ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE 10-DAY 4X4 CARIBBEAN DESERT TOUR
This 10-Day 4×4 Caribbean Desert Tour is for real adventurous travelers. It’s a rough, tough, and incredibly revitalizing journey into the unknown. We go where no one else goes – where the cell signal ends. The Guajira desert is the least developed area of Colombia with next to no infrastructure. We circumnavigate the entire peninsula and experience a real desert and its original inhabitants. – The Wayuu tribe who for centuries fought off the Spanish conquistadors. We eat fresh lobster and enjoy the Caribbean beaches as we overland in strong 4×4 Toyota trucks!
40%
DIFFICULTY
70%
OFF-ROAD
25%
COMFORT
100%
FUN FACTOR
POI: MEET WAYUU TRIBE
We will visit several Wayuu communities and get a chance to hand out food for charity.
POI: PUNTA GALLINAS
The most northern point of the South American continent with beautiful sand dune beaches.
POI: CABO DE LA VELA
Kitesurfers paradise. Pristine Caribbean beaches and colorful rural life.
10-DAY 4×4 CARIBBEAN DESERT TOUR ITINERARY
Day 1: Fly-in to Cartagena.
Motolombia staff pick you up at the airport and bring you to the hotel. Depending on what time in the day you arrive, we will meet all participants for a group presentation and tour briefing.
Day 2: Cartagena to Rioacha
After breakfast and check out we get ready for a bus ride that will take us to Rioacha. It will follow the coastal route along the Caribbean ocean. About an hour out of Cartagena we stop at the Totumo mud volcano. Those who are up for it can take a healthy swim in the phosphorus-smelling mud inside the volcano. Then we continue along the beautiful coast to Rioacha on the edge of the Guajira. In the afternoon we will inspect and prepare the 4WD trucks for our expedition.
Day 3: Rioacha to Puerto Lopez
The day has arrived when the true fun begins. After a short stint on the pavement to the last real civilization Uribia we hit the dirt. But first, we make provisions of fuel and food for charity handouts and to last for the entire desert stay. Finally going off-road. Its fast paces hard-packed at first and then becomes loser the closer we get to the Venezuelan border and our destination Puerto Lopez.
Day 4: Puerto Lopez to Nazareth
After a night in a hammock during our most primitive stay on the tour and some breakfast, we head down to the beach to visit the ruins of once smugglers paradise Puerto Lopez. An earlier Colombian government bombed the village to overcome the illegal importing and exporting to the Caribbean islands. We also visit a rock that fell from the sky. A truly interesting site, an untouched meteor. Finally a lot of dirt riding for a full day to reach Nazareth.
Day 5: Nazareth to Punta Gallinas
From Nazareth, it’s a full day of off-roading. All types of surfaces will come our way and we will even enjoy some sand dunes at the end of the day near the most northern point of the South American continent Punta Gallinas.
Day 6: Punta de Gallinas to Cabo de la Vela
In the morning we have an option to go see pink flamingos on a small boat trip. And then we have some real desert driving waiting. Vast flat beach-like sandy areas for miles and miles until we reach the now touristic beach village of Cabo de la Vela.
Day 7: Rest-day: Cabo de la Vela, beach and water sport day.
If you have ever wanted to try kite surfing this is the place. Calm beautiful Caribbean waters and white beaches as long as the eye can reach. A well-deserved day of chill with a Caribbean vibe and of course fresh-caught lobster for dinner.
Day 8: Cabo de la Vela to Palomino
We end the off-road part of our tour around noon making the full circle back to Uribia and then we get on the pavement to reach our destination for the night, the super trendy Caribbean beach town of palomino. This is a great place to get a few cocktails on a beach bar and celebrate a week of desert challenges.
Day 9: Palomino to Cartagena
Our last day of driving is a relaxed paved drive back to Cartagena. We stop in historic Santa Marta and a quick visit to Minca a little up the Sierra Nevada Mountains. We arrive in Cartagena for a final supper and night of the tour.
Day 10: Fly-out from Cartagena
The Motolombia staff will take you to the airport in time for your flight. If you wish to stay longer we are happy to help you make arrangements. We strongly suggest staying in Cartagena for a day or two after the 4WD tour to enjoy some more beaches and the city.
OBS:
Your 10-Day 4×4 Caribbean Desert Tour itinerary may change without further notice due to weather, road- or any other condition that the operator or its guides feel will jeopardize the safety of the group or material.
10-DAY 4×4 CARIBBEAN DESERT TOUR DETAILS
INCLUDED
✓ 1 of 3 spots per 4WD truck (Toyota FJ80 or similar)
✓ Expert driver/guide (1 per truck)
✓ Fuel and road tolls, taxes to indigenous Wayuu tribes
✓ 4 Nights single room in nice hotels: Cartagena, Riohacha and Palomino
✓ 4 Nights in single room cabin style accommodation in Guajira
✓ 1 Night in hammock in Guajira
✓ All Breakfast
✓ 8 Lunches and 8 Dinners
✓ Group Activities and Entry Fees
✓ Pre-tour Preparation Guide and Briefing
✓ Transfers to/from Cartagena International Airport (CTG)
✓ Up to 25% discount on riding gear and accessories from our partners Klim, Giant Loop and Mosko Moto
✓ MotoDreamer Apparel Gift
✓ All taxes
NOT INCLUDED
✗ Airfare
✗ Upgrades
✗ Lunches, Dinners and Drinks
✗ Travel and evacuation insurance with cancellation coverage (Available from Global Rescue)
✗ Tips to guides
✗ Any inclusion not specified
Bring your friends and family on an incredible 4×4 adventure. We can add as many trucks as needed. Your 10-Day 4×4 Caribbean Desert Tour consists of 2 days of paved roads along Colombia’s Caribbean coastline. Then,5 days of desert offroad. Spectacular barren desert landscapes, virgin beaches, and sand dunes. We stay in nice hotels 4 nights and very basic accommodation 5 nights in cabin style huts with one night in hammocks. Sporadic cell signal and almost no internet signal for 5 days of the trip. This trip is for travelers that are not afraid to take shower from a bucket and enjoy a fireplace at night rather than a blasting TV. Temperatures up to 100F – 40C. Air condition in trucks, but not in cabin accommodation. An experience for true adventurous travelers!
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