Our Tourist Plans
CHICAMOCHA NATIONAL PARK
Fall in love with Santander by visiting the Chicamocha National Park, better known as Panachi, one of the most important attractions in the department of Santander. It is located in the Chicamocha Canyon, which is more than 200 km long and 2,000 meters deep. this being deeper than the Grand Canyon in Arizona, USA.
The cable car goes down to 1,200 meters high, crosses the river and ends on the other side of the canyon (time: approx. 30 minutes). In the theme park you can enjoy the extreme swing, cable flight, torrentism, water park, etc.
Panachi is divided into three parts that refer to Barichara and its colonial architecture, Colombian independence, and a 360-degree view of the canyon.
WHAT INCLUDES:
- Transfer Bucaramanga – Chicamocha Park via Mesa de Los Santos – Bucaramanga. Visit to the Farmer's Market. (Mesa de Los Santos). Refreshment and lunch inside the park. Entrance and double-digit transfer by cable car. Guided tour: Offers a tour of the culture, customs and history so that national and foreign tourists know and have contact with everything what represents the "Santandereanness" and the strength of the people of the region. Professional tour guide; Medical Assistance Card. Duration of the tour: 8 – 10 hours.
NOT INCLUDED: Expenses and meals not specified in the program.
Rate for children from 2 to 3 years old includes: entrance ticket and cable car, travel insurance and snack.
PLACE AND TIME OF DEPARTURE: 6:45 am Santander Park and then at reception hotels that are on the transport route.
Departure dates: Saturdays, Sundays and Monday holidays of the year
CITY TOUR & CERRO DEL SANTISIMO
The Cerro del Santísimo Park has a 35 m high sculpture and 2 elevators that offer a panoramic view of Floridablanca and part of Bucaramanga.
Visit the main parks, churches and attractions of Bucaramanga. A journey through the development and urban growth that the city has had in recent years. Get to know Girón, a municipality that preserves the architecture of the 17th century, with a great religious tradition, cobbled streets, narrow sidewalks, natural ravines, tobacco farmers, recognized for its fritanga, raspados and cocadas as a gastronomic delight, with gypsy influence.
It includes:
- Tour of Bucaramanga “Ciudad Bonita” – Girón “National Monument” and “Pueblo Patrimonio de Colombia”- Floridablanca “Ciudad Dulce”. Visit the main parks and churches of Bucaramanga and the Metropolitan Area. Tasting of the typical and delicious Floridablanca wafer. Entrance to the Hill del Santísimo and two-way transfer by cable car. Musical and light show from the fountain inside the park. Professional tour guide. Medical assistance card. Duration of the tour: 6 hours approx.
NOT INCLUDED: Expenses and meals not specified in the program.
Rate for children from 2 to 3 years old only includes the entrance ticket to Cerro del Santísimo: it does not occupy a seat in the transport, it goes on the legs of an accompanying adult. A light coat and/or umbrella is recommended.
PLACE AND TIME OF DEPARTURE: Every Friday and Saturday of the year.
1:30 pm Sonesta Hotel ** 1:45 pm Holiday Inn Hotel ** 2:00 pm San Pío Park **2:15 pm Santander Park
Towns Tour: SAN GIL – BARICHARA – CURITI
Barichara is popularly known for being "the most beautiful town in Colombia", for which it has been deserving of the title of National Monument. Walk through its cobbled streets and houses with white facades, the Parque de Las Artes, the main square, the house of culture, the viewpoint, the monument to the Hormiga Culona, the cathedral of La Inmaculada Concepción, stone carving handicraft shops , among other attractions.
Then visit Curití, the "Pueblito de Tejedores", where its landscape and beautiful handicrafts woven in fique stand out.
In San Gil, get to know El Gallineral Natural Park, where you will find heliconias, wild flowers, cobblestone paths and colonial bridges that invite you to enjoy its fresh and romantic atmosphere.
WHAT INCLUDES:
- Transportation on the Bucaramanga – San Gil – Barichara – Curití – Bucaramanga route. Breakfast and lunch en route. Visit to San Gil “Tourist Capital of Santander”, tour of Barichara “National Monument” and “Colombian Heritage Town”; Curití “Pueblito de Tejedores”.Entrance to the El Gallineral natural park.Tourist guide in Spanish.Medical Assistance Card.Tour duration: 10 hours.
NOT INCLUDED: Expenses and food not specified in the program
Rate for children from 0 - 3 years old includes: Medical assistance card.
