Humanities Trip: Colombian Caribbean
Overview
Cultural appreciation & Pre-Hispanic traditions
Discover pre-Hispanic traditions and archaeological sites that still exist today in this Humanities trip on Colombia’s Caribbean coastal region. Students share in the remarkable culture of the native communities through unique cross-cultural workshops, expert-led seminars and exclusive visits to some of the region’s most intriguing jungle sites and ancient lost cities.
Details
- Location: La Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Cartagena
- Duration: 4 days +
- Number of participants: Flexible
- Date: Flexible (best time to visit Feb-March, Oct-Nov)
- Cost:From $499 p/p*
- Language: Spanish or English
- Carbon emissions: 72kg of CO2e p/p – we offset 100% of these emissions plus your journey here! See below for more details.
Sustainable Development Goals Impacted


Available Activities
- Weaving workshop with our partners in the native Arhuaco community
- Exclusive visit to the archeological site of Ciudad Antigua
- Talks from the country’s leading archaeologists
- Visit to an organic native-run cacao plantation
- Tayrona Park Visit
- Tubing along a jungle river
- Introduction to the region, its history and native communities in the Gold Museum, in Santa Marta
- Visit to a reforestation project
- Lost City trek
Itinerary
Day 1: Arrivals & introduction to the program
Day 2: Explore Ciudad Antigua
Day 3: Ciudad Antigua and organic cotton farming
Day 4: Discover ancient native traditions
Day 5: Tayrona Park visit & jungle walk
Day 6: Visit Cartagena & Caribbean music
Day 7: Afro-Colombian social drum workshop
Day 8: Departures
More Information
Flexible bookings
Book now, pay later. Due to changing circumstances we make it easy for you to reserve your educational trip without paying a deposit upfront!.