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Are you thinking about visiting the heart of the planet? Would you like to know the most ancient city founded in America? The Pearl of Caribbean? The city where Mr. Simon Bolivar, liberator of 5 countries in South America died? Come and visit Santa Marta, Colombia; a city full of history, language, indigenous tribes, food flavors and culture. . . Santa Marta has to faces: its typical spanish architecture and the moderm city. A different variety of restaurants, museums and galleries so travelers can go deep into the caribbean culture in Colombia. Come and visit our 4 indigenous tribes located in Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Koguis, Arhuacos, Kankuamos and Wiwas. . . Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta is an isolated mountain range separated from the Andes chain that runs through Colombia. Reaching an altitude of 5, 700 m (18, 700 ft) just 42 km (26 mi) from the Caribbean coast I was born in 1981 in Bogota. I started guiding people when I was a kid just helping guides. My family moved to Santa Marta when I was a kid, so I learned everything about the Pearl of the Caribbean helping and assisting these guides. I am a professional in linguistics and Colombian history. I am a licenced tour guide for all the colombian territory specially Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. I have been working in this amazing industry, Guiding and Driving travellers from all over the world for both Private and Public Entities. Guiding for me is a passion, so travellers will receive plenty of information based on culture, history, geography and colombian literature. Let's go on a tour with me to have a whole vision of these amazing and marvelous city. . . I am willing and ready to hear from your point of views, needs, preferences and extra or special requirements. Kind regards. - Philologist specialized in English and Spanish - Certificated Tour guide - Colombian History and Geography professional - 12 years experience in guiding through Colombian Caribbean - Colombian Cusine expert NONE
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Nico was an amazing guide. We asked him for a custom two day, one night, experience that allowed us to directly interact with two separate indigenous groups (Kogi, Arhuaco) native to Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Colombia. His communication before the experience was extensive and he worked out a very detailed visit from start to finish, both listening to our asks and...
We highly enjoyed this tour and our guide Nicolas. It was a little confusing because of the bridge collapse, our guide couldn’t meet us directly from the ship and our driver don’t speak English. The river tubing was slow but fun. Our guide only spoke Spanish but I know enough to get the gist of what he was saying. We saw a cayman, howler monkeys, cows, and tons of birds....

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Hello Christine. Thank You so much for your Feedback! I really appreciate it. Hopefully the bridge will be ready soon ando traffic Will get better! Welcome to Santa Marta, Kind regards Nik
This was an exceptional tour that took us into a world totally unknown to us. The communities were so colorful and we felt welcomed. Our TBL guide worked with the local guide, Dioselin and answered all of our questions - we had so many. Lunch was wonderful and we were so comfortable on the boat. It made our visit to Santa Marta so worth it.

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Thank you so much Jan and Jannet! It was a pleasure to be your host in Santa Marta, Colombia. We hope to see you again! Enjoy Colombia through ToursByLocals!
We had an unforgettable hike to the Sacred Place. The 1.5-hour walk through a tropical forest offered a peaceful look at the region’s ecology. Local vendors shared regional specialties like unique organic coffee with no pressure to buy. A highlight was meeting an Indigenous Leader from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, whose insight added meaningful understanding. The...

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Mr. Colin. Thank you so much for everything! It was an amazing experience. Colombia, and specially, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta will be waiting for you to go into another amazing adventure! See you soon! Kind regards, Nik