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Lost City — 6 days (Santa Marta, Machete Pelao, Ciudad Perdida, Tayrona & Minca)

4.3(7 reviews)9 daysStart and end in the trailhead
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Nine days, four of them walking to Teyuna. Six days covering the trek alone, without Tayrona or Minca.

Condor Overland
Runs this trip
Trekking
Nine days, four of them walking to Teyuna
Group Tour
Join a fixed-date departure with other travellers

Top Highlights

  • Santa MartaNine days on the Caribbean side — a four-day trek to a city abandoned six hundred years before anyone from Europe found it.
  • Sierra Nevada de Santa MartaThe Sierra Nevada rises from the Caribbean to 5,700 m in about forty kilometres — the highest coastal range on earth.
  • Buritaca crossingsThe route crosses the Buritaca again and again, sometimes waist-deep.
  • Teyuna terracesFounded around 800 AD, abandoned during the Spanish conquest, and not found again until 1972 — by looters, before archaeologists.
  • Out to Santa MartaFour days of walking, and the shower afterwards is part of the trip.

Itinerary

What's included

Included in the price

Accommodation
  • 8 nights accommodation as listed: hostel, homestay or tent, shared
Transport
  • Shared airport transfer both ways
  • All internal transport as listed: coach, train or shared jeep
Meals
  • Meals listed on each day
  • All camps with every meal on trek
Guide
  • Trip leader throughout, 1 guide per 15
Permits & fees
  • The compulsory licensed guide: the trek cannot legally be done independently
  • Tayrona park entry
  • All entry tickets and permits listed in the day-by-day
Additional services
  • Indigenous community fees, which go to the four peoples who own the land

Not included

Insurance
  • Travel insurance
Optional
  • International or domestic flights to the start point
  • Personal expenses and tips
  • Flights to Santa Marta
  • Alcohol on the trek, which the communities do not permit
Additional Services
  • 5% GST and any applicable TCS
  • Most meals
  • Upgrades from shared transport to private
  • September, when the trek closes entirely
  • Tayrona during its annual closure weeks

Most of these can be added to your booking later — the operator confirms within a day.

Where you'll stay

All accommodations are subject to change

Santa Marta Camp

Camping

Days 1, 6, 7

Machete Pelao Camp

Camping

Days 2, 5

Ciudad Perdida Camp

Camping

Days 3, 4

Minca Camp

Camping

Day 8

What you'll eat

8 breakfasts, 5 lunches and 6 dinners across 9 days, at camp. It opens with dinner on day 1 and closes with breakfast on day 9.

  • DinnerServed on days 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8
  • BreakfastServed on days 2–9
  • LunchServed on days 2–6

19 meal services named in the itinerary. Vegetarian and vegan covered; Jain, gluten-free and allergies on notice at booking

Operator

Condor Overland
4.3 (7)

Based in La Paz

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Customer reviews

Overall rating
4.3/5
Based on 7 reviews
Review summary
Food
3.9/5
Guide
3.9/5
Itinerary
3.7/5
Transport
4.4/5
Accommodation
3.7/5
Tour operator
4.3/5
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Marc Dubois – Berlin2025-01-29 · Verified booking

Did this over 9 days and it was the best walking I've done in years. Worth every rupee.

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Farah Qureshi – Kochi2025-01-29 · Verified booking

Long transfer at both ends that isn't obvious from the listing. Budget a day either side.

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Thanks for writing this up. We've passed your note to the team.

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Farah Qureshi – Mumbai2025-01-29 · Verified booking

Caribbean Colombia in the right season is something else, and the team knew exactly where to camp. Camp was pitched and the kitchen going by the time we walked in each evening. The lead was calm and knew when to slow the group down. Would send friends their way.

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Sneha Kulkarni – Kolkata2025-01-29 · Verified booking

Did this over 9 days and it was the best walking I've done in years. Camp was pitched and the kitchen going by the time we walked in each evening. Recommended.

Reply from Condor Overland

Thank you. We've taken the point about the transfer and are reviewing it.

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Sofia Marchetti – London2025-01-29 · Verified booking

Caribbean Colombia in the right season is something else, and the team knew exactly where to camp. Would book with them again.

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Manav Sethi – Chandigarh2025-01-29 · Verified booking

Well organised from the pickup onwards. The daily distances were honest about what they'd be. Camp was pitched and the kitchen going by the time we walked in each evening. Meals were good throughout and the vegetarian options weren't an afterthought. Worth every rupee.

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Thanks for writing this up. We've passed your note to the team.

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Ishita Ghosh – Ahmedabad2025-01-29 · Verified booking

Caribbean Colombia in the right season is something else, and the team knew exactly where to camp. The campsites were well chosen — sheltered, and close enough to water. Whoever planned the days knew what they were doing. Recommended.

Reply from Condor Overland

Glad you enjoyed it. Hope to see you on another trip.

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