Family Holiday at Christmas and New Years: Julio and his team were amazing. In Cartagena he set up our transport, a city tour. All his guides were very good. The most amazing thing is how he jumped in and helped us when one of our group got a passport stolen. He was right there to help us at all turns. If you plan to go to Colombia I give Julio and his team my highest recommendation.
Cartagena Fishing Tour
Private full-day tour
Spend a day as a Colombian fisherman
Fish for your own lunch
Reel in the experience of a lifetime in La Boquilla
If you like to fish and are looking to walk (and work!) a day in a local’s shoes, this is the perfect tour for you. Within the Cartagena city limits lives La Boquilla (“the little mouth”), a location populated with beach and mangrove fishing spots. Let a Colombian fisherman take you around and show you what he does on a daily basis… then he’ll have you catch your own lunch!
What you'll see
La Boquilla (fishing sector in Cartagena)
A day in the life of a Colombian fisherman
Fishing village
Mangrove swamp
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Tour details
Tour details
Price:
All prices are per person and in USD
1 person $235
2 people $126
3 people $123
4 people $119
5 people $102
6 people $99
7- people $96
8 people $95
9 people $94
10 people $89
Departure times:
7AM
Meeting point:
Hotel pick-up & drop-off anywhere in Cartagena
Availability:
Year-round, every day (unless otherwise indicated)
Duration:
5 hours (approx. 1 hour total in the car)
Group size:
1 – 25
Included:
• Private transportation and driver
• Bilingual fishing guide
• Lunch with the fisherman’s family
• Water
• Medical insurance
Not included:
Tips
What to bring:
Comfortable walking shoes, hat, sunscreen, sunglasses
Note: we recommend bringing a raincoat or poncho if rain is in the forecast (though this is quite unlikely).
Overview of your tour
You’ve come to Cartagena for a once-in-a-lifetime experience, and this tour is just that and more. This tour will allow you to see a part of the Colombian economy from a fisherman’s point of view… and you’re going to get your hands dirty!
Depending on weather and ocean conditions, local fishermen will take you to their favorite fishing spots and teach you how they fish. After learning their techniques, it’s your turn to try your hand at it. Once you’ve caught your own meal and heard plenty of a seaman’s tales, you’ll head back to the house of that seaman’s very own family. There, the tradition continues — members of the family will help you prepare your fish into a traditional meal. This social tour will leave you with more than just a couple of tricks to snag a fish and a recipe. You’ll come away with more knowledge and understanding about a fisherman’s daily life and work than you thought possible.
Good to know
This tour is private and safe so that you feel comfortable the whole time.
Our private vehicle has air conditioning to combat the Cartagena heat.
Our guides are local and have been precisely trained to know their way around the area quite well.
Medical insurance is included in the price of all of our tours, so we have you covered in the unlikely event of an accident.
Frequently asked questions
All of our tours are private. That is, if you book a certain day and time slot, you (and your group) will be the only one(s) on the tour, provided that you are all included in the same booking.
We are proud to say that we have an incredible team with a wide array of languages. In total, we can offer tours in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, and Italian. We also have a Russian interpreter that can come along and translate for us. Please indicate your language preference upon booking (languages other than English and Spanish come at an additional cost).
Yes! This tour allows you to really live a day in the life of a Colombian fisherman, which means not only going out to fish, but also preparing the fish at his home with his family, so you will have time to spend with them and chat (maybe with the help of your guide). Keep in mind that when we say “live a day in the life of a fisherman,” we mean it in all senses of the phrase… That means, if you don’t catch anything, there goes your lunch ticket!
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See what previous tour-goers have said
Amazing tour and amazing tour guide (Julio)! My first tour in Colombia and I couldn’t have asked for a better experience. The sites were amazing and the food was incredible. Thanks to our guide Julio for going above and beyond to making sure we had a great time.
I would like to give special thanks to Kelly for planning my itinerary for Cartagena and Bogota – she also arranged my airport transfers in both cities, my full day tour in Cartagena was amazing! We fell in love with the walled city, such beautiful buildings and great restaurants. Kelly gave us some really good restaurant recommendations and we also enjoyed the trip to fort San Felipe.
