHOCO’S BIODIVERSITY… paddling upstream in a canoe to visit the Embera Indigenous Communities, riding a boat to Mecana Beach, relaxing with the amazing contrasting colors of the Green of the JUNGLE and the blue of the SEA; all these experiences in a spectacular journey to observe flora and fauna, hosted by the exotic Chocoan species. AZUL MIELERO
MANGROVES
QUECHUA´S SANCTUARY ANCESTRY AND SOUTH LEGACY EXPERIENCES:
COROTA ISLAND’S FLORA AND FAUNA SANCTUARY
BOGOTÁ We will start in BOGOTÁ, the Colombian capital, accompanied by a fun and charismatic tour guide. Our MOMENTS will be so unique and MEMORABLE that we will feel like true ' Bogotanos'.
PASTO We will fly to PASTO, “Colombia’s Surprise City” to be among the Kamentsa people and appreciate their religious architecture BOGOTÁ
ÑAMBI RIVER
from colonial and republican eras. We will visit the Ñambi River Natural Reserve to enjoy some bioluminescent plant species unique in the world. Then, we will go to El Encanto District to take a boat ride on La Cocha Lagoon, stopping at Corota Island’s flora and fauna Sanctuary to be amazed by their animal and plant diversity and be surprised with the scenic beauty of the ENCANTO ANDINO DE LA COCHA Natural Reserve.
FRAILEJON ENCANTO ANDINO DE LA CHOCHA
Considered capable of preventing tumors, as well as being antihypertensive and anti-inflammatory.
POPAYÁN Later on, we will fly to POPAYÁN, ‘Colombia’s White city’ to visit its colonial buildings. This city is known for its popular ceremonies during Holy Week and the best-preserved historic center in Latin America. We will visit LAS VILLAS AGRO PARK and go to the Biosphere Heritage Reserve, a PURACE Ecotourism area in which we might get to see the ANDEAN CONDOR, enjoy thermal baths, wetlands, waterfalls, frailejon valleys, visit a
PURACÉ VOLCANO
sulfur mine and the volcano’s foothills. The volcano rises from the Coconucos’ volcanic chain formed by 11 of them, from which the most well- known are Pan de Azucar, Coconucos, and El Puracé that is the only one active nowadays.
ANDEAN CONDOR The emblematic bird of the Colombian coat of arms. PURACÉ NATIONAL PARK
“Freedom and Order”
SULTANA DEL VALLE
CALI
We will go to Cali, LA SULTANA DEL VALLE (‘Sultana of the Valley’), to appreciate its architecture and buildings, which are a national monument. We will head to LA SUCURSAL DEL CIELO (‘Heaven’s Branch Office’) where we will visit the SUGARCANE MUSEUM and HACIENDA PARAÍSO MUSEUM. We will take a fun and traditional ride on ‘brujitas’, (ball-bearing cars that slide on train tracks). We will do Canopy when visiting el Salto waterfall, visit an organic farm, Follajes y Flores, and walk along nature trails and visit El Sol y Luna Museum of Pre-Columbian Art.
GUAPI Finally, on a motorboat we will go to GUAPI, a natural and biodiverse paradise on the Pacific Coast; we’ll visit GORGONA GORGONA ISLAND
ISLAND Natural National Park and its virgin beaches: Palmeras and Yundingua. We will return to Cali to end this true adventure.
SANTANDER ADVENTURE AND NATURE EXPERIENCE EXPERIENCES:
CANOPY AT CHICAMOCHA CANYON
BUCARAMANGA Our adventure begins after resting in BOGOTÁ, we will fly to BUCARAMANGA "the Beautiful City" or "City of Parks", so it is mandatory to know the Water Park, Children's Park, Cerro del Santísimo Ecopark, La Flora Ecological Park, Centennial Park, Parque de las Palmas, Parque de las Cigarras .... Then we will head to Mesa De Ruitoque, Floridablanca, where we will start our extreme expedition of adventures with the practice of canopy and paragliding, flying is magical!
