Top Things to do in San Basilio De Palenque
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The 9 Best Cultural Tours in San Basilio De Palenque, Bolivar Department
Discover the best top things to do in San Basilio De Palenque, Colombia including Palenque Village Tour, Palenque: Roots Tour, Visiting San Basilio de Palenque, Freedom Tour of Palenque, San Basilio de Palenque UNESCO World Heritage Site Daytrip: Africa in America, Private Tour to Palenque, Visit Palenque, Palenque History Tour , Private Tour to San Basilio de Palenque.
1. Palenque Village Tour
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
This adventure is one in life time, is visiting a corner of Africa in Colombia, it is an experience only for people who likes people, an experience only for people who loves people, this is an experience for people who value the life in terms of loving, travelling, learning, testing new food and meeting new people. The tour start in your hotel and last more or less 6 hours, it includes, transportation, tour guides, tipical lunch, a walking tour in the village, a speach about Africa, about Palenque, about slavery, about what people from Palenque think, about their believes, religion. their food, their music and a lot more.
Inclusions: Trasport, tour guides, Drinks, candies, lunch, a speach about Palenque, coffe. A different experience, meeting people, visiting their houses and a musicians group and dancers., Lunch, Snacks, Bottled water, Coffee and/or Tea
Exclusions: Beers are not include nor rum.
Reviewed By meems0465
Duran took us on a walking tour around Cartagena and was excellent! We learned so much from him! He knows everything about the history and the city! He also took us to the monastery for a amazing views and even more knowledge. He is knowledgeable, friendly, funny, and just absolutely delightful! Highly recommend to anyone who really wants to gain a complete knowledge of the area! We feel so lucky we found Duran!
2. Palenque: Roots Tour
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
Adventures Cartagena accompanies you to explore with your five senses the corner of Africa hidden in Colombia: • PALENQUE • San Basilio de Palenque is the first free black community in America since 1713. Even today, we can see in its inhabitants the combination of a strong look, with an unshakable spirit and a welcoming smile. Today they are happy to see visitors who value their history, struggle and resistance. You will know this crucial point in the history of black roots in Latin America. Discover all the experiences that are waiting for you in this brave town.
Inclusions: Air-conditioned vehicle, Lunch, Bottled water, Travel insurance, Bilingual Assistant
Exclusions: Products or services offered by the inhabitants for sale (optional)
3. Visiting San Basilio de Palenque
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
San Basilio de Palenque was the first free slave town of America and today, intangible heritage of humanity. In this wonderful tour you will know its history, culture and customs. Palenqueros, feel that they are a minimum part of Africa in Colombia. One of the communities that still speaks its own dialect.
Inclusions: Typical lunch at a Palenquero's house. Fish in coconut juice with rice and salad accompanied by the traditional panela water. Lunch is served in Bijao sheets, Bottled water, Air-conditioned vehicle
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Reviewed By Collette M
If you want your dreams to come true, use Kazabe Luxury Travel while in Cartagena! I wanted to spend my birthday on a day trip to Rosario Islands, specifically to Cholon. I had researched and found that all other agencies were offering a trip that had to include four or more people. It was just my husband and I, so we couldn't book it. When Carolina from Kazabe travel checked and realized that there were no other trips available, she created a beautiful trip for me! She called other hotels and friends until she found a group of 10 to celebrate my birthday. Who offers that kind of service!?! It was a Magical, Dreams Come True day! During the trip out to the Islands, music was playing, drinks were flowing and friends were made. Our first stop was La Piscina which was a beautiful cove with other boats anchored all around. You could snorkel, or kayak, or swim, or float out to a unique little bar located on a rock. I only wish I had a picture of this beautiful place! The 2nd stop was for lunch at La Cocotera. OMG! Authentic, delicious, traditional Colombian lunch of whole fish, plantains and coconut rice. From there, we went to the ultimate destination of Cholon. If you haven't seen it, Google it! Such a fun, unique party place. Boats are anchored around a little island where there are bars, and food being grilled and dancing and music and FUN! Such a fabulous day! The only caution I have is to be aware that the boat ride back to Cartagena (no matter what boat you are on) is through rough waters. Our new Colombian friends though, made it a great trip back by keeping us entertained with music and rum. Seriously, don't book a trip to the Rosario Islands with anyone else! (BTW, we used them for transportation from the airport to hotel, and it was a smooth, easy, effortless way to get through the airport and quickly to our hotel).
4. Freedom Tour of Palenque
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4.9 based on 20 reviews
The Freedom Tour is the most authentic tour offered in San Basilio de Palenque given by certified guides that are native to the community. We offer door to door transportation in comfortable AC cars with flexible pick up time to fit any schedule. Visitors are able to learn about incredible history of the community and feel the African essence that the community has maintained alive for over four centuries. During this tour our guests will hear traditional music, see the practice of traditional medicine in person, learn about the unique language that exists in the community and much more. More than traveling is living grand experiences.
