trek ITINERARY

DAY 1 - NOVEMBER 13th: ARRIVAL & ORIENTATION
Own travel arrangements to your accommodation in Santa Marta. Check-in available from midday. Please be at the hotel in before 5pm for check in and the challenge briefing from your trekking guide.

DAY 2 - NOVEMBER 14th: FREE TIME & TREK BRIEFING
You’ll have some free time during the day before your challenge briefing from your trekking guide. You will be given a detailed plan for the days ahead and have an opportunity to ask any questions you may have. Then, it’s time to pack up your bags and lock up any spare items in the hotel storage.

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DAY 3 - NOVEMBER 15th: TREK DAY 1
After breakfast, you will transfer by four-wheel drive vehicle from Santa Marta to the Mamey sector, ready to start your trek from Machete Pelao. You’ll have lunch here, then trek toward your first campsite. Along the trek today, you’ll be able to see the incredible sights from the Tres Cruces viewpoint, and enjoy delicious local fruits, as well as taking a refreshing bath at the natural pools of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.

DAY 4 - NOVEMBER 16th: TREK DAY 2
After an early start, you’ll trek from the first camp to the second camp, located in a Wiwa Indigenous Community, at an altitude of 450 meters above sea level. At this camp you will have the opportunity to learn about the local flora and fauna, and also to speak with members of the Wiwa community and learn more about their customs and traditions In the afternoon you can relax and swim in the cool waters of the river, which has its source high above the Lost City. In the evening before an early bedtime, the Indigenous guide will tell you more about the area and the sacred meaning for the native people.

DAY 5 - NOVEMBER 17th: TREK DAY 3
Today, you’ll rise early for breakfast and then hike some steep trails over almost 6 miles to your third camp. The third camp is located about 830 meters ASL, very close to the Lost City Teyuna, the sacred city of the Tayrona people.

DAY 6 - NOVEMBER 18th: TREK DAY 4
Rising very early, you will have breakfast and immediately start the short (approx. 1 mile) but very steep ascent to the first terrace of the Lost City. After having climbed over 1,200 steps to reach your destination, you will rest and then begin an in-depth guided tour of this breathtaking lost jungle city. The tour will last approximately 2-and-a-half hours and during the time you are here you can enjoy the sweeping vistas of lush valleys and steep, forested hills and take photographs. After the tour you will descend to the third camp, where you will take lunch and rest a little, then continue with the descent to the second camp where you will overnight.

DAY 7 - NOVEMBER 19th: TREK DAY 5
On the last day of your adventure you will continue your hike back to Machete Pelao via the first campsite, where you will have lunch before departing by vehicle to your accomodation in Santa Marta. After some time to rest and change you will enjoy a farewell dinner with your whole team and our guides.

DAY 8/EXTENSION DAY - NOVEMBER 20th: DEPENDING ON YOUR TRAVEL OPTION
You are free to continue on your own itinerary after breakfast. If you’ll be joining us on our Tayrona National Park extension, you will depart on the extension trip today!