SAN GIL
BUCARAMANGA
We will visit SAN GIL, from where we will take the Curiti Tour: town of weavers and artisans of fique. We will visit the Cavern of the Indian for spelunking.
CAVERN OF THE INDIAN
SAN GIL
CHICAMOCHA we will continue to the Fonce River to practice rafting in inflatable boats and we will end up entering El Gallineral Natural Park for meditation and contemplation of the place, full of indigenous history of the region and majestic trees. We will finish the adventure in the Chicamocha National Park, in the Canyon that bears its name, a theme park dedicated to ecotourism, a natural formation of a breathtaking beauty, where we will enjoy cable car, zip line, bungee jumping, and buggy track.
CHICAMOCHA CANYON
NATURAL PARADISE For rest and recovery we will visit a paradisiacal place, El Portal, where we will find a camping area, rooms or cabins, and have a well-being experience and total RAFTING AT EL GALLINERAL
relaxation after a SPA corpo-relax session. We will return to Bogotรก to end this unforgettable adventure.
AMAZON LUNG ETHNOBOTANY NOCTURNAL SAFARI SURVIVAL IN SELVATIC SCENARIOS EXPERIENCES:
LETICIA Our
adventure
begins
in
BOGOTĂ ,
the
Colombian
Capital,
accompanied by a fun and charismatic tour guide. Our MOMENTS will be so UNIQUE and MEMORABLE that we will feel like true ' Amazonians '. We will fly to LETICIA when arriving to its pier in the Amazon River to travel upriver to reach the MARASHA Nature Reserve in Peru, from where we will see the spectacular panoramic view of the 3 borders: COLOMBIA, PERU, and BRAZIL.
LAKE MARASHA
AMAZON RIVER
We will do bird watching and canoe riding on the Marasha Lake. We will paddle in canoes in the night to observe the natural fauna, among them, alligators.
LAKE MARASHA
NATIVE COMMUNITIES
VICTORIA REGIA
We will visit the Ticuna and Mocawa communities walking around their houses and crops. We will hike through Maikuchiga to finally get to ' the House of the Monkeys'. When enjoying the jungle landscapes, we will identify species used in ethno botany. We will visit the Community of San MartĂn de Amacayacu; we will walk in the night through the Continental jungle, on the Moon Trail looking for the luminescent mushrooms in the dark.
VICTORIA REGIA Visit the Natutama Foundation, walk through a medicinal path, recognize the 'Chagra' as a unit of medicinal fruit and plant cultivation. We will attend a workshop on vegetable fabrics and natural ink. You'll dance with the grandparents
TICUNA COMMUNITY
with songs in their mother tongue. Scenic tour along the LoretoyacĂş River and the lakes of Tarapoto where you can find gray and pink dolphins.
ARTISAN GALLERIES You will visit workshops or artisan galleries. Tour to LETICIA, where we will visit places of interest. City Tour de Tabatinga (Brazil) by taxi. We will return to Bogotรก to put an end to this true adventure of the Amazonian lung.
MULETEER´S EPIC SILLETERO + CAFETERO + ARRIERO + AVISTADOR EXPERIENCES:
ARRIERO
MEDELLÍN Our adventure begins in MEDELLÍN, one of the coolest cities of the world, accompanied by a fun and charismatic tour guide. Our MOMENTS will be so UNIQUE and MEMORABLE that we will feel like true ‘ Paisas ’. We will be delighted by the magnificent view of a city that was once the epicenter of violence and is nowadays focused on the social and urban transformation, integration of nature into the city, creativity and culture, leisure, fashion, and gastronomy; a city that is capable of generating unique experiences. MEDELLÍN
CAFETERO
COFFEE CULTURE Then, we will visit Armenia to be submerged in the Colombian Coffee Culture staying in a traditional coffee farm. Finally, we will enjoy the Pacific Coast Biodiversity, when visiting the exuberant Chocoan jungle and its virgin beaches.