PLACE AND TIME OF DEPARTURE: 5:30 am Santander Park and then at reception hotels that are on the transport route.
Guaranteed departures: Every Saturday and Sunday.
Other dates: Holy Week, school break week, June-July holidays and year-end (ask the operator)
TOUR TO ZAPATOCA “Levitic City”
WHAT INCLUDES:
- Transportation on the Bucaramanga – Zapatoca - Bucaramanga route.En route, enjoy the landscape offered by crossing the Suárez River CanyonBreakfast and lunch at the destination.Visit to Mirador Guane: From this site you can appreciate the majesty of the Chicamocha and Suarez River Canyon, which, when joined, make up the Sogamoso River as well as 8 municipalities of Santander. Tourist tour of the historic sector. Visit to the Campo Santo and the tomb of Geo Von Lenguerke, main park, church of San Joaquín.Entrance to the Don Quixote museum.Tourist guide in Spanish.Medical Assistance Card.Tour duration: 10 hours.
NOT INCLUDED: Expenses and meals not specified in the program.
If you wish to visit the Cueva del Nitro: One of the most attractive charms that the city of Zapatoca has. Additional value per person………….$30,000.
Rate for children from 0 to 3 years old includes: Medical assistance card.
PLACE AND TIME OF DEPARTURE 5:30 am Santander Park and then at reception hotels that are on the transport route.
Guaranteed departures: Every Saturday and Sunday of the year before bank holiday Monday.
PARAMO DE SANTURBAN
The Páramo Santurbán is located approximately 3 hours from Bucaramanga, it is a mountainous massif, also known geographically as "Nudo de Santurbán", which includes a wide natural region, an intertropical montane ecosystem, located in the Colombian departments of Santander and Norte de Santander. 293 species of fauna, 457 varieties of plants and a water complex of 26 lagoons make the Páramo de Santurbán a natural water factory that supplies this valuable resource to towns and cities in the region.
THE PLAN INCLUDES:
· Transport in a special tourist vehicle.
· Breakfast, lunch and snack.
· Hiking activity and entry to some lagoon complexes located in the area.
· Visit to the little town of Vetas known as "Pueblito Pesebre de Colombia" and the highest above sea level.
· Professional tour guide in Spanish from – to Bucaramanga.
· Local guides from – to the main entrance of the lagoon complexes.
· Economic contribution to Community Corporation.
· Medical assistance.
· Duration of the tour: 13 – 14 hours.
Start time: 04:30 a.m.
End time: 07:00 pm
DOES NOT INCLUDE:
Services not mentioned in the program
PARAMO DE SANTURBAN PIEDRA PARADA SHELTER
The Páramo Santurbán is located approximately 3 hours from Bucaramanga, it is a mountainous massif, also known geographically as "Nudo de Santurbán", which includes a wide natural region, ecosystem
intertropical montane, located in the Colombian departments of Santander and Norte de Santander. 293 species of fauna, 457 varieties of plants and a water complex of 26 lagoons make the Páramo de Santurbán a natural water factory that supplies this valuable resource to towns and cities in the region.
THE PLAN INCLUDES:
· Transport in a special tourist vehicle.
· Breakfast, BUFETT TYPE lunch and snack.
· Ecological walk (1 hour one way).
· Go to Paramo de Santurban (Black Lagoon).
Talk during the walk
Time for photos in the Lagoon
· Local guides from – to the main entrance of the lagoon complexes.
· Economic contribution to Community Corporation.
· Go to Piedra Parada Refuge (Berlin).
· Buffet lunch (Piedra Parada) Trout or Lamb.
· Medical assistance.
· Duration of the tour: 13 – 14 hours.
Start time: 04:30 a.m.
End time: 07:00 pm
DOES NOT INCLUDE:
Services not mentioned in the program.
WATERCOLOR YACHT CLUB
WHAT INCLUDES:
· Transportation on the route Bucaramanga – Watercolor Yacht Club (Mesa de Los Santos) – Bucaramanga.
· Visit to the Peasant Market (Mesa de Los Santos): This Peasant Square is an ecological market, it has 188 premises, built with stones, earth and molasses, which makes it unique in our country.
· Entrance to the Watercolor Nautical Club: enjoy pool service, TV room, fireplaces, Kiosks, game room, volleyball court, soccer field, jumping jacks, board game loans and ecological trails.
· Refreshment (en route) and lunch inside the Club (fresh meat, black pudding, sweet plantain, arepa, chicken, ocañeras onion, accompanied by Creole potatoes and a 12-ounce drink). Children's menu: mini hamburger with drink.
