COLONIAL DESTINATIONS: BOGOTÁ, BOYACÁ, SANTANDER, SANTA MARTA AND CARTAGENA DE INDIAS

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1 / PKALL5001 COLONIAL DESTINATIONS: BOGOTÁ, BOYACÁ, SANTANDER, SANTA MARTA AND CARTAGENA DE INDIAS 12 days / 11 nights Includes 2 nights accommodation in Bogotá with daily breakfast. 1 night accommodation in Villa de Leyva with breakfast and dinner. 2 nights accommodation in San Gil with breakfast and dinner. 1 night accommodation in Bucaramanga with breakfast and dinner. 2 nights accommodation in Santa Marta with daily breakfast. 3 nights accommodation in Cartagena with daily breakfast. Bogotá city tour with private transportation service, professional bilingual escorting guide and entrance fee to the Gold Museum. Ruta Libertadora, circuit through Boyacá and Santander including: Villa de Leyva, Tunja, San Gil, Valle de San Jose, El Socorro, Barichara, Guane, Curiti and Bucaramanga in private service, professional spanish speaking escorting guide and 4 lunches on the tours.

2 Santa Marta city tour, with shared transportation service, professional spanish speaking escorting guide and entrance to Quinta de San Pedro Alejandrino. Cartagena city tour, with shared transportation service, professional escorting guide and entrance fee to the mentioned places. Full day at the Rosario Islands with transport on speedboats (shared service), typical lunch with one beverage (soda) and transfer hotel - dock - hotel. Private transfer service airport - hotel - airport in Bogotá, Santa Marta and Cartagena with 1 suitcase capacity per person. Hotel insurance. BOGOTÁ Itinerary Visiting: Bogotá - Boyacá - Santander - Santa Marta - Cartagena de Indias DAY 01. TRANSFER IN: EL DORADO AIRPORT - HOTEL Assistance at the International Airport El Dorado and private transfer service to the hotel that passenger choose, within the city limits. Lodging. DAY 02. CITY TOUR WITHOUT MONSER- RATE. PRIVATE SERVICE (4 HOURS) Breakfast at the hotel. Sightseeing and walking tour at the downtown of Bogotá through its nuanced streets by fronts with republican style, Art Deco, Bauhaus and some others that have joined the Greek art and the austere architecture at the end of the nineteenth century with artistic syncretism; among these buildings you can admire the Colon theater, San Carlos Palace, House of Nariño (residence of the President of the Republic), Bolivar Square, Primary Cathedral of Bogotá, National Capitol and Lievano Palace. In the blocks of the Republic Bank you will visit the Art Museum of the Republic Bank whose showrooms are exhibited works dated between the European Renaissance and all the vanguards of the last hundred years, you also will visit the Botero Museum to admire one of the most recognized international art exhibitions. Then, ingress to the Gold Museum to visit the showrooms in which are exhibited pieces of pre Columbian goldsmith; through them are known the cosmic world of Tayrona, Muisca or Augustinian Societies among others. Note: Gold Museum is closed on Monday and Art Museum of the Republic Bank and Botero Museum are closed on Tuesday Frequency: Wednesday to Sunday. The tour begins at 09:00 hours. Lodging. BOYACÁ DAY 03. TRANSFER OUT: HOTEL - VILLA DE LEYVA Breakfast at the hotel. Going to the north of the city, is crossed one part of the Sabana of Bogotá, where their rural and urban landscapes transmit images, sensations and smells only possible in the tropics. When you reach the town of Zipaquirá

3 you enter to the Salt Cathedral, a catholic religious temple conditioned in the tunnels that are no longer mined. In this place, a set of figures developed with the concepts of naturalist, expressionist and conceptual art lead to the withdrawal and mystical sense of the temple. Are admirable the tunnels where is located the via crucis, a complex work of conceptual art. At the end of the tour to the cathedral, you will enjoy a panoramic tour to see the architecture that the municipality of Zipaquirá preserves both the colonial as the republican period. Lunch in the restaurant la Laguna del Sisga. We will continue the journey through the panamerican way that follows to the city of Tunja, capital from the Boyacá state, we will make a stop in the Boyacá bridge where was proclaimed the Independence of Colombia the 7 of august of 1819, one place to enjoy the monuments and the history of the country. We follow to the population of Villa de Leyva, historic city that keeps in every corner, one part of the prehistoric and colonial time. Declared national monument the 17 of December of Arrive to the population and check in. Lodging. DAY 04. TRANSFER OUT HOTEL - SAN GIL Breakfast at the hotel in Villa de Leyva. Walking tour of the city through the stone streets and the main plaza, considered the bigger in Colombia, with a great view to the Nuestra Señora del Rosario church, during the tour appreciate the Nuestra señora del Carmen church, the monastery Carmelitas descalzas convent and temple of San Agustín, among others highlights of the village. Visit to the vineyard Aim Karim, tour through the sowing and taste of El Marqués vine of Villa de Leyva, then visit to Santo Ecce Homo declared a National monument on 1996, monastery located 15 kms from Villa de Leyva,in its chapels appreciate religious work arts of great value and its mudéjar art construction. Visit the Cronosaurus fossil, where it lays the remainder of a reptile called kronosaurus boyacensis hampe, exhibited at the Museum, Villa de Leyva was a sea millions years ago, for this reason fossils were find, considered as a rocks representation of living forms, that through the passing time were transformed. During the tour lunch will be take in one of the local restaurant. Transfer from Villa de Leyva to San Gil. Check in, dinner at the hotel. Lodging. SANTANDER DAY 05. TOUR SAN JOSÉ S VALLEY AND SOCORRO Breakfast at hotel. Tour to the San José s Valley, a famous place for the Chorizos prepared in guarapo and panela and tour to Paramo: The habitants have a strong veneration for the Virgin of Healthy, in whose place pilgrimages are made. Tour to El Socorro. The large houses are full of history, rebellion and freedom. The whole historical relic which forms the ancient place was declared as National Monument. Entrance and tour to the El Gallineral Natural Park. Dinner at hotel. Lodging. DAY 06. TOUR BARICHARA - BUCARAMANGA Breakfast at the hotel. Tour to the colonial church, handcraft shops of stone carving, main parks and the natural view point of the river Suarez. Tour to Guane. Visitors will find touristic attractions as Santa Lucia de Mucuruba Church and the Archeological and Paleontological Museum to observe marine fossils. Tour Curití Pueblito de Tejedores (Town of Knitters) located 15 minutes from San Gil, Town of Knitters and Fique s craftsman. Tour Chicamocha National Park. Located at the Aratoca municipality km 39 via San Gil Bucaramanga. Built over the Chicamocha Canyon taking advantage of its natural and historical resources. Extension of 264 hectares. Transfer to Bucaramanga, at the hotel that passengers choose within the city limits. Check in. Dinner. Lodging.

