The Cruise Excursion offers comfortable airconditioned transport while you visit all the major tourist attractions in Cartagena. Your professional tour guide will help you put what you see into a greater historical and cultural context.
About the activity
Experience
Highlights
- La Popa Monastery
- San Felipe de Barajas Fort
- Manga Neighborhood
- Getsemani Neighborhood
- Bocagrande Bay
- San Diego Neighborhood
- Old Historic Center
- City Wall
- Churches in the old city
- Slave, Colonial, Military, and Independency History
- Colombia & Caribbean Facts
- Taylor-made Cartagena City Tour
Full description
The Cruise Excursion is a very comprehensive tour that makes sure you get to experience all the major and most important tourist attractions in Cartagena.
The tour takes you to different parts of the city in comfortable airconditioned transportation. Along the way, your guide will point out things of interest, as well as putting all your new impressions into context.
Visit the Popa Monastery with the amazing view over the whole city, before entering the famous fortress San Felipe de Barajas.
You will also get to see the old historic center, city walls, San Diego, Getsemani and Bocagrande neighborhoods.
Includes
- Professional licensed guide
- Skip-the-line access
Covid-19 precautions
Safety measures in place
All areas that customers touch are frequently cleaned
Traveler requirements
You are required to bring and wear a mask
Prepare for the activity
The details below may change if you update your current selection:
Meeting point
Hotel
Start time of the tour
9:00 a.m. *
Length of the tour
4 hours (approximately)
Return Details
return to the original departure point
Notes
La Popa is currently open to the public.
This is perfect for cruise ship passengers.
Later departures are also available, depending on the time of year and current availability. If you are interested in booking this tour for a later time, simply contact us once your booking is confirmed, and we will do everything possible to accommodate you.
We own all types of transportation contact us if you have a group coming to town.
Sandman1315 –
Organized a tour with Martin for a group from our cruise ship. Martin was excellent to deal with while setting up the tour. He answered emails within hours of sending them. Was very flexible as our numbers increased as more people on the ship joined us. He tailored the tour to our requests of more sites instead of shopping. Our guide Jose was excellent. He was very knowledgeable of Cartagena, the history of the area , the Caribean and carried out the tour at a perfect pace. The bus provided was brand new and very comfortable. For a VIP treatment and quality tour you can not go wrong with Martin and his employees at Cartagena Tour Guides
galvirgo –
Enjoyed our visit to Cartagena and Martin was a great guide. I booked this tour directly with Martin and we had a final group of 13 people from our ship, the Infinity. The tour was exactly what Martin had provided me with via email. We had a nice size van which was comfortable. He took us two forts including San Pedro Claver and San Felipe Fortress. He was very knowledgeable as we walked around the forts. We then went up to La Popa Monastery, which was very peaceful, as he planned our visit when the other tours from the ship were already gone. We had a nice walk around the old city with a brief visit to the marketplace (which was just the right amount of time about 15 minutes). Our last stop was the emerald museum, where we were provided with a nice tour, and then time to shop if one wished. Shopping was kept to a minimum, which is what I appreciated. I would highly recommend Martin to anyone – it was the best tour we were on during our entire cruise. Thank you.
MariaL –
“I found Martin and Cartagena Tours through Trip Advisor. He was prompt in replying to all my questions. We contracted with him for a small group day tour of Cartagena while our ship was in port. Pick up and drop off at the port were timely and stress-free; the tour was excellent and Martin was a terrific guide. Our group thoroughly enjoyed our time in Cartagena because of Martin and Cartagena tours!
We would all highly recommend this company if you are looking for a knowledgeable, experienced guide and a fun day in Cartagena!”
Orlando_Vic –
“Our group of eight cruise ship passengers had Martin Rosales as our guide earlier this month We wanted a small-group tour with the chance to interact with our guide. We felt that the big bus tours from the ship did not offer this. As a result, he provided us with an exceptional day in Cartagena.
I want everyone to know that our experience with him was beyond excellent. Every detail was executed perfectly, timely and professionally. Martin was prompt with his communication with me and always was willing to make changes to the schedule to fit what we wanted. He was flexible, knowledgeable, and a true professional. He has excellent English and always had a smile on his face. He really looked out for our safety which definitely put my wife at ease. Martin really made us feel welcomed He did a marvelous job and we felt that we had seen and learned a great deal about the city, it’s history as well as the country of Colombia in only 1/2-day.
We strongly recommend using Martin Rosales for a well-crafted and very personal tour.”
BrendaC –
Thoroughly enjoyed our tour with Martin while in Cartagena! We had a group of 7 and opted for a tour through his company as opposed to choosing a tour through the cruise line–we made the right decision!!! It was just our group, so it was very intimate. He was extremely knowledgeable about the area and the history. The tour took us through many parts of the city with stops at several locations. Martin was constantly providing us with information about every part of town we were in or the location we were stopped at. We enjoyed our ‘private’ tour with a most likeable and easy-going host, Martin!