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 Shared Nightlife Tour
Shared tour in a classic chiva
See Cartagena, and meet some new friends!
Spanish-only night tour
Watch Cartagena come to life after sunset
Ready to get out into the Cartagena nightlife tour? This is the tour for you! A traditional chiva bus will take you and your fellow passengers to some of Cartagena’s most emblematic sights, and afterwards, you’ll get a taste of local rum and see how Colombians like to let loose.
What you'll see
Bocagrande neighborhood
Walls of Cartagena
Zapatos Viejos (“old shoes”) monument
Sector of Getsemaní
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Tour details
Tour details
Price:
$17 USD per person
Departure times:
7:45PM
Meeting point:
Hotel Dorado Plaza in Bocagrande, Cra. 2 #441, Cartagena, Bolívar, Colombia
Availability:
Year-round, every day (unless otherwise indicated)
Duration:
3 hours
Group size:
1 – 20 (depending on how many people have already booked)
Included:
• Spanish speaking guide
• Shared transport in a chiva
• Tasting of local rum
• Fried traditional snacks
• Medical insurance
Not included:
Tips, entrance to the bars, food/beverage other than those mentioned
What to bring:
Comfortable walking shoes (no dress code for bars)
Overview of your tour
At night, Cartagena reveals an indescribable magic that it keeps hidden during the day. Seeing the colonial bits of the city and how they contrast with the slice of ocean within the Cartagena Bay is an image you’ll want to take home with you. Visit what Cartagena’s famous for — Zapatos Viejos, Bocagrande, Getsemaní, and more — aboard a chiva with your newest friends and plenty of vallenata music. You’ll end the sightseeing trip with a local rum tasting and plenty of delicious fried snacks, but where the party ends is entirely up to you.
Good to know
This tour is shared, but it is also safe so that you feel comfortable roaming around the area. Enjoying the company of others is how we like it here in the Caribbean!
The tour will take you back to the meeting point at the Hotel Dorado Plaza in Bocagrande, but if you don’t want to go home just yet, feel free to stay out! Your guide can help you with how to get transportation when you’ve partied your heart out.
The guides on this tour are local and know their way around the city 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
Yes, this tour and the Shared Chiva City Tour as well as the Rosario Islands Tour are the exceptions to the rest of our tours and are not private. This is a great opportunity to meet new friends in Cartagena!
The guide leading this tour is not a member of our team, so this tour is only available in Spanish. If this isn’t right for you, feel free to check out our other private tours in Cartagena, all of which are available in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, Italian, and Russian (languages other than English and Spanish come at an additional cost).
Since this tour is not “ours” so to speak, the cancellation policy differs from that of our own. In the case of needing to cancel or reschedule, please get in touch with us at reservas@colombiatraveloperator.com.
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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.