4 DAY 07 TRANSFER OUT: HOTEL - PALONE- GRO AIRPORT Breakfast at the hotel: Transfer in private service from hotel that passenger chooses, within the city limits to the airport to Bogotá SANTA MARTA TRANSFER IN: SIMÓN BOLIVAR AIRPORT - HOTEL Assistance at the airport and private transfer service to the hotel passengers choose within the city limits. CITY TOUR. SHARED SERVICE (3 HOURS) In the afternoon visit to "Quinta de San Pedro Alejandrino", antique colonial farm where Simon Bolivar spent his last days, currently function as a Museum House, reflecting this colonial period. Sightseeing by the downtown, you will have the opportunity to see the "Casa de la Aduana" where it is currently the Tayrona Gold Museum and the Cathedral of Santa Marta. Frequency: Monday to Sunday. The tour begins at 14:00 houra. Lodging. DAY 08. LEISURE DAY Breakfast at the hotel. OPTIONAL TAYRONA NATIONAL NATURAL PARK ARRECIFES. SHARED SERVICE (7 HOURS). Transfer from the hotel to one of the entry points to the Tayrona National Park. After passing the control of the ticket office, you start an ecological hike by paths in the middle of tropical rainforest to reach the area of "Arrecifes", where its strong waves make it an ideal place for lovers of lush landscapes, from there we walked down to "La Piscinita" that is a beautiful natural rock formation that reduces the wave in the sector, this makes it a great place to enjoy a nice swim. Frequency: Monday to Sunday. The tour begins at 08:30 hours. Lodging. DAY 09. TRANSFER OUT: SANTA MARTA - CARTAGENA. ONLY DRIVER. PRIVATE SER- VICE Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer from the hotel or place within the city limits choose by passenger in Santa Marta to Cartagena to informed hotel. Estimated transfer time 3 hours approximately. Includes: Private transfer service with one suitcase capacity per person. Lodging. CARTAGENA DE INDIAS Cartagena de Indias DAY 10. VISIT TO CARTAGENA. SHARED SERVICE (3 HOURS) Breakfast at the hotel. Free morning to enjoy the hotel installations or the sea. In the afternoon sightseeing tour through the main neighborhoods of the city: Bocagrande, Castillogrande and

5 Manga. Then a quick walking tour in the walled area, you will pass by some of its beautiful squares and narrow streets. Visit to the "Castillo de San Felipe" and ascent to "Cerro de la Popa" where we visit the convent. Note 1: Departure time will apply as follow: Las Amércicas Hotel: 13:30 hours; Historical Center: 13:45 to 14:00 hours; Bocagrande: 14:25 hours; Laguito and Castillogrande: 14:30 hours. Note 2: For departures from hotels located at the Morros sector, passengers should arrive by their own at the Hotel Las Americas at the time reported. When tour ends, passengers will be dropped at the Hotel Las Américas and shall return to the selected hotel by their own. Frequency: Monday to Sunday. The tour begins at 14:00 hours. Lodging. The price does not include Air tickets. Personal expenses. Meals not specified in the program. Services not specified in the program. Tayrona National Park entry fee (USD 15 approximately). Dock and National Park fees (USD 8 approximately), entrance to the aquarium (USD 10 approximately) and rent of diving equipment. 16% hotel tax over rate accommodation (exemption applies for foreign passengers who entered the country as tourists). DAY 11. FULL DAY ROSARIO ISLANDS. SHARED SERVICE Breakfast at the hotel. Meeting at the pier informed to board a speedboat in shared service destined to National Natural Park Rosario Island (duration 1 hour). Panoramic tours of the islands of the archipelago and stop at the San Martín de Pajares island to enter the aquarium (optional entry). Check in to one of the islands, free time to enjoy the sea and typical lunch. In the afternoon return by boat to Cartagena de Indias. Note: The San Martín de Pajares Aquarium is closed on Monday, on the same way is closed on Tuesday when the previous Monday is a festive day. Frequency: Monday to Sunday. Departure hour from the pier: 08:00 hours - Return hour from the islands: 15:00 hours. Lodging. DÍA 12. TRANSFER OUT. HOTEL - RAFAEL NUÑEZ AIRPORT Breakfast at the hotel. Private Transfer from the hotel that passenger choose within the city limits to the airport for taking the flight to your next destination. END OF SERVICES Villa de Leyva

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