Cartagena, Colombia
Tours Delivered,
Since Jan 15, 2016
3.0
Hours, Avg. response time
Guide #16189
My name is Jhon, I was born and grown up in a small town named Buenavista, in Cordoba department that is located in the Caribbean region. My father and mother took care of me until I was 15 years old. Then, I moved to Cartagena to finish my secondary, after graduating I was enlisted in the army when I was 19 years old, at present I am 49. My family is big, I have eight brothers and two sisters, and we are all a live, I am very happy and give thanks my parents for everything they did for us, and God for his blessing. After leaving for the army, I started working for an industrial company for 15 years, after I stop working in there, and studied tourism and I graduated as a professional tour guide. Today, I am 9 years of experiences as a local guide and national guide, since Cartagena is a privileged city of Colombia as a cruise ship destination, I enjoy leading travelers when they arrive in each season in my city. This is the job I was searching for my life and now, it became true. I love Cartagena de Indias, it is my best city, its charms are magical, with its colonial houses, streets, walls, history, myths and legends but its friendly and nice people are spectacular sharing their culture with guests. As a local guide, I love so much this career, I have a lot experiences and knowledge of this activity, my attitude and my entire availability are parts of my job, I work with great enthusiasm, I always enjoy giving to my visitors the best of me when I lead them in my enchanting and magical city, I am well known as a local guide. I am doing well every time I assist travelers, always looking after them. My goal in life, is to become one of the best local guide by ToursByLocals in this amazing City. Each happy customer for me is the success for our local community to improve its economy, now you have the choice to know more about me and Cartagena, I encourage you to take the best tour and make the decision to discover the colonial city of Cartagena , you can't miss this marvelous and astonishing place, I will be waiting for you with great kindly anytime. I look forward to give you the best and show you the awesome World Heritage Site of Colombia. My country is the first on earth about biodiversity and the happiest territory in South America and Cartagena the first Destination, now you are ready to come and explore it. I hope to see you soon in Cartagena!¡ Trained by Aquila International. I am a Licensed Colombian Guide and I am able to Guide in my Country.
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Jhon’s deep knowledge of Cartegna, shared with us through facts, anecdotes and stories, made this full-day tour memorable for our family. We were able to see all the highlights in a well-paced eight hours including a fantastic leisurely lunch. My family of 3 traveled with my sister-in-law who is a wheelchair user. Jhon was incredibly accommodating and anticipated...

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Thanks a lot Lisa for your spectacular review and rating on tour done with me in Cartagena, Colombia. I really appreciate that. You and your family were very kind and generous. Have great trip back to your country. Blessings! Jhon.
I highly recommend this guide and tour. The guide was very knowledgeable and professional. He was quick to answer any questions by message or text. We thoroughly enjoyed our tour.

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Dear Mary (Libba) King, I am very grateful for submitting the tour you doneceith me alobg with your daughter and friends. I really appreciate that. Besides, you and your friends were very kind and generous to me. You will always be welcome to my city Cartagena de Indias, and my country Colombia. Blessings! 👏
We spend half a day with Jhon Rivero in Cartagena and we were blessed with the most knowledgeable and well-spoken tour guide we could have hoped for. He exceeded our expectation. One of the best experiences we have had visiting a city for the first time. Knowledge can be acquired, but Jhon's love for Cartagena, his passion for sharing its history and the pride of its...

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Dear Danielle, Thanks a lot for your review and rating on tour done with me. I really appreciate that. You, Liliana, and your friends Renato and Tania all of you were friendly and kind to me. It made me feel very grateful very much. Many blessings and enjoy your stay in my city.

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Dear Zeb Averhoff, Thanks a lot for your rating. I really appreciate that. You will always be welcome to my country. Have a great morning!