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Mud Volcano and Pink Sea with Lunch Included

Name: Mud Volcano and Pink Sea with Lunch Included
Brand: cartagena caribbean tours
SKU: 63222P45
Price: 58.00 USD
Rating: 3.5 (75 reviews)

Cartagena, Colombia

6 to 7 hours
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

What's Included

round trip transportation
visit to the mud volcano
tour guide
Lunch
visit to the village galerazamba
entrance to the museum of galerazamba

Meeting and Pickup

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

Meeting point

Monumento Torre del Reloj
Boca del Puente, El Centro, Cartagena de Indias, Provincia de Cartagena, Bolívar, Colombia
in the middle arc of the clock tower will be the tour guide wearing a green cap and a green vest

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Start time

08:30 AM

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Pickup details

Our tour guide will ask for the client at the lobby

What To Expect

Salinas de Galerazamba

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Volcan de Lodo El Totumo

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Playas de la Boquilla

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Infants must sit on laps

Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 30 travelers

Operated by cartagena caribbean tours

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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Featured review

John_S

Great guides, fun time, lunch was amazing. Got picked up from hotel. Would recommend to anyone visiting Cartagena.

Reviews

3.5

75 reviews

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Fun! VERY different!!

george_d, Apr 2024

It was a fun experience. It’s true that there will be somebody in there who will give you a massage without you asking for it, then follow you to the dressing room and expect (demand!) money. I don’t recall what I ended up tipping, but it was well worth it. She somehow remembered me, showed up when I was at the lake, and helped me rinse off. Without that, I’d probably still be pulling mud out of my butt crack!

Mud Bath Experience

jay_b, Apr 2024

Be ready to walk up a lot of stairs, but once you reach the top the view is amazing. The mud bath was definitely a different experience they massage you as well. A must try!

An experience

Crystal_H, Mar 2024

The pink sea isn’t pink but I did enjoy learning about the salt process in the museum. The mud volcano was a 10 out of 10. So freaking cool. The lunch was at a nice restaurant and very good, but you only had the choice of either water or lemonade with no refills.

Poor tour operator, never showed up.

Chris_A, Mar 2024

Tour operator arranged to pick us up at the hotel but after an hour had not arrived. Never showed up and was not contactable. As a note for the volcano - Ended up hiring a car and going to the mud volcano ourselves. Be warned, the people there are VERY aggressive for money even if you didn't ask them to do anything. Many people, even those who didn't do anything demanded $20.000 COP each.

SCAM DO NOT TAKE THIS TOUR SCAM

Taylor_W, Feb 2024

DO NOT TAKE THIS TOUR. the pink sea is just a brown lake. I didn’t expect it to be bright pink but it was muddy brown water. Biggest waste of time. There is no story telling about the cutler etc. We got 3 sentences in english from the whole trip when we expected to be informed of the places we were going. VOLCANO YOU NEED MORE CASH: They do not tell you that when you get to the volcano 5-8 locals will touch you (even when you ask them to stop they don’t) to massage you or wash you. And these people demand money from you. The tour claims it’s optional but they corner you and yell in your face until you pay. None of us had small change and they expect us to pay another $12USD per person who touched us/ helped us when we didn’t ask for it. I don’t mind paying locals for their service but we were not told we needed cash to pay these people and it was very uncomfortable the way the cornered us and wouldn’t let us leave the building. The bus was also an hour + late to picking us up. Once we got our food I called an Uber bc I was not going to waste one more second on this your.

Just horrible

Arkina_T, Jan 2024

Worst tour EVER!!! They picked us up in a vehicle with no air. They hey tried to stuff to many people in the van. We complained and the tour guide said she just worked there and there’s nothing she could do. The van had completely bald tires in addition to no air. We arrived at the tour, the guy who worked there tried to steal my watch, he said he had put it in my bag, the guide called someone and they returned my watch. As we were leaving the mud volcano, we had a flat, the driver was unsure of how to change the tire so some of the men on the tour had to help. We tried to schedule a transportation company to come pick us up because we were so uncomfortable on the ride there, but the guide did not follow the tour schedule (places they said we would visit) so we couldn’t coordinate our pickup. They said we had 3 stops spending 2 hours per location, we did not!!! We spent 15 min at the pink sea, if that’s what you call it then went to lunch. At lunch they served half of a fish some people received head some received the fin portion. At to make it even worse, they provided a van for drop off with air for a 10 min drive. This tour company is just horrible!!!

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Elizabeth_L, Nov 2023

It was a good time: however the pink sea was very limited. It must be noted that tour company should advise tourist of “ top” traps. It was a a little uneasy when you do not know who you owe tip to, especially at the Mud Volcano. Otherwise enjoyable

Nice experience

christina_r, Oct 2023

Was fun and the guide was great. Was pretty crowded in a hot van and it turns out it is the wrong time of year for the lake to be pink, which was disappointing.

