Travelogues Magdalena

After spending 3 nights in Santa Marta in a hostel, we found our new volunteering place near a small village called Minca in the hills of the Sierra Nevada. Reaching Minca by a...

01.-02.11.23 After spending a day in the shade of the palm trees in Mendiuhaca on Wednesday, Yesterday we drove to our next hotel near the Tayrona National...

Sad Tropics, I have often thought of the title of Claude Levi-Strauss's book in recent days. The catchy alliteration, which by the way was also the title in the original French...

Yesterday morning we sat down in a café to plan the next few days. But I wasn't able to concentrate on it yet. Farina then suggested that I go back to the hotel. Done. There I...

'You have reached your destination!'

After we left the coconut farm we directly went to the tayrona national park which is quite near. Our goal was to walk through the park to the beach called Cabo San Juan, sleep...

From Santa Marta, I took a day trip to the famous Tayrona National Park, which is an hour's drive from Santa Marta. I was lucky because two days after my visit, the park was...

Since we were in Santa Marta the day before, we had already explored everything there is to see. The goal this morning was the Botanical Garden. It was a bit difficult to reach...

My journey to Santa Marta, located about 225km from Cartagena, started with the bus that I had reserved through the hostel. With the company MarSol. Instead of 12 o'clock, I was...

After not knowing if buses still ran to Minca so late, I had the brilliant idea of not booking a hostel, but rather seeing how far I could get and then searching for Wi-Fi to...

From the highest coastal mountain range in the world

Mitm Bös simr de nach Santa Marta düset. Dert heimr ä wunderschöni Ungerkunft gha ir Villa Escobar. 😎 Ja genau dä Namä begleitet üs chli uf derä Reis. 🙃🙈😉 Ä wissi Villa mit...

On 06/17 we took the bus from Cartagena to Santa Marta. The drive took 5-6 hours and we stopped more than we drove. But there was always enough to eat and drink on the bus (from...

Last night we dared to eat rice with vegetables. This morning we happily spent the night without any complaints. Actually, it's a shame for this beautiful area. So much more...

There's really not much to say about Santa Marta. After returning from Ciudad Perdida, we laid in our air-conditioned hotel room for a day and a half, licking our wounds and...

From a trip to paradise on the Caribbean coast of Colombia.

Every coastal Colombian raves about Tayrona National Park, so we embarked on a 6-hour hike to Colombia's most beautiful beaches. The challenging path from Calabazo was...

Auch an diesem Tag wurde das Camp 4:45 Uhr geweckt, mit anschließendem Frühstück. Um 6 ging es dann wieder los. Wir erreichten nach ca einer halben Stunde den Fluss Rio...

About four hours northeast of Cartagena is Tayrona National Park. There are beautiful hiking routes, picturesque beaches, and some wild animals to discover. I had found a small,...

Finally, I made it! We have arrived in the present, so I don't have to catch up on blog posts anymore because I started the blog too late. Another achievement: I had a...

Upon the suggestion of a Scottish woman, I decided to stay in Taganga, a small fishing village 10 minutes north of the big city, instead of Santa Marta, and take a diving course...

Tag 12: early rising, as we had a long drive to the airport and it is the 1st working day for many Colombians after New Year's - taxi rides without functioning seatbelts,...

So I've done it now, now there's travel content. After the most uncomplicated journey I've ever had (5 minutes to get through immigration, queuing, completely absurd) and two...

It went on the same as the last few days, I did nothing and lay in the sun and I'm finding it increasingly difficult to bring myself to do anything at all :D But I got my first...

Today we continue to Minca. Minca is a small town in the Sierra Nevada mountains. The Sierra Nevada is the highest coastal mountain in the world (with the over 5,700 m high Pico...

We have decided to take on the 5-day hike through the Colombian jungle to the lost city. We were picked up around noon. Our large luggage remained at the hostel. We had to...

Minca is just a good half hour away from Santa Martha and has many sights for such a small mountain village. We limited ourselves to two waterfalls that we hiked to. Marina went...

The last 2 days we were in or at the Tayrona National Park near Santa Marta. After a five-hour bus ride (for 250 km), we reached Santa Marta. We stayed in a small fishing...

Day 18 - 20: one of the best experiences in my 33 years of life - secluded from the outside world, we were able to feel the soothing tranquility of the jungle, the power of the...

Day 15: after a good breakfast at Ikaro, we strengthened ourselves once more through the streets of Santa Marta - then we set off for Palomino - just before our destination,...