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The Coffee Triangle,Santa Marta & Tayrona,Bogotá,Cartagena
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Today your private guide and driver will pick you up for a day exploring Bogota. Start at La Candelaria, the city's historic heart, lined with cobblestone streets and brightly coloured buildings. Visit the picturesque Plaza Bolivar surrounded by colonial architecture while your guide offers insight into the city's foundations. Don't miss the Botero Museum, which not only showcases works by Fernando Botero but also by Dali, Monet and Van Gogh. For the best views of Bogota, catch a cable car to the top of Monserrate Hill where you can gaze over a carpet of terracotta tiled roofs and protruding high rises all the way to the Andean peaks.
After a leisurely breakfast, your private chauffeur will take you to the airport for your short one-hour flight to Armenia. A guide will be waiting to collect you and drive you through the rolling valleys of the coffee region where your charming hacienda awaits. Hidden within the orange and cassava plantations, you can relax in a hammock, fresh fruit juice in hand and succumb to a slower pace of life.
It's time to say goodbye to the lush valleys and head to the Caribbean coast. This morning a private transfer will take you to the airport for your connecting flight to Cartagena via Bogota. The combined flights (one hour back to Bogota and then a further hour-and-a-half on to Cartagena) will see you arriving in the early evening, when you will be met and transferred to your hotel in the historic centre. As you journey in your private car, it's easy to see why this walled city is UNESCO-listed, with its pastel-hued buildings lining cobblestone streets, salsa music wafting from the windows of crumbling colonial mansions and huge monasteries echoing its historic grandeur. Drop your bags and head straight out to experience Cartagena's energetic nightlife. Our detailed destination Dossier will recommend the best of the city's many fun places to eat.
Escape the hazy heat of the city on a boat trip to the Rosario Islands, an archipelago of 27 coral reef islets surrounded by crystal clear waters. The coral reefs are teeming with marine life and make for excellent snorkelling and swimming. Those who prefer to relax can happily doze on the white sand shores. Pause for a fresh fish lunch before a final dip in the sea and your journey back to Cartagena.
Today you will be privately chauffeured north to the Tayrona National Park, a rugged paradise sweeping all the way from the peaks to the sea. Swaying palm trees, jungle-covered coastline, secluded beaches and a picture-perfect national park are certainly worth the four-hour long journey. The area is largely development-free save but a few eco-lodges, which in our eyes are gold dust. Bunk down in your beach-facing bungalow and you'll be soothed to sleep by the sounds of playful monkeys and exotic birdsong.
Your international flight leaves late at night so you can enjoy your last day in Colombia relaxing as you wish. In the afternoon, your driver will take you to Santa Marta airport (less than an hour away) in good time for your hour-and-a-half flight back to Bogota. Your bags will be checked through to London, and the overnight flight will take around ten-and-a-half hours.
Each of our trips is entirely tailor-made with originality, quality and cultural immersion in mind. Our team of destination specialists will craft itineraries based on your tastes, using their first-hand knowledge and the help of our in-country team of Concierges and guides. All trips are accompanied by a wide range of additional services, including a 24-hour helpline, the Original Travel app, fast-track airport services and much more.
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