San Basilio de Palenque History Tour

Our guide will collect you (if your hotel or address is not on the list, let us know, we can pick you up anywhere in Cartagena) and give you all the details of our experience. After a 1.5-hour drive, we will arrive in Palenque where you will be welcomed with a delicious salad of seasonal fruits from the region.

there we learn about the struggle that Africans had in America to regain their freedom and the process of formation of what we now call Palenque, from the main square we will begin our tour of the community; the tour can be done on foot or by vehicle according to your preferences.

on, where we will learn about the musical rhythms, traditional dances of Palenque and learn how to play the drums

e, and we will also learn how to prepare one of the ancestral recipes of the community.

plant-based medicine, how they faced the Covid pandemic in Palenque, and the importance of ancestral medicine in keeping the community healthy to this day.

s first world boxing champion, and we'll also have a fun boxing class.

g the same techniques our ancestors used in the creation of Palenque, and we will also learn about the daily activities that take place there.