Family Fun in Beautiful Colombia

Spend the morning in the vibrant food market with your host chef, carefully selecting your fresh, local ingredients – a complete feast for the senses. Following the market, you will head to a closed-door restaurant and turn the Colombian produce into some of the most deliciously creative dishes in your private cooking class with top chef. Enjoy good company, great music and of course, superb food.

Together with your expert art guide, you’ll meet a local graffiti artist and enjoy a tour of the top graffiti spots in town, as this progressive art form continues to gain recognition. You will also visit the city’s top galleries and get insider access to Botero’s life and work. End the experience by creating your very own graffiti mural at one of Bogota’s best galleries.

The ‘balsaje’ is a favourite activity enjoyed by locals, where friends and family relax on a bamboo raft that floats down La Vieja River. Guests of Hacienda Bambusa can hop on your own bamboo raft as you make your way downstream and enjoy the stunning scenery surrounding the river. Make a stop on the way at a shaded beach where your host will prepare a delicious picnic.

Guests at Hacienda Bambusa will meet the hotel’s chef, head out to the plantation and pick some organic cacao seeds. Experience the step-by-step method of obtaining and drying the cocao seeds, grinding the seeds and preparing a delicious cup of hot chocolate. Best enjoyed with fresh Colombian cheese or arepas!

Guests at Hacienda Bambusa will walk through the plantations to the river where your horse trek begins. Enjoy the stunning scenery as you ride along the Quindio River, passing pineable and banana plantations on the way. Afterwards, enjoy a well-earned snack and refreshing drink before driving back to the hacienda.

Set off on an expedition throug Cartagena’s historic sites in search of hidden treats and treasures. Throughout this adventure, the whole family can learn about Cartagena’s fascinating history of Spanish colonisers and pirates, while recounting the stories of iconic fortresses, plazas and colonial mansions found along the way.

Today you will visit the aviary on Baru island, one of South America’s largest. Colombia has the largest bird diversity in the world, and at the aviary there are more than 1,200 species. Have fun spotting toucans, flamingos, macaws, humming birds and more.

Board a speedboat to the Islas del Rosario archipelago, less than an hour’s journey from the Cartagena docks. These rugged islands are blessed with clear blue waters, colourful coral reefs and diverse marine life. Spend the day cruising between the islands, swimming, and snorkelling.

Take a private transfer to the Don Diego river. After a 15 minute trek up a lush mountain, you will arrive at the river bank from where you will float down a crystalline river all the way down to the ocean. Keep your eyes peeled for exotic birds, howler monkeys and small caymans which are harmless and very shy.

Today you will drive to the outskirts of the Indigenous Tungeka community, where you will hike 2.2km to find the town used by Kogui families as a place of transit when transporting crops. Tungueka translates as ‘wall’, meaning these Kogui families have successfully preserved their cultural traditions through minimal contact with outside civilisation. In a unique cultural exchange, you will learn about their traditional culture, beliefs and connection with nature first hand, which requires significant humility and respect.