BOTERO PLAZA
TOWNS OF THE ANDEAN MOUNTAINS
EXPERIENCES: COCORA VALLEY
MEDELLÍN Our adventure begins our way from Rionegro to MEDELLIN, THE ETERNAL SPRING CAPITAL, accompanied by a fun and charismatic tour guide. Our MOMENTS will be so unique and MEMORABLE that we will feel like true ' Andeans '. We will visit El Poblado Park and get ready for our next experience, the CITY TOUR, Turibus, with a fun tour full of culture and history of our most iconic destinations.
TAMESIS
MEDELLÍN
LA PINTADA
Then, we will head to TAMESIS, to assure the adventure by CLIMBING, CANOEING, and CANYONING in a rugged area of volcanic origin in the outskirts of the municipality. As we walk to our destination, we will enjoy the beautiful scenery made up of the imposing mountains, the valley of the Cartama river, the cliffs of La Pintada and part of the canyon of the Cauca river.
TAMESIS
CULTURAL COFFE LANDSCAPE We will take the road to the PCC "Paisaje Cultural Cafetero", the Cultural Coffee Landscape that was declared as World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2011, formed by three departments Caldas, Risaralda, and QuindĂo that count each one with its unique magic but with the same great representation, their coffee, their colonial farms Antioquia style, their crops, and their thriving and enterprising people.
COCORA VALLEY In this region of the country, we will experience different adventure activities, relaxing in hot springs, visiting Nature Reserves, and of course, visiting the Valley of the Cocora, Salento, and resting in a typical coffee farm.
COCORA VALLEY
CULTURAL COFFEE LANDSCAPE
TEYUNA´S TRAILS FIND THE LOST CITY
EXPERIENCES: TAYRONA’S LOST CITY
CARIBBEAN We will start in the EXOTIC CARIBBEAN, in “CARTAGENA DE INDIAS”, Historical Heritage of Humanity, accompanied by a fun and charismatic tour guide.
Our MOMENTS will be so unique and
MEMORABLE that we will feel like a true “ Costeño ”. We will discover CARTAGENA´s colonial treasures traveling through the narrow streets of LA CIUDAD AMURALLADA (the Walled City), appreciate the architecture of its fortifications, fall in love with its balconies and enjoy its gastronomy and delicacies on the squares and atriums of their churches.
We will go snorkeling to the CORAL REEFS and
paddling in a CANOE around the ROSARIO ISLANDS’ MANGROVES.
CARTAGENA
SANTA MARTA Then, we will be submerged in the Historical Heritage Culture of South America’s most ancient city, “SANTA MARTA”, where the Caribbean sea and the snow meet. We will walk along the TEYUNA PATH, a sacred trail that leads to the LOST CITY in the SIERRA NEVADA DE SANTA MARTA. We will live enigmatic and archeological experiences after sleeping in ECOHABS TAYRONA complemented by the KOGUI CAVALCADE to descend to the TAYRONA NATURAL PARK and enjoy the CABO SAN JUAN.
TAYRONA ‘S LOST CITY
ECOHABS, TAYRONA
OLD PROVIDENCE Finally, we will enjoy the OLD PROVIDENCE’s biodiversity, with the exuberant colors of its submarine life, its exotic coral formations that contrast with the green of the mountains, its turquoise waters, and “The Seven-Colored Sea” in the Archipelago of Providencia and Santa Catalina.
OLD PROVIDENCE
JEWELS OF COLOMBIA
EXPERIENCES: SQUIRREL MONKEY, AMAZONAS
AMAZON RIVER Our adventure begins by flying to LETICIA to arrive at its pier in the Amazon River and travel upriver to reach the MARASHA Nature Reserve in Peru, from where we will see the spectacular panoramic view of the 3 borders: COLOMBIA, PERU, and BRAZIL.
MALKUCHIGA
CASA DE LOS MICOS We will do bird watching and canoe riding on the Marasha Lake. We will paddle in canoes in the night to observe the natural fauna, among them, alligators. We will visit the Ticuna and Mocawa communities to walk around their houses and crops. We will hike through Maikuchiga to finally get to ' the House of the Monkeys '. When enjoying the jungle landscapes, we will identify species used in ethnobotany.