Inclusions: Typical Palenquero lunch with refreshment, Air-conditioned vehicle, Transportation to and from hotel in Cartagena, Profesional local, Demonstration of traditional dance and music, Traditional welcome drink made with locally made rum
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Reviewed By tomcP1812DV
We had a great time . The tour guide was a genuinely nice person but as mentioned before he is more reserved and not very talkative. I speak English and my wife speaks Spanish so she was able to communicate better even though he did speak some English. I am a very big guy and the horses they gave me were very well behaved and had no problems getting me where I needed to go. We went on about a two and a half hour ride and it was more than enough for me. I'm sure you could go farther if you were a bit more of an experienced rider and had the desire to go farther. We did see wild parrots and that was the first time for me. The guide did tell us there was the possibility of seeing a monkey but unfortunately I did not see one on my trip. The lunch was outstanding it was home-cooked over an open fire stove. The bathrooms were clean and all of the people seemed very happy that we were there. I have been on many horseback rides around the world and I really enjoyed this one. This course even though it was a little more difficult than where I have been in the past the guides were right there to help us every step of the way. They even offered to walk by our horse if we needed. With the guides right there with us I would have felt very comfortable with my 8-year-old son if he had been with us. I felt very safe throughout this trip. Tom Casey
5. San Basilio de Palenque UNESCO World Heritage Site Daytrip: Africa in America
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4.6 based on 5 reviews
Starting from Downtown Cartagena, we take a private AC transport to San Basilio de Palenque, UNESCO World Immaterial Heritage. Learn how Bantú African languages and practices survived for over 400 years in a little far off town, 1 hour away from Cartagena (plus urban traffic). Enjoy typical food, music and get a language class of Lengua Palenquera which is only spoken by these over 3.000 people.
Inclusions: Beverages, Bottled water, Lunch, All activities, Live commentary on board, Local guide, Tour escort/host, Hotel pickup and drop-off (small additional fee aplies if out of the city center), Language class, Visit to local musicians, Transport by private air-conditioned vehicle, Snacks, Alcoholic Beverages
Exclusions: Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
Reviewed By erickerr
This tour was our favorite part of the trip to Cartagena. It showed parts of the authentic places in the city that would likely be inaccessible for people who weren't born there like she was. Plenty of touristic options are available for travelers in the area that you could get anywhere else in the Caribbean, but the tour guide for this made the entire experience - and she was superb. We did a number of various island-hopping boat tours and probably tried every Old Town ceviche place you can imagine, but all of us kept mentioning that this was our favorite part of the trip when we got home. Strongly recommend.. - Eric, from Chicago.
6. Private Tour to Palenque
this tour star from 8 am, you will be picked up at your hotel and transported to san basilio de palenque when you get there a local tour guide will be waiting for you to start the historical wallking.
Inclusions: Bottled water, local tour guide, Lunch, hotel pick up (centro, bocagrande, castillogrande)
Exclusions: Food and drinks, unless specified
Reviewed By quintashiap
Such a great time take advantage of the island tour very nice. They treated us so well. We even was able to use WiFi although we where not part of the hotel. Very pleased with the entire experience
7. Visit Palenque
San Basilio de Palenque, is a village in the Bolivar region located 60 minutes from Cartagena. It was declared a Cultural and Intangible Heritage of Humanity for being the first slave city in America to be considered free. San Basilio de Palenque, was the refuge of many blacks who were enslaved and who in the sixteenth century fled from the Spanish inhabitants of the city of Cartagena. And under Benkos Biohó they achieved their freedom. The palenques were impaled by Africans to take refuge from those who persecuted them. This Colombian people still retain many of the African cultural traditions, such as language, social organization, cultural rites, medical practices, dance and food, all due to the isolation in which people live. In this city they have developed their own language, a mixture of African, Spanish and Portuguese languages called PALENQUERO.
Inclusions: Lunch, Air-conditioned vehicle, Local Guide, Bilingual Guide, Presentation of traditional dances
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Reviewed By luvbk11221
My friends and I did the real cartagena tour with Marlon. He was so friendly, funny and made us feel very comfortable. He gave us the real information on how people live and showed us all areas of Cartagena. He is very knowledgeable and full of facts. We didn't take a boring history tour, he showed us how everyday people live.
8. Palenque History Tour
If you are interested in an encounter with African culture and all the magic of Black history, this is the tour for you! This tour allows you to learn about the gesture of liberty that was realized in Palenque.
Inclusions: Coffee and/or Tea, Lunch prepared by local chefs. Let us know about vegetarian, vegan, or any special dietary restrictions in advance., Handmade sweets of Palenque made from coconut, papaya, cassava, tamarind, or caramelized millet balls., Traditional neke, the moonshine of Palenque, Bottled water, Raw sugar cane lemonade or natural juice, Air-conditioned vehicle
Exclusions: WiFi on board, Dinner, Use of bicycle
9. Private Tour to San Basilio de Palenque
Visit to the first free town of america; Village founded by African slaves who escaped from their owners in 1603 and who in 1713 received independence and / or freedom from the Spanish crown. This population was declared an oral and intangible heritage of humanity by UNESCO in 2005, thanks to the fact that they still retain their African roots such as their Palenquera language, their religious rites, their traditional music and dance medicine. On the guided tour you will visit the houses of the most representative people of the population where you can interact with them while listening to the live history of this population. During the tour you can also appreciate part of the culture of this population through a music and dance show and end enjoying the delicacies of the Palenquera gastronomy.
Inclusions: Dance Show, Bottled water, Typical lunch of palenque (Rice with coconut and fish in widow) served in its native form., Private transportation
Exclusions: What is not indicated is not included., Gratuities
Reviewed By Olga-Jay
Excellent experience. We wanted a quick tour to the mud volcano and some fun photo shots. We hate group tours because so much time is wasted picking other guests from different hotels, etc. Also liked that our guide suggested a late afternoon pick up time to avoid traffic and congestion at the mud volcano. We got picked up at our hotel taken to the volcano directly and it was not crowded at all. We truly got to enjoy it and take some pictures without having other people crowding them. I would highly recommend this company. Our tour guide was excellent and the entire experience was effortless. I definitely recommend going at an off time when the big busses full of tourists are not there. The entire experience is pretty quick and the volcano mud area is small so not many people can fit at the same time.
