Lost City Trek -Ciudad Perdida 5 days from Santa Marta or Taganga
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Lost City Trek -Ciudad Perdida 5 days from Santa Marta or Taganga
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Lowest price guaranteeFree cancellation
Ages 7-70, max of 8 per group
Duration: 5 days
Start time: Check availability
Mobile ticket
Live guide: English, Spanish
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- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Lunch
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Lunch
- Breakfast
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Dinner
- Dinner
- Hotel pick up + transfer by 4x4
- Lodging
- Entrance to La Ciudad Perdida (The Lost City) + indigenous community fee
- Professional tour guide
- Entry/Admission - Catedral de Santa Marta
- Entry/Admission - Parque Nacional Natural Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
- Entry/Admission - Santa Marta
- Entry/Admission - Santa Marta
What's not included- Breakfast on day 1
- Alcoholic beverages
- Start:Traveller pickup offered.Pickup details
- Between 7:00 and 9:00 am at your accommodation in Santa Marta or Taganga
End:This activity ends back at the meeting point. - Not wheelchair accessible
- Near public transportation
If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 120233P12- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not recommended for travellers with back problems
- Not recommended for pregnant travellers
- No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
- Travellers should have a moderate physical fitness level
- This trek is rated medium-high difficulty due to the climatic conditions in which it is done (heat and humidity) and the total number of hours you will walk each day (an average of 6h/day through the jungle and the nights are spent in camps).
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s cancelled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
- This experience requires a minimum number of travellers. If it’s cancelled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 8 travellers
- For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.
- If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 120233P12
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Itinerary
Overview
Full Map
7 stops
Day 1
Santa Marta - Mamey - Camp 1
Day 2
Camp 1 - Mutanzi - Rio Buritaca...
Day 3
Camp 3 - Lost City - Camp 2
Day 4
Camp 2 - Camp 1
Day 5
Camp 1 - Mamey - Santa Marta
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- decharbonneau910 contributionsAmazingWhat an experience!! Our group was fantastic, a lot of moral support in the most difficult times and a lot of encouragement!! The hike, the view, the scenery, the wildlife… Wow amazing!!! Some of us had already done Machu Pucchu, in Peru and confirmed to us that the Lost city hike was much more demanding hihi The guides… what to say other than… the best guides!!! We had Pedro, Jessica and Adel, our translator, and the Cooks, an incredible team. The food and sleep camps reminded me of my childhood. I absolutely loved it and highly recommend it!!!Written 16 February 2022
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Nikki M
6 contributions
Mar 2023 • Couples
This was an incredible trip and an unforgettable adventure! The trek itself is quite demanding T times with a significant amount of steep hills which can last for over an hour at a time constant incline. I think it's important to keep that in mind when booking that your prepared for a bit of a workout, and a very steep ascent on the steps to the Lost City, with an equally steep descent that takes a lot of focus and time, but is totally doable.
The camps are always welcoming. Beds are very adequate, each with a mosquito net, blanket and pillow. I recommend carrying your clothes on a plastic bag within your pack so that you'll always have dry clothes in the event of a rainstorm! Bring a pack over for the train and a lightweight rain jacket. You won't be sorry... any added weight will be well worth it. Bring lots and lots mosquito repellent and a good first aid kit. Although our team was very well prepared, it's nice to have extra comfort of knowing you have it.
Our team of guides were incredible! We booked our trip through G Adventures, with Hugo as our tour leader. He was outstanding, kind, knowledgeable and attentive to everyone on our group.
The rest of our guides were through Magic Tour.
Isaias Suarez was our cook for the week. He prepared amazing, home cooked, well thought out meals each day for breakfast, lunch and dinner, leaning nobody hungry! Coffee, hot chocolate amd treats were also provided. He was Fantastic.
Our main guide was Jose Samboni. I can't say enough about Jose. An incredibly talented amd knowledgeable guide who is a local that knew everyone we passed on the trail. His knowledge amd expertise and years of experience, really made you feel like you were part of this special place for the brief time your on the trail. Jose was so very kind, patient and always took time to make sure everyone was following and taken care of.
Fernery Gallego was our auxiliary guide. 'Fer' was fantastic. He took the time to attend to everyone, always there to help and guide us all. Fer always had a cup of hot chocolate or coffee for us when we needed it most and always helped make sure everyone was in our group, and were at a comfortable pace. Fer was
equally fantastic as the rest of our team.
I would recommend this trek, but if you're lucky enough to have Hugo, Jose, Isaias and Fernery... you'll have an even better time.
