Join twinKonnections as we journey back to Cartagena, Colombia on August 27 to August 31, 2026. (Flights originating from or returning to the USA or Canada are not included). AIRFARE IS NOT INCLUDED.
August 27 – 31, 2026
Duration: 5 Days / 4 Nights
Hotel: Sofitel Legend Santa Clara Cartagena
Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival to the Hotel. Welcome to Cartagena Dinner (Thursday, August 27, 2026)
Included Meal: Dinner
Board your flight to Cartagena. Transfer to the hotel. Rest and get ready for our Welcome to Cartagena Dinner.
Day 2: Real Cartagena and Mud Volcano Tour (Friday, August 28, 2026)
Included Meal: Breakfast and Lunch
Meet local guide for a full day tour where the Afrocolombian culture is depicted. Where you are immersed into the local culture to learn about music, food, people, customs, and beliefs. Visit the local market where we try local food and local fruits, learn about natives of Cartagena and the African influence. Visit traditional neighborhoods to understand the city from a geographic, cultural, social, and economic point of view, including the picturesque/working class neighborhood called “GETSEMANI” (where we will appreciate its interesting history and culture depicted through murals, graffiti and of course its people).
On the way to the Mud Volcano, we’ll SEE Afro-Colombian villages that we will visit on the way back from the tour, among them the Afro Colombian village called “LOMITA ARENA” and the Afro-Colombian village called “TIERRA BAJA” where we will learn about the people, their way of living, the fishing in the small freshwater lake where they do craft fishing and where they take water for domestic use.
We also learn how the town is in the middle of the lake and the ocean but still struggles to survive. Then, we head to the Mud Volcano, take a bath in the natural volcano which is around 40 minutes away from the city. This volcano has medicinal components that work on your body making your skin soft as a baby’s. This volcano is called “the fountain of youth”. On the way back, we stop at the Afro Colombian village called “Tierra Baja”, where we learn about Afro Colombian art, how cultural expressions and cosmovision of the Black Colombians is depicted in art and handmade crafts. At the moment of lunch, we stop at another Afro Colombian village called “La Boquilla” where we have the most delicious fried fish.
Optional for Mud Volcano:
Support the local community by taking their optional services and the suggested prices:
Massage in the Mud ($10.000 COP)
Ladies that wash you off (10.000 COP)
Tip for camera man ($10.000 COP)
NOTE: IF you don’t want to use the optional services, please make sure you gently but firmly say: “NO, GRACIAS”.
Otherwise, they will assume you agreed on using their service.
Enjoy a free evening in Cartagena.
Day 3: Tour of Palenque (Saturday, August 29, 2026)
Included Meal: Breakfast and Lunch
Meet local guide for a half day tour of the town of Palenque, the first freed town of the America’s.
This is a tour to learn about African people who escaped from slavery in the 1600’s and still keep a community where they have preserved African culture including a language (Bantú), traditional music and dances, way of living, customs and spiritual beliefs.
This settlement as a village was declared by UNESCO as a world cultural heritage site in 2005.
The tour starts with a walking tour around the community of Palenque, interaction with locals, performance of a traditional musical group and traditional dances, information on history of the town and how the locals were able to escape from their captors being helped by their leader BENKOS BIOHO (male version of Harriet Tubman) and supported by their own women who built maps and roads in their hair braiding to get oriented in the woods and make it to the village where they were/are considered free.
Enjoy an optional night out in Cartagena. Details to TBA.
Day 4: Island Hopping Boat Excursion (Sunday, August 30, 2026)
Included Meal: Breakfast and Lunch
Island Hopping Boat Excursion (Lunch is included) full day tour. We will visit Islas Del Rosario, Cholon, and Playa Blanca in Baru Island.
Enjoy a free evening in Cartagena.
Day 5: Depart Cartagena for Home (Monday, August 31, 2026)
Included Meal: Breakfast
Transfer to the airport for your flight home. Thanks for traveling with twinKonnections!
*All itineraries, times, are subject to change without prior notice.
*Themed Activities will be announced at a later date*
Colombia Entry Requirements
Travelers must complete Migración Colombia’s Online Check-Mig Form within 72 hours of boarding an inbound or outbound flight from Colombia. There is no fee to complete the form.
