Lost City Trek: 5-Day Jungle Adventure

3 Ratings

Save

View All (9)

Embark on a 5-day Lost City Trek from Santa Marta. Support local communities, explore untouched jungles, and discover ancient ruins. Book now!

Duration: 5 days

Cancellation: 24 hours

learn more

Highlights

Santa Marta - Mamey - Camp 1

Catedral de Santa Marta - 7.6 Km - 04 h.
Starting elevation: 140 m.
Max. elevation: 450 m.
Difficulty: Easy.
Rest: Camp 1 -
The guide will pick us up at our lodging in Santa Marta between 7:00 and 9:00 a.m. to start the Lost City Trek Colombia 5 days.

El Mamey - After a 2 and a half-hour drive in our jeep, we will arrive at Mamey, where we will have lunch. We will start our trek and during the next 4 hours, we will pass by rivers and waterfalls, enjoying this incredible jungle. Around 6:30 p.m. we will have arrived at Camp 1, where we will have dinner and spend the night in hammocks or beds with mosquito nets to sleep.

Camp 1 - Mutanzi - Rio Buritaca - Camp 3

Parque Nacional Natural Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta - 15.2 Km - 07 h.
Starting elevation: 500 m.
Max elevation: 900 mslm.
Difficulty: Moderate.
Rest: Camp 3 -
We will get up early to have breakfast and thus make the most of the trekking day avoiding the hottest hours. We will walk through the jungle of the Sierra Nevada and the Buritaca river valley for 7 hours. On the way we will stop for lunch at “Camp 2” and visit Mutanzi, an indigenous village inhabited by the Kogui community. We will arrive at “Camp 3” to have dinner and spend the night.

Camp 3 - Lost City - Camp 2

Expotur - Operador autorizado a Ciudad Perdida - 10 Km - 05 h.
Starting elevation: 900 m.
Max elevation: 1200 mslm.
Difficulty: Moderate.
Rest: Camp 2 -
We will start the day with breakfast and continue our hike up 1,200 steps to the Tayrona village. At the Lost City the guide will give us a tour and explain the history of this unique place. After this visit, we will have time to explore on our own. We will return to “Camp 2”, where we will have dinner and spend the night.

Camp 2 - Camp 1

Parque Nacional Natural Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta - 4 h.
Maximum altitude: 140 masl.
Difficulty: Moderate.
Rest: Camp 1 -
After breakfast, we start our return to “Camp 1”. After 4 hours of trekking we will have lunch and enjoy the surrounding natural pools. The afternoon has been fun in the Colombian jungle, it is time to have dinner and rest for our last night.

Camp 1 - Mamey - Santa Marta

Santa Marta - 3 h.
Difficulty: Moderate -
This last day of the Lost City Trek Colombia 5 days tour will be dedicated to returning to Santa Marta. After breakfast, we will make the last trek from “Camp 1” to Mamey, lasting 3 hours. There we will have lunch and we will be picked up by a 4x4 vehicle for a 3-hour drive to Santa Marta. We will say goodbye to the guide and companions, ending this experience in the incredible Colombian jungle.

What's Included

Entrance to La Ciudad Perdida (The Lost City) + indigenous community fee
Lunch
Dinner
Breakfast
Lodging
Professional tour guide
Hotel pick up + transfer by 4x4

What's Not Included

Breakfast on day 1
Alcoholic beverages

Additional Information

The Lost City Trek Colombia is one of the Colombian highlights for backpackers and outdoor lovers. This tour is operated in collaboration with Sierra Nevada native communities, so you will support the local economy while enjoying this amazing hike. At Howlanders we are travelers as you do, so we really know how to make the most of this experience: good guides, a good atmosphere, good vibes, and fellow travelers, so we all together enjoy it to the fullest.

Be aware that this tour is not demanding when thinking about altitude or distances, but the conditions of the jungle make it a little harder. This effort is worthy and you will experience it once you get to the Lost City, which has remained virtually untouched for centuries.

If you prefer to take the most popular and shorter version, take our 4 days tour: https://www.viator.com/tours/Santa-Marta/Los-City-Trek/d4520-120233P11

This trek is rated medium-high difficulty due to the climatic conditions in which it is done (heat and humidity) and the total number of hours you will walk each day (an average of 6h/day through the jungle and the nights are spent in camps).

Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings

4.0

(3 Ratings)

5 stars

4 stars

3 stars

2 stars

1 star

Nikkimus

Mar 12, 2023

Amazing adventure! Made even better by an incredible team of guides... - This was an incredible trip and an unforgettable adventure! The trek itself is quite demanding T times with a significant amount of steep hills which can last for over an hour at a time constant incline. I think it's important to keep that in mind when booking that your prepared for a bit of a workout, and a very steep ascent on the steps to the Lost City, with an equally steep descent that takes a lot of focus and time, but is totally doable. The camps are always welcoming. Beds are very adequate, each with a mosquito net, blanket and pillow. I recommend carrying your clothes on a plastic bag within your pack so that you'll always have dry clothes in the event of a rainstorm! Bring a pack over for the train and a lightweight rain jacket. You won't be sorry... any added weight will be well worth it. Bring lots and lots mosquito repellent and a good first aid kit. Although our team was very well prepared, it's nice to have extra comfort of knowing you have it. Our team of guides were incredible! We booked our trip through G Adventures, with Hugo as our tour leader. He was outstanding, kind, knowledgeable and attentive to everyone on our group. The rest of our guides were through Magic Tour. Isaias Suarez was our cook for the week. He prepared amazing, home cooked, well thought out meals each day for breakfast, lunch and dinner, leaning nobody hungry! Coffee, hot chocolate amd treats were also provided. He was Fantastic. Our main guide was Jose Samboni. I can't say enough about Jose. An incredibly talented amd knowledgeable guide who is a local that knew everyone we passed on the trail. His knowledge amd expertise and years of experience, really made you feel like you were part of this special place for the brief time your on the trail. Jose was so very kind, patient and always took time to make sure everyone was following and taken care of. Fernery Gallego was our auxiliary guide. 'Fer' was fantastic. He took the time to attend to everyone, always there to help and guide us all. Fer always had a cup of hot chocolate or coffee for us when we needed it most and always helped make sure everyone was in our group, and were at a comfortable pace. Fer was equally fantastic as the rest of our team. I would recommend this trek, but if you're lucky enough to have Hugo, Jose, Isaias and Fernery... you'll have an even better time. Safe travels! Magic Tour is lucky to have each of them on their team. I feel very lucky to have experienced this with my group and this team.

Review provided by Tripadvisor

Dms1995

Aug 2, 2019

4 days are enough (3 nights) - Hiking- strenuous, the heat and humidity make this technically easy trekking a real challenge Accommodation- the hygiene standards are unspeakably low, not only the bathrooms and showers are disgusting, the worst things are the dogs which are walking freely and sleeping in the tourist ‘s bedrooms and peeing at the bed posts, backpacks or what else is in their way Sightseeing- the lost city is an interesting place but frankly speaking there is not really to be seen a lot, it needs a lot of imagination...and there is not a lot of literature around which can explain the place

Review provided by Tripadvisor

From $630

Select Date and Tickets

up to 8 guests