HALF DAY CITY TOUR CALI
The third largest city in Colombia, Santiago de Cali is the capital of the department of Valle del Cauca and is a city that enjoys a warm climate, as well as being known for its exciting salsa and warm hospitality due to its friendly and good-natured citizens. In the afternoon, half day visit to the […]
HALF DAY ARACATACA
Transfer to Aracataca located nearly 2 hours from Santa Marta. Arrival to Aracataca, where the well-known literature Nobel winner prize Gabriel García Márquez was born, known for his book One Hundred Years of Solitude. This place was the inspiration for some of his literary works. During the tour you visit “Gabo’s” youth places which have […]
HALF DAY COCONUT WORKSHOP
Craft your own souvenir and support a good purpose. Coconuts are not only used for drinks but also to create accessories or decoration. The project DAMARTES (Damas y Madres del Arte – ‘Women and Mothers of Art’) began with the name Madres – Cabeza de Familia y sus Cocos (‘Mothers – head of the family […]
VISIT OF THE FUNDATION PESCADOR DE LETRAS (LA BOQUILLA)
The foundation “Pescador de Letras” is a non-profit organization, founded in the year 2017. Its purpose is to provide quality education to the children of LA BOQUILLA, which is an angler’s village outside of the City of Cartagena. The two main objectives are education and alimentation of the children. Additional to regular education the foundation […]
HALF DAY COFFEE BETWEEN CONFLICT AND PEACE
For a true understanding of the complexities of the long-running Colombian conflict you will travel to the coffee-growing town of Génova nestled in the mountains of the Central Cordillera. Here, you will receive a full explanation of the origins of the armed conflict and will visit places of symbolic importance and talk to locals who […]
FULL DAY MEDELLÍN’S SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION AND CASA DE LA MEMORIA
Full day visit to Medellin, visiting the areas wherein the social transformation that has shaped this beautiful city has been most profound. The tour allows participants to learn the history of a city that has been truly transformed since the 1980´s, when it was known to be one of most dangerous cities in the world […]
FULL DAY COCOA WORKSHOP “ARTISANAL CHOCOLATE”
This unique journey takes you to the mountains of eastern Antioquia. The valley of San Francisco with its pristine rivers and sub-tropical climate, has the perfect conditions for growing cacao. In this region affected by the internal armed conflict some years ago, the United Nations started a cocoa production project that allows local farmers to […]
HALF DAY VISIT A COMMUNITY PROJECT AND COOKING CLASS
Today, you have the incredible opportunity to visit Comuna 9 in Medellín, which is one of the success stories in social innovation in Colombia´s second city and where there is a community social transformation project in which you can participate for a day. Here, to the East of Medellín’s center, the project is aimed at […]
HALF DAY COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE IN MORAVIA
Moravia is today one of the benchmarks for social and urban transformation in Medellín. It densely populated neighborhood, due to the number of displaced people left by the armed conflict in the country, was once the municipal garbage dump of the city and where residents used to live in extreme poverty. Currently, Moravia has changed, […]
FULL DAY TOUR WEAVING PEACE
In 2016, the Peace Agreement in Colombia was signed, which gave an end to a more than 50-year old conflict. To understand the present, heal the wounds from the past, and build a solid peace fabric for the future, it is necessary to understand the complexity of its history and the contradictions that had been […]
