The 4 Best Half-Day Tours in Colombia

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

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

Explore Cartagena with a driver-guide and professional guide during a four-hour bilingual outing. Visit La Popa, San Felipe Fortress, the Walled City, Getsemani, modern Cartagena, and Las Bovedas. Guides such as Nico, Richard, and Adalberto are noted for clear English and strong local knowledge.

“We were told late that we could not be picked up at our hotel which was previously set-up. So we had to arrange the additional cost of an Uber. Nevertheless, Isaac, our guide, found us at the place he requested and we had a nice afternoon. Isaac is very enthusiastic and is a good teacher and host.”

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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 3 to 4 hours exploring Comuna 13 with a private guide such as Juan Carlos or Alexander. Ride the cable car, use the famous electric escalators, follow the graffiti route, and learn how the area changed from conflict to community pride. Hotel pickup and drop-off are included.

“Our tour with Juan Carlos was a wonderful addition to our trip, from pick up to drop off Juan Carlos took care of all of our needs and told us all about the incredible history of Comuna 13! I would absoutlely recommend this tour to anyone looking to experience communa 13 in a real way and seeing the large area that C13 covers. Taste the delicious treats, see the arts and culture, the real community and the aerial view from the cable car”

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3.Half-Day Private Colonial Towns Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 35 reviews · 5 hours · from $84

Travel privately from Medellín with an English- or Spanish-speaking guide such as Carlos or Jaime. Visit El Retiro, Salto del Tequendamita, San Antonio de Pereira, and Rionegro, with hotel pickup, drinks, entrance fees, and a flexible pace included.

“We chose the half day (5-hour) private vuelta a oriente tour. Our tour guide Carlos was wonderful. He was on time, professional, calm and friendly. We were 4 adults traveling with a 4 year old and Carlos was respectful, kind and patient at all times. He’s a great driver and we felt safe and comfortable. We stopped at El Retiro, El Salto del Tequendamita (waterfall), San Antonio de Pereira, and Rionegro. Our car was modern, spotless, spacious and air conditioned. They provided complementary waters and a specialty dessert at San Antonio de Pereira. We appreciated all the information Carlos offered. He even shot some family photos and made a video…”

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4.Gold Museum and Monserrate Private Half-Day Tour

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

Spend four hours with a bilingual guide and private car visiting Bogotá’s Gold Museum and Monserrate. Your ticket, transport, hotel or Airbnb pickup, insurance, parking, and drop-off are included. Plan carefully around Sunday crowds and afternoon queues at the mountain.

“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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