· Medical Assistance Card.
NOT INCLUDED: Expenses and meals not specified in the program.
For children from 0 to 3 years old: only medical assistance card.
PLACE AND TIME OF DEPARTURE: 6:45 am Santander Park and then at reception hotels that are on the transport route.
High season: Every day: Easter, school break week, December holidays and week from January 1 to 15.
The rest of the year every Saturday, Sunday and holiday Monday of the year.
CHALLENGE PLAN AT THE TABLE OF THE SAINTS
WHAT INCLUDES:
· Transfer Bucaramanga – Round Table Tourist Parador – Bucaramanga.
· Visit to the Peasant Market. (Table of the Saints).
· Refreshment en route and lunch inside the Round Table.
· Adult challenge plan includes: lunch drink, a shift to choose from a single activity among the following activities (ATVs, cable flight, target shooting or paintball), entrance to the pool, beach volleyball court, soccer, tennis, bocce balls and multiple court.
· Children's challenge plan includes: children's lunch drink, unlimited jumper, a shift to choose from a single activity among the following activities: (ATVs, cable fly, target shooting or paintball), entrance to the pool, beach volleyball court, soccer , tennis, bocce ball court and multiple court.
· Medical Assistance Card.
· Duration of the tour: 8 hours approx.
NOT INCLUDED: Expenses and meals not specified in the program.
Children rate: from 3 – 8 years old.
Children from 0 to 3 years old: cancel medical assistance insurance.
PLACE AND TIME OF DEPARTURE: 6:45 am Santander Park and then at reception hotels that are on the transport route.
Departure dates: Saturdays, Sundays and Monday holidays of the year
TOPOCORO RESERVOIR
WHAT INCLUDES:
- Round trip transportation from Bucaramanga. Approximate time en route: 1 1⁄2 hours each way. AM Snack and Lunch. Boat tour of the Topocoro Reservoir: it is an artificial attraction built by human beings. It is currently the largest water mirror in Colombia. Back in Bucaramanga, enjoy the delicious and typical "Guanabazo" (product made from soursop pulp). Tour guide accompaniment. Medical assistance included.
NOT INCLUDED: Expenses and meals not specified in the program.
For children from 0 to 3 years old: The rate includes food described, medical assistance card and life jacket on the boat. He does not occupy a position in transport or in a boat (Although he wears his regulation vest.)
PLACE AND TIME OF DEPARTURE: 8:00 am Santander Park and then at reception hotels that are on the transport route.
GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TRAVEL:
- Carry an identification document on hand: Especially in high seasons, the tourism and highway police, as a preventive and security measure, request the identification of passengers traveling on national roads. Fresh clothing: Especially for excursions to the Chicamocha National Park, where its privileged location in the Chicamocha canyon exposes tourists to high temperatures. Light coat: It is especially recommended to visit the Cerro del Santísimo park where its height of 1,900 meters above sea level allows you to enjoy a temperate climate. Umbrella or parasol: Especially for tours to the Chicamocha National Park and Cerro del Santísimo Park. Comfortable shoes for walking: The imposing landscapes, mountainous formations, colonial towns and cobbled streets invite us to walk peacefully enjoying its beauty, history & culture. Sun hat: Especially on tours to small towns and the Chicamocha National Park. Sunscreen: It is suggested on all excursions, but especially to the Chicamocha National Park. Camera: In Santander you will find impressive landscapes, beautiful colonial towns and many reasons so that in a click you can take photographic memories of your trip.
Important recommendations for all outings:
- Comfortable clothes and shoes. Mandatory security implements: masks are suggested 3 per day per person, personal antibacterial gel and follow the instructions of the guide in charge. Please fill out the online health survey as an anticovid protocol which will be sent via whatsapp or email through your travel agency. Optional: latex gloves, masks, anti-fluid suits. Hydration, sun protection hat, sunscreen. Bring original identity document: citizenship card, identity card, civil registry or passport. Please arrive on time at the agreed meeting point of departure since we must pick up the other people and comply with the schedule, therefore, we only wait 10 minutes at each point, then after this time we leave and the tourist must arrive by your account, in case of non-attendance a 100% no-show is generated.
Address
Cll 34 No. 31-24, Bucaramanga – Colombia
Accommodation reservations
57 (607) 6343000
reservas.chicamocha@solarhoteles.com
Whatsapp number for reservations
57 312 329 05 27
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