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Full Day Tour to the Playa Blanca National Aviary and Plankton

Cartagena, Colombia
Full Day Tour to the Playa Blanca National Aviary and Plankton
  • 14 hours 45 minutes
  • Pickup offered
  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English

Overview

    What's Included

    • Air-conditioned vehicle
    • Stay at the beach club Mambo beach
    • Use of facilities
    • $30,000 COP voucher for lunch (Different options)
    • plankton activity
    • bilingual coordinator
    • Travel insurance
    • entrance to the aviary
    • Services not mentioned

    Meeting and Pickup

    You can head directly to the meeting point, or request pickup

    Meeting point

    • Monumento Los Pegasos
      Cl. 24, El Centro, Cartagena de Indias, Provincia de Cartagena, Bolívar, Colombia

      The pick-up information at hotels or meeting point will be communicated through the reservation confirmation message.

    Pickup points

    Select a pickup point

    Start time

    09:00 AM

    End point

    This activity ends back at the meeting point.

    What To Expect

    Cartagena (Pass By)

    Baru

    14 hours • Admission Ticket Free

    Baru

    45 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

    Additional Info

    • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
    • Not wheelchair accessible
    • Near public transportation
    • Infants must sit on laps
    • Not recommended for travelers with back problems
    • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
    • Most travelers can participate
    • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 40 travelers

    Cancellation Policy

    You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

    • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
    • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
    • Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
    • Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.

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    Reviews

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    majestic moments with some room to improve
    James_E, Apr 2024
    We did the tour that included playa blanca, the aviary and plankton, but not all members of our travel group chose all three of those options. The tour was a bus ride into Baru. The aviary was the first stop. Only us and one other family left the bus for this part of the tour. Everyone else went to the beach. The aviary was wonderful. We went during the end of dry season, which I believe is why so few people were there. Our guide, Sergio, took us through the aviary, giving us lots of information about the exhibits and plenty of time to take pictures and interact with the birds. After about an hour and a half at the aviary, our bus took us to the beach club in playa blanca and we joined up with the rest of our group. We then ate our lunch and had a few hours to hang out and enjoy the water. At the end of the day, the group headed home and we stayed at the beach club and joined a different group to experience the plankton bioluminescence. Sergio was very helpful making sure we found and met our new guide, Mike. After the sun set, we all packed into a boat in the dark and sailed off to the area of the water where we could see the plankton. At that point, the anchor went down and we all dove into the water. Pretty amazing experience to see everything light up in the darkness! After maybe 20 minutes in the water, we headed back, changed clothes and then took the bus back into Cartagena. It was 11 hours in total. Reasons for not giving a 5 star review: 1. The beach club was not perfect. It was in a very loud area. Another tour we went on the next day had a club that was much quieter and we felt that was more enjoyable. 2. Everyone has heard about the amount of vendors that hassle you in this area. The beach club told us that they only allowed in a few select vendors, but even they were extremely pushy and would attempt to sell you souvenirs for wildly inflated prices 3. The 11 hour tour only included 1 lunch and 1 snack. The lunch after the aviary was around 2 pm and the club stopped serving food around 4:30-5, so there were not a lot of options to eat dinner. We both got very hungry towards the end 4. Because we had to wait until it was dark, there was just a whole lot of sitting and waiting at the beach club. About 4-5 hours there when we would have been happy being there for about 2. It was still worth it for the plankton experience, but it would be nice to have fit in one more activity - possibly a dinner or something - to break up the monotony ps - this isn't the tour's fault, but I would not suggest eating the oysters from the vendors. Pretty sure that is what caused us to feel terribly sick for days after this tour
    Response from Host, Apr 2024
    Your opinion is very important to us. We will take into account the observations. Thank you very much, it has been a pleasure serving you and the most important thing for us is that you as clients are satisfied with what you have obtained. I hope you visit us again and take us into account as a tourism agency.

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    up to 24 hours before the experience starts (local time)

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