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Visit Palenque with natives : history, culture and ancestral legacy
$135
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
Overview
Saint Basil of Palenque showcases a unique corner of Africa in Colombia, being the first community of free African descendants in America. This immersive tour highlights the rich cultural heritage through music, gastronomy, and historical landmarks.
- 🎶 Visit the Monument of Benkos Bioho, honoring the founding hero of the Palenqueros and learn about his role in the fight for freedom and political negotiation during colonial times.
- 🏛️ Explore the Simankongo House Museum, a traditional house that reveals ancestral elements and the way of life of the community's ancestors.
- 🌿 Discover the Medicinal Patio, where you will meet traditional doctors and learn about the significance of ancestral medicine and the plants used in healing practices.
- 🎤 Engage with Kombilesa Mi, a cultural and musical movement that invites travelers to participate in traditional music and play local instruments.
- 🎨 Enjoy the Cultural Route of Murals, where you will learn the meanings behind the vibrant identity murals and capture beautiful photographs.
- ⛪ Gain insights into the Religiousness of the community, exploring the blend of Catholicism and local beliefs that shape Palenque's spirituality.
- 🥊 Visit the Kid Pambele Monument and discuss the contributions of Antonio Cervantes Reyes to Colombian boxing, concluding with a mini boxing class.
- 🍽️ Savor a delicious typical lunch featuring "fish in coconut sumo," served fresh from the stove, alongside stewed and fried fish, fried chicken, and vegetarian options.
- 🚍 Experience comfortable transportation in an air-conditioned vehicle, ensuring a pleasant journey throughout the tour.
- 💧 Enjoy complimentary bottled water during the tour and a presentation of traditional music and dance by Batata.
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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
$135
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
01
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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!