The 3 Half-Day Tours in Colombia That Earn Their Price

1.Half-Day Tour of Cartagena by Air-Conditioned Vehicles

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 105 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $55Our pick

This four-hour afternoon tour gives you a fast, practical introduction to Cartagena. Ride in an air-conditioned coach or minivan to La Popa and San Felipe Fortress, then walk through the walled city and Getsemani before browsing Las Bovedas. Guides such as Nico, Richard, and Adalberto are known for strong bilingual presentations.

“They changed the date of my tour. Did not tell me. I called them 3 times and has not called me back. I paid 275.00 and lost it.”

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2.Private Half-Day Tour to Comuna 13 in Medellín.

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 55 reviews · 3 to 4 hours (approx.) · from $65Top rated

Spend three to four hours exploring Medellín’s Comuna 13 with a private guide such as Juan Carlos or Alexander. Ride the cable car, use the famous electric escalators, and walk the graffiti route while learning how the district changed from a center of violence into a lively community. Hotel pickup and drop-off are included.

“Incredible experience! The Comuna 13 tour was inspiring, safe, and full of local culture. Highly recommend!”

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3.Gold Museum and Monserrate Private Half-Day Tour

★★★★★★★★★★3.6 · 4 reviews · 4 hours · from $89

Travel by private car with a Spanish or English-speaking guide to Bogotá’s Gold Museum, then ride up Monserrate for city views and a visit to its sanctuary. The four-hour tour includes tickets, hotel or Airbnb pickup, insurance, parking, and drop-off. Ask about a flexible start time, especially on busy Sundays.

“This tour was our most disappointing from our 5 week trip. For a 4 hour excursion it was incredibly rushed with maybe 90 minutes max of information. We raced through the gold museum incredibly quickly. However, the tour guide did share some high level info and one in particular great story of El Dorado and it’s history. Largely this was also not completely the guides fault as it was a Sunday we went on where the museum is free and extreamly busy. Monseratte similarly was very busy, but as we did afternoon it was very fast to go up, but extreamly long (1 hour+) to come down (again not guides…”

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