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Visit Palenque with natives : history, culture and ancestral legacy
Cartagena, Caribbean Coast, Colombia
$135
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
Overview
San Basilio de Palenque offers a vibrant glimpse into the rich heritage of the first community of free African descendants in the Americas. Immerse yourself in its cultural attractions, from music and gastronomy to the striking murals that tell the story of its ancestors.
- 🏷️ Full Cultural Experience: Enjoy a comprehensive 6.5-hour tour that includes visits to significant landmarks and cultural sites.
- 🚍 Pickup Included: Convenient transport is provided from locations within the community, ensuring a seamless start to your adventure.
- 👨🏫 Knowledgeable Guide: Benefit from the insights of a human tour guide fluent in English, who will share the rich history and traditions of Palenque.
- 🏛️ Monument of Benkos Bioho: Learn about the legendary founder of Palenque and his pivotal role in the community's fight for freedom.
- 🏠 Simankongo House Museum: Explore a traditional house that showcases ancestral elements and the lifestyle of Palenque's forebears.
- 🌿 Medicinal Patio: Discover the significance of ancestral medicine and the plants used by traditional healers in the community.
- 🎶 Kombilesa Mi: Engage with the local cultural movement and experience the rhythm of Palenque through its traditional music and instruments.
- 🖼️ Cultural Route of Murals: Stroll through the colorful streets of Palenque, capturing stunning photographs with the identity murals that adorn the community.
- 🍽️ Gastronomic Delight: Conclude your tour with a delicious traditional lunch featuring "fish in coconut sumo," prepared fresh from the community.
- 💧 Refreshments Provided: Stay hydrated with complimentary bottled water throughout your journey.
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Visit Palenque with natives : history, culture and ancestral legacy
Pickup included
Pickup included
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 6 hours 30 minutes
- "From the fire pit to the bijao" stewed and fried fish, fried chicken, steak meat, stewed pork and vegetarians.
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Bottled water
- Presentation of traditional music and dance Batata
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San Basilio De PalenqueTOURIST PARADOR: in this space we receive travelers by welcoming them and giving them a general description of our community.
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San Basilio De PalenqueMONUMENT OF BENKOS BIOHO: the great maroon, the guide that leads to Liberty, the founding hero, for the palenqueros, the king of the arquebuco for the legend, Domingo Bioho for the colonial authorities, arrived enslaved in Cartagena de Indias in the last year of the 16th century. It organized palenques, configured the forms of military resistance and founded the bases and mechanisms of political negotiation with the colonial administration.
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San Basilio De PalenqueSIMANKONGO HOUSE MUSEUM: place that represents a traditional house, ancestral elements and the way of life of our ancestors.
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San Basilio De PalenqueMEDICINAL PATIO: know with traditional doctors the importance of ancestral medicine, also know the plants used in ancestral medicine.
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San Basilio De PalenqueKOMBILESA MI: cultural and musical movement of our community, where the travelers will have the opportunity to interpret their music and their traditional instruments with the figures of the group.
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San Basilio De PalenqueCULTURAL ROUTE OF MURALS: During the tour through the wonderful streets of Palenque, travelers will have the opportunity to learn the meaning of each identity mural and take beautiful photographs with them.
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San Basilio De PalenqueRELIGIOUSNESS, Learn about the imposition of the Catholic religion and the true religiosity of Palenque.
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San Basilio De PalenqueKID PAMBELE MONUMENT: in this monument we will talk about the importance of Antonio Cervantes Reyes (kid pambele) in Colombian boxing and his contribution to the development of our community, ending with a small boxing class.
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San Basilio De PalenqueGASTRONOMY: we will finish the tour tasting a typical lunch of the community "fish in coconut sumo, from the stove to the bijao"
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Visit Palenque with natives : history, culture and ancestral legacy
Cartagena, Caribbean Coast, Colombia
$135
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
02
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We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
03
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Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!