Unique experience.

Danielle_D, Oct 2023

A unique experience. Let go & just enjoy! The women who rinse you off are sweet. Bring tip money for photos & river women to help wash off mud.

Book with them!

Unique_R, Aug 2023

Wow! What an amazing experience! The tour guide was informative, patient, and very nice. My friends and I had an unforgettable experience and we will be coming back!

Response from Host, Sep 2023

Thanks you so much for your review! We appreciate your feedback and are glad you are satisfied with our service.

Great experience

Barbara_Q, Jul 2023

Absolutely loved. Can’t go to Colombia and not do this exursion. It was better than I imagine. The massages were wonderful and the ladies helped get the dirt off. High recommend

Response from Host, Sep 2023

Thanks you so much for your review! We appreciate your feedback and are glad you are satisfied with our service.

Dangerous drive

Max_Z, Jul 2023

A rugh driver, with a half flat tire, which made the ride really dangerous. The vulcano and Bud bath was fun…

Response from Host, Sep 2023

Thank you for leaving your comment. We work very hard to make every customer experience an enjoyable one and we are truly sorry that we were unable to meet your expectations on this occasion.

It was amazing...Even...

Latavia_F, Jun 2023

It was amazing...Even though the sea wasn't pink.The tour guides were amazing and food was delicious..

Response from Host, Sep 2023

Thanks you so much for your review! We appreciate your feedback and are glad you are satisfied with our service.

Mud volcano

Pollinna_W, Jun 2023

The pink sea wasn’t pink, so you can skip that part of the tour. The food was good, but the guide was not very friendly

Response from Host, Sep 2023

Thanks you so much for your review! We appreciate your feedback and are glad you are satisfied with our service.

Great experience

Denise_J, May 2023

Transportation was provided as listed. The ride there was about 45minutes id say. The sea wasn’t pink but the experience was still great. Now the mud volcano was more than i expected it felt so good I had about 15 minutes a guy holds all the phones and takes pictures for you then after we went down to the river where the ladies wash the mud off of you I felt like a kid again lol. My least favorite part was the end when you’re trying to get dressed everyone that introduced themselves wants a tip but we were told to give the tip to the lady with the bag for the community on the bus. They are overly aggressive about it. It really killed the mood for a minute the lady with the bag was even on the bus waiting for EVERYONE TO TIP which shouldn’t be allowed we aren’t required to tip we paid for our excursion. It’s optional

Response from Host, Sep 2023

Thanks you so much for your review! We appreciate your feedback and are glad you are satisfied with our service.

Not what we expected

Christine_P, Feb 2023

Calling this a mud volcano is a bit misleading, as there’s no volcano. It’s a big tower that looks man made. That’s not to say we didn’t have a lot of fun, but it wasn’t what we were expect based on the advertising. The mud pit itself was quite a lot of fun and we enjoyed ourselves. The women washing us in the lake after were a bit rough and left us feeling pretty exposed. Strangers running their hands inside your bathing suit repeatedly to get the mud off isn’t for the feint if heart. We also found our tour guide lacking in engagement with us. We sat for nearly an hour and a half after lunch (which was at 2 pm) waiting to be taken back to our lodging. Has she let us know, we could have walked the beach or explored more. But she sat on her phone and then had a nap on a bench.

Response from Host, Sep 2023

Thank you for leaving your comment. We work very hard to make every customer experience an enjoyable one and we are truly sorry that we were unable to meet your expectations on this occasion.

Mud Volcano Was Great!

Travis_N, Oct 2022

The pink sea wasn’t pink because it had rained recently. Wish they would’ve told us. The mud volcano was amazing though, definitely a memorable experience that I would recommend.

Don’t take this tour

Gloriana_C, Jul 2022

Terrible, bad food, ugly place, I lost my day and a lot of money whit this. Locals are very intensive, they don’t know when to stop. There where fighting whit the tourist about tips all the time: |. The mud experience was awful, completely packed, it’s feels so unhealthy

Overall Amazing

Shayna_A, Jul 2022

Half of this excursion needs more work. The tour of Galerazamba museum is mediocre at best. The pink sea isnt pink anymore because of global warming so it wasnt much of a thrill. The mud volcano is AMAZING. Stairs are steep but the mud at the top was weirdly relaxing and a fun time. Please bring tip money and break it down because the vendors dont get any funds if you dont hand it directly to them.

Decent Experience, Not Worth the Price

Joshua_J, Jul 2022

The tour was okay. They take you to the "volcano" (a small pit with the mud in it), the museum (it's not much of a museum and was unnecessary), the Pink Sea (it wasn't pink at the time, but they informed about that prior), and then to a restaurant on the beach to eat. The tour was definitely not worth the price. If I had to pick a highlight, it would be the "volcano." It was definitely an experience, but not one worth doing again especially for that price.

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