Top 8 Half-Day Tours in Colombia

1.Half-Day Tour to Totumo Mud Volcano from Cartagena

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 1,455 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $65Our pick

Half-day tour from Cartagena to Totumo Mud Volcano with hotel pickup, 50-step climb, mineral mud soak, and included arepa snack.

“This was a good experience. The sensation of the mud was definitely unique and interesting but worth doing at least once. Our tour guide Milton was great and knowledgeable about the experience. They offer pickup from your location and it’s about two hours to the volcano and back. You spend about an hour doing the actual mud volcano experience. We got lucky and arrived right before a big group so we were able to get right in. Thank you Milton!”

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2.Half-Day Coffee Tour: From the Seed to the Cup, Farm & roastery

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,418 reviews · 4 to 5 hours (approx.) · from $76Top rated

A small-group half-day coffee tour in Medellín, from an organic seed-and-garden farm to a specialty micro-roastery and tasting.

“This was a lovely overview of the coffee growing, harvesting, roasting, and brewing processes. Guides were kind and communicative. It was about a 5 hour tour door-to-door from hotel pickup to hotel drop off.”

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3.ATV Half-Day Tour in Cartagena

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 592 reviews · 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $115

Guided ATV half-day in Cartagena with a short boat ride to Bocachica, beach time at Playa Linda, small groups, and lots of off-road fun.

“Fantastic experience with Chris and Carlos. They were very attentive to our needs and knowledgeable of the area.”

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4.Half-Day Tour of Cartagena by Air-Conditioned Vehicles

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 105 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $55Best value

Half-day Cartagena tour by air-conditioned vehicle, covering La Popa, San Felipe de Barajas, walled-city squares, Las Bovedas, and Getsemaní.

“A terrible experience, the driver showed up over an hour late and then claimed he was given the wrong address. When he showed up I was the last pickup and there no seats left. I requested a refund and was only given less than 50% of what I paid.”

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5.Private Half-Day Coffee Tour at Family Farm Close to Medellín!

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 105 reviews · 3 to 4 hours (approx.) · from $80

Private half-day coffee farm tour near Medellín, Sabaneta. Go from cherry picking to roasting, then taste multiple brewing methods.

“Our guide Juan Carlos was the perfect guide. We learnt a lot of the situation in Colombia besides between guided through all the different steps of coffeefarming and coffeemaking at this very welcoming small familyfarm. I am so glad we decided to do a private tour as we got close to things and had the opportunity to ask many questions.”

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6.Private Half-Day Tour to Comuna 13 in Medellín.

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 55 reviews · 3 to 4 hours (approx.) · from $65

Private half-day Comuna 13 tour in Medellín with cable car ride, electric escalators, and street art walk, with hotel pickup.

“Very nice activity! Our guide Alexander was really nice, patient and knowledgeable about Medellín! We recommend it!”

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7.Half-Day Private Colonial Towns Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 35 reviews · 5 hours · from $84

A 5-hour private colonial towns trip east of Medellín, with valley views, a waterfall stop, and independence-era Rionegro.

“We chose the half day (5-hour) private vuelta a oriente tour. Our tour guide Carlos was wonderful. He was on time, professional, calm and friendly. We were 4 adults traveling with a 4 year old and Carlos was respectful, kind and patient at all times. He’s a great driver and we felt safe and comfortable. We stopped at El Retiro, El Salto del Tequendamita (waterfall), San Antonio de Pereira, and Rionegro. Our car was modern, spotless, spacious and air conditioned. They provided complementary waters and a specialty dessert at San Antonio de Pereira. We appreciated all the information Carlos offered. He even shot some family photos and made a video…”

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8.Gold Museum and Monserrate Private Half-Day Tour

★★★★★★★★★★3.6 · 4 reviews · 4 hours · from $89

Private 4-hour Bogota tour with a bilingual guide at Museo del Oro, then Monserrate views and sanctuary time, with hotel pickup.

“This tour was our most disappointing from our 5 week trip. For a 4 hour excursion it was incredibly rushed with maybe 90 minutes max of information. We raced through the gold museum incredibly quickly. However, the tour guide did share some high level info and one in particular great story of El Dorado and it’s history. Largely this was also not completely the guides fault as it was a Sunday we went on where the museum is free and extreamly busy. Monseratte similarly was very busy, but as we did afternoon it was very fast to go up, but extreamly long (1 hour+) to come down (again not guides…”

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