2D/1N Private Culture & Archaeological Tour in San Agustin

During the City tour of San Agustín we will get to know the places where the daily life of the town takes place, we will tell you it’s most famous stories and we will give you tips so that you can enjoy your stay to the fullest. We will start with the market (called "gallery") where the surrounding peasants bring their fresh products to sell, among which we can find interesting fruits such as guamas, granadillas, papayas, tree tomatoes, among others that we will have the possibility to try. We will continue walking to the central square, visiting the church and the Simón Bolívar park. We continue along the pottery street and then continue along the handicrafts street, where we can find several quite authentic stores, such as those selling Andean and indigenous musical instruments or guadua handicrafts. This tour can be adjusted to your preferences in terms of timing and content. Afterwards we will have lunch at a typical restaurant in San Agustín.

We´ll get to know the famous San Agustín Archaeological Park located just 10 minutes by car from town where we can admire the legacy of a millenary civilization represented by iconic statues, as well as several tombs and monuments. We will visit the small Archaeological Museum, the Mesitas A, B, C and D, the Forest of the Statues, the spectacular Lavapatas Fountain and the Alto del Lavapatas. The complete route is approximately 3 km long with some ascents of up to 70 m, although it can be adjusted to the interests and available time of visitors.

There, you can relax amidst nature and unwind in the garden areas. The hotel offers a restaurant for your dining needs. On weekends, you have the option to visit Club Maco, which provides a diverse cultural program for entertainment.

He will bring us to a local coffee-farm. Coffee is an essential product for both the economy of San Agustín and for other towns in this region, where the best specialty coffees in Colombia are currently produced. On this tour, we will be able to visit an organic coffee farm where we can learn about the bean production process in a very authentic way, from the seed and sowing, until obtaining the final product. Our guide will be Luis Alejandro, owner of Finca La Cabaña, who proudly and humbly shows us the success of his work and that of his father, who began growing coffee here over more than 50 years ago. At the end of the tour, Luis will invite us to enjoy some of his fantastic specialty coffees with all our senses. This tour can be adjusted to your preferences in terms of timing and content. Afterwards we will go to a local restaurant having a typical lunch before starting our horseback-riding tour.

Today we can enjoy the most famous horseback-riding of San Agustín led by an expert local guide who will take us through a circuit that runs through four archaeological sites: we will cross the rural area of the town (around 40 minutes) to arrive first at La Pelota, where we can see three statues located very close from where they were originally found, as well as vestiges of an original mound. (If you prefere doing it by car, walking or bike please let us know).

A few meters from there is El Purutal, where there are four more statues of which two still retain the original coloration that is believed to have been characteristic to many other monoliths in the area.

Following this, we will continue to El Tablón, an archaeological site where five statues of approximately 2 meters classified as female are exhibited, and where there is a small ethnographic museum organized by the residents of El Tablón township (this will only be visited, if open that day). To get to El Tablón we will walk less than 15 minutes.

We will then continue to La Chaquira, an archaeological site where there are different human and animal figures carved into volcanic stone that look towards the impressive Magdalena river canyon, one of the most spectacular views that can be seen in San Agustín. To get to La Chaquira we will descend a hill on foot in less than half an hour, although the ascent back takes about 1 hour. After that we will go back to the town or selected hotel to end our adventure.