Complete Expedition to the Tatacoa Desert

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Duration3 days
Free cancellationFull refund up to 24 hours before
TicketMobile or paper ticket accepted
LanguagesSpanish
Private tourOnly your group will participate
Pickup offeredSee the meeting and pickup details below

Overview

Small groups ensuring the best personalized service.

The guides who operate the tour are known and wanted in hotels, restaurants and museums.

This tour supports the communities of the region as local guides are hired, they are the ones who know the best the destinations, the roads, the ecosystems and all the secret histories and places that you would never know if you were just

You will be picked up at the airport or the Neiva Transport Terminal and travel to Villavieja by express transport available to the group at all times and with friendly and well-known driver.

You can also be picked up at the Villavieja Main Park.

In Tatacoa you work with three very comfortable hotels, well located and very friendly staff.

What's included

  • Local guides
  • Hotel accommodation in Villavieja in multiple accommodation
  • Express transport available as a group from Neiva, during the entire expedition
  • Entering the Xylopal sector
  • Professional Astronomer Guided Stargazing Activity
  • Entering the Holes sector (the Ghosts)
  • Entrance to the natural mineralized pool
  • Navigation on the Magdalena River
  • Entrance to the Windows of the Desert Viewpoint
  • Attendance Card
  • Admission to the Paleontological Museum of Villa Vieja
  • Breakfast
  • Tips
  • Hydration
  • Expenditures not stipulated
  • Lunch and dinner

What to expect

Day 1: Walk of ghosts (the Holes sector, the grey part of the desert) and the Observatory
  1. Desierto de la Tatacoa
    9h · Admission ticket included
    Pick up at the time we are instructed. We recommend arriving at half day and transfer to the hotel in Villavieja
    - You can stop at one of Villavieja restaurants for lunch (On behalf of the traveler)
    -Then transfer to the desert to make the walk of ghosts, sector the Holes, the gray part of the desert and finish in the pool
    - Continue with the local guide to the observatory - The guide's wife makes some super good fast foods, such as stuffed arepas, sausages, burgers can be squared with him for the wife to take him to the observatory and dinner before entering the talk
    - NOTE: If the weather does not allow to make this visit, then it can be arranged for the next day
    Transfer to the hotel
Day 2: Xylopals (petrified wood), La Ventana and Cuzco viewpoint (the red desert area)
  1. Desierto de la Tatacoa
    10h · Admission ticket included
    - Breakfast at the hotel to leave between 8.00 – maximum 8.30am
    - This day in company with our local guide, we will take the Xilopalos (peterified wood) tour, we will cross the Snake Canyon and the Strait of the Miss. This is a beautiful 4h approx.
    - Then we will visit the La Ventana viewpoint with 360° views of the whole desert and funny formations that resemble animals.
    - Lunch at the expense of each participant.
    - In the afternoon tasting stop of typical products in a place that sells goat milk and derivatives, and you can visit the craft business
    - At the end of the afternoon type 3 : 30 pm visit of Cuzco and its mazes, the red zone of the desert, its color and formations resemble the planet Mars
    - Return to the hotel and dinner (On behalf of the traveler)
Day 3: Paleontological Museum of Tatacoa and Navigation on the Magdalena River
  1. Desierto de la Tatacoa
    4h · Admission ticket included
    - Breakfast and visit of the Paleontological Museum of Tatacoa
    - Depending on the schedule of the return flight, if the weather permits we will make a short sailing on the Magdalena River.
    Transfer to Neiva

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

At the exit of the transport terminal.

Meeting point

At the exit of the passenger arrival lounge.

Meeting point

In the main park of Villavieja.

End point

At the exit of the transport terminal.

End point

At the exit of the passenger arrival lounge.

End point

In the main park of Villavieja.

Pickup details

Pick up at the main park of the municipality of Villavieja Huila, at the airport of Neiva, or at the Transport Terminal of Neiva, at the indicated time.

We recommend arriving at noon.

Additional information

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Cancellation policy

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

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