New Lost City Tour Colombia

The tour begins in the city of Santa Marta, tourists travel in a van or Jeep 4×4 to the village of Guachaca, where it begins a new route by unpaved road for about an hour to reach Gotsezhy (Wiwa Indigenous Community), this journey consists of about an hour, 15 km uphill to the indigenous village.
This village is the starting point of a 20-minute ecological hike to the Gotsezhy Refuge, where you will observe the indigenous tourism in detail, you will spend the first day of your adventure in this place, here you will have accommodation with lunch, dinner and breakfast the next day.
The group will have a Chef, who will be a Wiwa indigenous woman, who will receive the group in the hut to provide a restaurant service typical of the indigenous people.
Travelers have the opportunity to discover a unique site in the jungle of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, called the Matuna Waterfall, one of the hidden wonders that this place offers.
While at the camp they will have the opportunity to see, learn and listen to one of the most significant talks for them, which is the process of how they weave, how they paint and how they make the different handicrafts that they teach from generation to generation.
Therefore, the native guide of the village, will teach the plant called Maguey and its extraction process of fique, raw material to make their crafts.
The process is very simple, they use their own tools of their culture to be able to extract the fiber of the Maguey, this process is unique and is taught to each child in their process to adult in the evening, in a unique place they gather to share in front of a bonfire, the Wiwa indigenous guide will explain their culture, stories, customs and traditions of the indigenous community.
You will spend the first night in this community, something fascinating, and you will sleep peacefully in a bed or in a comfortable hammock with a mosquito net and blankets and pillow is provided.

In the morning after breakfast, travelers will be transferred from Gotsezhy in the vehicle that transported them from Santa Marta, this time heading to the village of Mamey.
The trip in the vehicle will take about 3 hours, leaving from approximately 9 am until arriving at Mamey, the point where the Lost City Tours begins.
The journey will be approximately 8.5 km, during this first day of walking, passing through some viewpoints where you can see the Caribbean Sea and the indigenous settlement, surrounded by a unique mix of fauna and flora, and then reach the camp Vista Hermosa Cabin.
This camp is 450 meters above sea level, and there will be lodging with dinner and breakfast the following day. The natural scenery in the afternoon is beautiful and a cup of coffee will be the best option. The indigenous guide will explain about the customs and cultural traditions of the area before the group rests.

After an early breakfast, the group continues with the trekking of approximately 24 km from the camp  Vista Hermosa Cabin taking advantage of the freshness of the morning passing by the camp Wiwa Cabin where they will have lunch and continue on a great hike through jungle trails, river and mountains to finally reach the camp Paso Lorenzo Cabin, where they will have rest and accommodation, This indigenous hut is located about 830 meters above sea level, here they will be very close to the Lost City Colombia, sacred city of the ancient Tayrona people.
During this tour you will observe a good part of the nature and the great mountains of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. In the afternoon there will be time to enjoy the place and a refreshing swim in the river, in the evening after lunch, the guide will explain in detail about the itinerary in the Lost City Trek Tour.

The trek, which is approximately one kilometer long, begins very early in the morning to reach the first stone steps of the Lost City Colombia, the explorers observe the architecture and the first terraces of these archaeological ruins of Teyuna. At this point, everyone waits for the rest of the group to join them before continuing.
The tour inside the Lost City of Teyuna will last approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes, during which time, travelers will learn about the history and culture of this ancient indigenous civilization that inhabited for many years what is now known as the archaeological ruins of the Lost City of Tayrona.

During the time they are there, they will be able to enjoy the magnificent scenery and take excellent photographs. After the tour they will return to the Paso Lorenzo camp, a cabin where they will have lunch, rest and then continue with the descent to the Wiwa Cabin camp where they will spend the night.

On the last day of the trekking in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, the group has an early breakfast, then continue with the descent from this camp to the peasant community of El Mamey, this trek back will be approximately 12 km.

In the Mamey, they have a delicious lunch typical of the region, then depart to the city of Santa Marta, in the vehicle that transported them, arriving where it all started at about 4:00 pm, approximately. The vehicle will drop you off at the Wiwa Tour main office, where you can say goodbye to the indigenous guide and the fantastic experience.