Cali Street Food Walking Tour: Explore Local Culture and Authentically Delicious Snacks

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Embark on a Cali Street Food Walking Tour and immerse yourself in the local culture while indulging in delicious snacks. From bakery treats to salty fried goods and refreshing ice with fruits, there’s something for everyone, including vegans, vegetarians, and gluten-free individuals. Join us now!

Duration: 2 hours

Cancellation: 1 day learn more

Highlights

Puente del Boulevard del Río Cali - We will start our Street Food Tour atop Colombia’s biggest urban tunnel.
Departmental Institute of Fine Arts - We will check out Cali’s biggest public arts school and have our first official stop nearby: bakery.
Plazoleta Jairo Varela - “Salsa Plaza” or “Cali Plaza” as it’s also known, we will explore this iconic city square and check the trumptets monument. After we explore the square we will head to our 2nd official stop.
Avianca Park - If during a weekday, in this park we will try an enigmatic regional fruit, said to be aphrodisiac… Chontaduro, with honey and salt.
Monumento a Simon Bolivar - Around this hero statue we will find our 3rd and last food stop, Cholado, ice with fruits in different preparations.
Puente Ortiz - We will cross this enigmatic bridge for Cali, over Cali river.
Iglesia La Ermita - By the end of the tour we will check out the most famous church to the city, and walk back by the River Boulevard.

What's Included

Scenic views

What's Not Included

Tips

Additional Information

Welcome to my introduction to my hometown: discover local culture while we walk amongst landmarks and try local snacks. Come hungry!

I will take you through a list of food spots that I’ve personally chosen. From hots to colds, solids to beverages, sweet to salty, stores & street vendors, national and local, fried to baked, fruits to meats, and everything in between while we walk amongst the city’s most famous landmarks.

All tasting options are snacks. Don’t be fooled, most are not small.

Our route will be the following (depending on availability):

STOP 1: plantain chips.
STOP 2: Bakery - pandebono, roscón.
STOP 3: coconut products
STOP 4: Empanadas and local fried snacks as well as lulada and champús, traditional beverages.
STOP 5: Chontaduro: regional fruit said to be aphrodisiac.
STOP 6: Raspado / Cholado - ice with fruits in different preparations.

Vegans welcome. Vegetarians welcome. Gluten-free people are welcome. Meat-lovers welcome as well! There are options for everybody.

Location

Subway

Calle 8

Let's see each other outside the Subway Sandwich Store atop the Boulevard del Rio (Calle 8 crossing)

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings

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760oluwafemig

Sep 15, 2024

So glad I did it! - Juan was friendly and knowledgeable. The food tour was delicious, and I enjoyed visiting the historical and cultural sites. I had a wonderful afternoon, thanks Juan!!

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Danhodkinson

Aug 31, 2024

Street food tour with lots of history! - Juan was a great guide. Throughout the night food tour he gave us lots of information about the history of Cali and Salsa. A great way to spend part of your evening here in Cali!

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Johnsm2220wg

Aug 28, 2024

I'm ready to take in more culinary experiences around Colombia - We had an amazing time the food was awesome and plenty of variety, information on what and where everything is. History of the area and about Cali was a welcome touch as well

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Ketourism

Aug 27, 2024

Great experience! - Good experience! Nice fritangas and Cali history at the same time. We enjoy the time learning about Cali and at the same time trying good food.

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H3006cpianb

Aug 23, 2024

Great Tour - Great tour with a nice mix of inexpensive food, fruit and desserts. Guide gives a good mix of food and some city and regional history and culture.

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Natalia_m

Aug 6, 2024

Cali food tour - Juan did an amazing job giving us both a history and food tour! We were a large group (10 of us) and he patiently waited 10-15 mins for us (the traffic is no joke). Our group thoroughly enjoyed the tour and we all learned more about Colombias history.

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Marcella_f

Jul 12, 2024

The best Street Food Tour! - This was an awesome tour. My mom, sister, brother in law, niece, friend and I did the tour as a group and we had no idea what to expect. We were visiting Cali from the USA. Andres was our tour guide and he was terrific. He was very knowledgeable and informative and he taught us a lot about the history and art of Cali, he displayed such love and passion for his city. Andres also made sure that everyone was comfortable at all times taking breaks as needed and frequently checking and asking to see if everyone was okay. My elderly mom was able to keep up very well with the pace. While touring the city we made several stops at different bakeries/restaurants/cafes tasting the street food, drinks and frozen treats of Cali. The food was amazing, we enjoyed tasting all the local treats and we were so full at the end of the two hours of the tour. I definitely recommend this tour to everyone. You will have a blast! Marcella from Atlanta, GA USA.

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Lenasow

Jun 9, 2024

Great food tour in Cali! - I loved this tour! Andres was a great guide and made it feel like I was exploring the city with friends. The pace of the tour was really great so that we had time to sit and eat at each stop without ever feeling like we were being rushed. Andres also taught us a lot about the city and Colombia in general which made for an even more enriching experience. I would highly recommend doing this tour and I’ll be sure to book Cali Cultural Tours again when I make it back to the city.

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Steve_c

May 19, 2024

Great Food - Everyone was great and it was a fun street tour. It was a good mix of street food and little history lessons here and there. It was awesome to see La Calle del Sabor in person as well. I recommend it.

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