All U.S. citizens who do not also hold Colombian citizenship must present a valid U.S. passport to enter and leave Colombia. U.S. citizens do not need a Colombian visa for a tourist or business stay of 90 days or less, or for cumulative stays of 180 days or less per calendar year. Before your 90-day stay expires, you may request an extension of up to 90 additional days from the Colombian immigration authority (Migración Colombia). You will face a fine if you remain in Colombia longer than allowed, and you may not be able to leave Colombia until the fine is paid.
Trip Inclusions
5 Days / 4 Nights Hotel Stay
Welcome Dinner
Sightseeing Tours of Cartagena and Palenque
Island Hopping Boat Excursion
Airport and Hotel Transfers & All Included Tours
Daily Breakfast at Hotel
Lunches are Included on all Tours
Trip Exclusions
Round-trip International Airfare
Any Meals not Included within the Tours
Trip/Travel Insurance (Strongly Recommended – Cancel Anytime Option Recommended)
Tips and Gratuities (Suggested $10 for Tour Guide and $5 for Bus Driver)
Passport Costs
Available Packages
$1,950 Per Person with noted excursions (Land Only – Double Occupancy)
$2,750 Single Occupancy with noted excursions (Land Only)
Note: Airfare is Not Included
Deposit: $350 Per Person Double and $550 Per Person Single Occupancy. Non-Refundable to book with a Monthly Payment Plan
Payment Schedule:
1) Initial Deposit: $350 Per Person Double Occupancy and $550 Single Occupancy. Payments are Non-Refundable and Non-Transferable.
2) Monthly Payment Plan is Required. Payments are Non-Refundable and Non-Transferable.
3) Final Payment is Due on or by June 27, 2026
Insurance Options Are Available via Allianz Travel Insurance. Click on the hyperlink for options.
Contact for Booking:
Kamita or Katrina Terrell
E: info@twinKonnections.com or PH: 1-708-824-8638
*If for any reason twinKonnections is not able to visit our desired destination this trip will be postponed to a later date and time. *
PHYSICAL FUN
We want everyone to join us on the trip, but we also want to make sure you are aware that the trip requires a lot of walking. Please ensure you are physically able to participate in all activities.
Note: We are traveling to Indonesia and their standards are not like USA.
CANCELLATION POLICY
Deposit: $350 Per Person Double Occupancy: $550 Single Occupancy Payments are Non-Refundable and Non-Transferable.
All Payments are Non-Refundable and Non-Transferable.
This is necessary as we have non-refundable contracts with our suppliers and vendors to ensure you have an awesome trip!
**THERE IS A STANDARD TWINKONNECTIONS ADMINISTRATIVE FEE OF $100 PER PERSON ADDED ONTO ALL HOTEL FEES AND CANCELLATIONS**
Initial deposits are refundable up to 24 hours after time/date of registration, after the 24-hour timeframe your deposit will be NON-REFUNDABLE. Full payment or Final Payment for this trip will need to be completed on or before May 18, 2024. Your Final Payment is NON-REFUNDABLE upon its due date of May 18, 2024.
If you cancel your trip at any time after the 1st payment has been made you will need to file a claim with your insurance provider to reclaim any funds paid towards your trip.
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TWINKONNECTIONS, LLC or Kamita Terrell or Katrina Terrell, hereafter referred to as “Tour Operator,” and its affiliated entities and its employees, shareholders, officers, directors, successors, agents, and assigns, neither own nor operate any person or entity which is to, or does, provide goods or services for these trips or tours. Because “Tour Operator” does not maintain any control over the personnel, equipment, or operations of these suppliers, “Tour Operator” assumes no responsibility for, and cannot be held liable for any personal injury, death, property damage, or other loss, accident, delay, inconvenience, or irregularity which may be occasioned by reason of (1) any wrongful, negligent, willful, or unauthorized acts or omissions on the part of any of the tour suppliers, or other employees or agents, (2) any defect in or failure of any vehicle, equipment, instrument owned, operated or otherwise by any of these suppliers, or (3) any wrongful, willful, or negligent act or omissions on any part of any other party not under the supervision or control of the Operator.
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