Private Tour
Complete Expedition to the Tatacoa Desert
Overview
Available languages
72 hours
Mobile ticket
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.
Additional Info
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.
What To Expect
Walk of ghosts (the Holes sector, the grey part of the desert) and the Observatory
Accommodations
Stay in Estelar Tatacoa hotel or similar
Desierto de la Tatacoa
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
Xylopals (petrified wood), La Ventana and Cuzco viewpoint (the red desert area)
Accommodations
Stay in Estelar Tatacoa hotel or similar
Food and Drinks
BREAKFAST
Breakfast
Desierto de la Tatacoa
- 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)
Paleontological Museum of Tatacoa and Navigation on the Magdalena River
Food and Drinks
BREAKFAST
Breakfast
Desierto de la Tatacoa
- 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
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
Tips
Hydration
Expenditures not stipulated
Lunch and dinner
Pickup points
Select a pickup point
Options
Tatacoa Desert Expedition
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Operated by Ecoglobal Expeditions