Safe travels!
Magic Tour is lucky to have each of them on their team. I feel very lucky to have experienced this with my group and this team.
The camps are always welcoming. Beds are very adequate, each with a mosquito net, blanket and pillow. I recommend carrying your clothes on a plastic bag within your pack so that you'll always have dry clothes in the event of a rainstorm! Bring a pack over for the train and a lightweight rain jacket. You won't be sorry... any added weight will be well worth it. Bring lots and lots mosquito repellent and a good first aid kit. Although our team was very well prepared, it's nice to have extra comfort of knowing you have it.
Our team of guides were incredible! We booked our trip through G Adventures, with Hugo as our tour leader. He was outstanding, kind, knowledgeable and attentive to everyone on our group.
The rest of our guides were through Magic Tour.
Isaias Suarez was our cook for the week. He prepared amazing, home cooked, well thought out meals each day for breakfast, lunch and dinner, leaning nobody hungry! Coffee, hot chocolate amd treats were also provided. He was Fantastic.
Our main guide was Jose Samboni. I can't say enough about Jose. An incredibly talented amd knowledgeable guide who is a local that knew everyone we passed on the trail. His knowledge amd expertise and years of experience, really made you feel like you were part of this special place for the brief time your on the trail. Jose was so very kind, patient and always took time to make sure everyone was following and taken care of.
Fernery Gallego was our auxiliary guide. 'Fer' was fantastic. He took the time to attend to everyone, always there to help and guide us all. Fer always had a cup of hot chocolate or coffee for us when we needed it most and always helped make sure everyone was in our group, and were at a comfortable pace. Fer was
equally fantastic as the rest of our team.
I would recommend this trek, but if you're lucky enough to have Hugo, Jose, Isaias and Fernery... you'll have an even better time.
Safe travels!
Magic Tour is lucky to have each of them on their team. I feel very lucky to have experienced this with my group and this team.
Written 12 March 2023
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DMS1995
Bottmingen, Switzerland245 contributions
Jul 2019 • Couples
Hiking- strenuous, the heat and humidity make this technically easy trekking a real challenge
Accommodation- the hygiene standards are unspeakably low, not only the bathrooms and showers are disgusting, the worst things are the dogs which are walking freely and sleeping in the tourist ‘s bedrooms and peeing at the bed posts, backpacks or what else is in their way
Sightseeing- the lost city is an interesting place but frankly speaking there is not really to be seen a lot, it needs a lot of imagination...and there is not a lot of literature around which can explain the place
Accommodation- the hygiene standards are unspeakably low, not only the bathrooms and showers are disgusting, the worst things are the dogs which are walking freely and sleeping in the tourist ‘s bedrooms and peeing at the bed posts, backpacks or what else is in their way
Sightseeing- the lost city is an interesting place but frankly speaking there is not really to be seen a lot, it needs a lot of imagination...and there is not a lot of literature around which can explain the place
Written 2 August 2019
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Hola,
We are very sorry to hear that your experience to the Lost City was not to your liking. On top of that, our apologies for the delay in replying, we wanted to investigate thoroughly what happened in order to give you a good answer.
Regarding the trek's difficulty level, it might seem like a simple excursion with a medium to low level of requirement since the maximum altitude reached is only 1,200 meters above sea level with very little accumulated unevenness. However, heat and humidity have a strong influence so the difficulty changes according to the season and its weather conditions. The tour is more demanding from July to October, since during these 4 months the rains increase on the road and this makes the vegetation and weeds denser because of the high temperatures, mud and humidity.
Thanks to your opinion we are already better informing our travelers about the weather conditions so that they can also take them into account.
On the other hand, during the high season the camps, roads and the archaeological zone might be a little saturated and the hygiene conditions might be slightly affected especially in the accommodations. However, it must be kept in mind that the accommodation is owned by the native community, used by all the operators and that work is already being done to improve the quality.
As for the dogs in the lodgings, it is true that there are present, and it is somewhat difficult to control. We must put into context that it is a sustainable rural community tourism tour where local communities, both indigenous and not, are directly involved and it is the travelers who visit their home, and therefore must adjust to their way of life. The accommodations are large cabins, an open space with beds where it is difficult to control the entry of dogs.
We want to apologize again for the experience you had and hope that when you decide to travel to Latin America again, we will be among your options to live your new adventure.
Written 16 August 2019
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Gabrielle G
Celebration, Florida
Do you pick up from airport? What happens with our bags?
Written 1 July 2023
Are treks to the lost city operating now?
Written 4 September 2020
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