CANOE RIDE ON MARASHA LAKE
CALANOA RESERVE
CALANOA
We will visit the COMMUNITY OF SAN MARTÍN DE AMACAYACU, and can take pictures in the CALANOA RESERVE. We will walk in the night through the continental jungle, on the Moon Trail, looking for the luminescent mushrooms in the dark. We will continue hiking to find the VICTORIA REGIA, THE WORLD'S LARGEST LOTUS FLOWER. We will visit the NATUTAMA FOUNDATION and walk through a medicinal path to recognize the ' Chagra ', a unit of medicinal fruit and plant cultivation.
PINK DOLPHINS Attending to workshops on vegetable fabrics and natural inks and artisan galleries will be other of our unique experiences as well as dancing with the grandparents with songs in their mother tongue. We will enjoy the scenic tour along the Loretoyacú River and the Tarapoto Lakes, where we will see the gray and pink dolphins. We will finalize this experience by touring LETICIA´s places of interest as well as enjoying a City Tour by taxi in Tabatinga, Brazil.
CHAGRA A farmland, fertility space that complements the maloka (family home)
CARTAGENA’S WALLED CITY
CARTAGENA We will fly to “CARTAGENA DE INDIAS”, Historical Heritage of Humanity, to discover its colonial treasures traveling through the narrow streets of LA CIUDAD AMURALLADA (the Walled City), appreciate the architecture of its fortifications, fall in love with its balconies and enjoy its gastronomy and delicacies on the squares and atriums of their churches. We will go snorkeling to the CORAL REEFS and paddling in a CANOE around the ROSARIO ISLANDS’ MANGROVES.
KOGI COMMUNITY
SANTA MARTA Then, we will be submerged in the Historical Heritage Culture of South America’s most ancient city, “SANTA MARTA”, where the Caribbean sea and the snow meet. We will walk along the TEYUNA PATH, a sacred trail that leads to the LOST CITY in the SIERRA NEVADA DE SANTA MARTA. We will live enigmatic and archeological experiences after sleeping in ECOHABS TAYRONA complemented by the KOGUI CAVALCADE to descend to the TAYRONA NATURAL PARK.
ECOHABS
MEDELLIN We will fly to Medellin, we will make a city tour and we will be witness of the transformation of the most innovative and cool city in South America. We will head to Guatapé and La Piedra del Peñol, walk around the zócalos and colorful houses of the town. then we will visit Santa Elena to live a true Silleteros experience in a typical flower growing peasant farm. From there we will head to Jardin to share with the indigenous community of the region and to observe the rooster of Rock. Finally, we return home after this super adventure!
GUATAPÉ, SANTA ELENA
FROM THE CAPITAL TO THE CARIBBEAN
EXPERIENCES: KOGI COMMUNITY
BOGOTÁ, PLAZA DE BOLIVAR
BOGOTÁ We will start in BOGOTÁ, the Colombian capital, accompanied by a fun and charismatic tour guide. Our MOMENTS will be so unique and MEMORABLE that we will feel like true ' Bogotanos '.
CARTAGENA We will fly to “CARTAGENA DE INDIAS”, Historical Heritage of Humanity, to discover its colonial treasures traveling through the narrow streets of LA CIUDAD AMURALLADA (the Walled City), appreciate the architecture of its fortifications, fall in love with its balconies and enjoy its gastronomy and delicacies on the squares and atriums of their churches. We will go snorkeling to the CORAL REEFS and paddling in a CANOE around the ROSARIO ISLANDS’ MANGROVES.
BOGOTÁ
CARTAGENA
TAYRONA’S TRAILS Then, we will be submerged in the Historical Heritage Culture of South America’s most ancient city, “SANTA MARTA”, where the Caribbean sea and the snow meet. We will walk along the TEYUNA PATH, a sacred trail that leads to the LOST CITY in the SIERRA NEVADA DE SANTA MARTA. We will live enigmatic and archeological experiences after sleeping in ECOHABS TAYRONA complemented by the KOGUI CAVALCADE to descend to the TAYRONA NATURAL PARK. Finally, we will get to enjoy an incredible experience combining the Colombian Capital and the exuberant Caribbean.
TAYRONA’S LOST CITY
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