Rosario Islands Day Trip At Isla Del Sol - Cartagena

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Tour Information

Key Details

  • Mobile Voucher Accepted
  • Hotel pickup Available
  • Duration: 8 Hrs
  • Language:
    English
  • Departure Time :
    07:15 AM
  • Return Details :
    • Note: Harbor tax (approx. USD $7) per person is not included and due on the day of travel • Note: Please email tour operator at info@impulsetravel.co to confirm your pickup time and location. â€.. read more
  • Cancellation Policy :
    This activity is non-refundable Tours booked using discount coupon codes will be non refundable.

Overview

Escape Cartagena for the day and take a trip to the Rosario Islands! Enjoy a 1-hour cruise from Cartagena to the Rosario Island in a shared speed boat. Spend the day relaxing in the national park, swimming in the Caribbean waters.

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The archipelago of the Rosario islands of Colombia is probably one of the most sought-after destinations in the Caribbean. This archipelago formed by dozens of islands of all sizes conceals a wonderful aqua sea coral reef. After your hotel pick-up, you will be taken to the port to board a speedboat with a small group; this boat will take you to the area of the archipelago. Departure will happen between 9:00 AM and 09:30 AM depending on boat traffic. On the route, youll have an excellent view of Tierra Bomba, a beautiful island right outside of the city and enjoy the tropical water. The boat will reach Isla del Sol, a private island with a small beach line, swimming pool, hammock kiosk, bar, and a small restaurant. At this point, you can decide whether you would like to spend the day at the island chilling out and performing some of the extra activities (at your own expense) such as hiking, kayaking, snorkeling, body-massage or embark on a trip to the aquarium.
On the island, you will be served lunch prepared with fresh fish and typical ingredients of the island. After lunch, you will have some time to relax at the beach before returning to Cartagena.

Itinerary:


The archipelago of the Rosario islands of Colombia is probably one of the most sought-after destinations in the Caribbean. This archipelago formed by dozens of islands of all sizes conceals a wonderful aqua sea coral reef. After your hotel pick-up, you will be taken to the port to board a speedboat with a small group; this boat will take you to the area of the archipelago. Departure will happen between 9:00 AM and 09:30 AM depending on boat traffic. On the route, you’ll have an excellent view of Tierra Bomba, a beautiful island right outside of the city and enjoy the tropical water. The boat will reach Isla del Sol, a private island with a small beach line, swimming pool, hammock kiosk, bar, and a small restaurant. At this point, you can decide whether you would like to spend the day at the island chilling out and performing some of the extra activities (at your own expense) such as hiking, kayaking, snorkeling, body-massage or embark on a trip to the aquarium.
On the island, you will be served lunch prepared with fresh fish and typical ingredients of the island. After lunch, you will have some time to relax at the beach before returning to Cartagena.

Inclusions

  • Speedboat transportation
  • Private transport from hotel to port (only covers hotels located at Boca Grande, Laguito, Casco Antiguo and Getsemani)
  • Typical Colombian lunch

Exclusions

  • Harbor tax approx. USD $7 ($16,500 Colombian Pesos) per person
  • Transport from the port to the Hotel (drop-off)
  • Extra activities
  • Towels

Additional Info

Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

A port fee of $18,500 COP must be paid in cash and in Colombian pesos before boarding the boat.

We recommend to bring your own towels

Changes on the tour may occur due to external factors. These changes will be notified to you with anticipation.

Please Note: English support is limited/basic. This product doesn't offer a guided tour, it offers only basic support by your driver/guide

Please note: the boat departure time from the port is set to a range between 09:00 AM and 09:30 AM depending on boat traffic.

Bear in mind that the beach line is small and that there are limited amount of sun beds.

Traveler Reviews

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  • 31-Mar-2023

    This could have been a great day trip, it had great potential, however poor management spoiled it The sea at the beach was full of rubbish and where we docked the sea was thick with plastic bottles and floating trash The snorkelling trip was chaotic, we had poor equipment, no instructions and there was very little live coral. The guide was surly and carried out his work in a perfunctory way There was no dessert with lunch ( lunch wasn’t great) It’s such a lovely place spoiled by lack of attention to details Sad considering it was quite expensive

  • 03-Oct-2022

    Used adventure ctg- Victor- he picked us up at our hotel caribe n took us to door of pier n make sure we got in passed the line. Organized. He did every thing he said he would n things at the island we paid for were what he said. He even called early to tell us to bring towels cuz they were charging a rental fee for towels at isla Bela. Price was pretty cheap for everything we got. While at isla Bela they were nice n great service. The tour we paid for included drive to port, welcome drink nonalcoholic, lunch. Anything else was extra money but things are soO inexpensive that it didn’t matter. The boat trip was not over filled it was safe. Food excellent, yoga class was free, the snorkeling worth it for $10 US dollars n alcoholic drinks very cheap. This tour company Adventure CTG was good. Recommend

  • 16-Feb-2020

    A praia é maravilhosa: areia branca, água cristalina, não tem vendedores enchendo o saco, etc. O problema são os extras: a infraestrutura é ok, mas o almoço que servem é ruim, além de termos que lidar com as moscas do local. A viagem de volta também foi tensa, pois precisamos pegar uma rota alternativa que ia lá longe de Cartagena.

  • 02-Feb-2020

    Fui con mi familia a Cartagena por 6 dias 5 noches y desde que bajas del avión ya sientes los 35°C de calor. Los taxis en cartagena abundan y la tarifa standar en la gran mayoria de lugares es de 8 mil pesos colombianos que conversando puede bajar a 7 mil pesos. Hay muchos lugares hermosos que conocer en la ciudad amurallada, los atardeceres y amanecidas son hermosos. Respecto al tour de Isla del Rosario tratar de comprarlo en el puerto misno y con un local persona de ahí misno porque a los extranjeros siempre les quieren sacar mas dinero a una familia de Bolivia en su hotel les cobraron el triple que a nosotros inclusive en el barco conocimos a una familia de Barranquilla y comparando tarifas a ellos les cobraron la mitad que a nosotros así que haciendo calculos el tour a las Islas del Rosario debe costar entre 20 mil y 30 mil pesos NO MAS INCLUYE INGRESO A LA ISLA Y ALMUERZO, TOUR POR LAS ISLAS. OPCIONAL SI QUIERES HACER SNORKEL O ENTRAR A UN ACUARIO DE MANTARAYAS. Ojo que esos dos actividades son extras y cuestan adicional. Pero la isla de Baru es hermosa tiene gran variedad de colores turquesas en el agua .

  • 04-Dec-2019

    To say this trip was awful is being nice! This trip was worse than awful. I have to agree with another review below which said that the boat ride was hilariously dangerous. It was a speed boat and the waters were so rough that you got completely soaked on the way there. I had so much water in my face at one point that I had to question whether I was in the boat or the water. Before we even arrived on the island, we were told that we would need to depart 15 minutes early due to weather (it was sunny all day long so they obviously knew the waters were too rough). On the way back, we took another route because it was "too dangerous" to go back the way we came. We pretty much came to a hault and our guide explained what was happening in Spanish and kept the rest of us that spoke English in the dark. We went through a canal that was barely deep enough for the boat. There were a couple of other boats in the same situation and we sat and watched people get in the water push and pull the other boats. We went no where really fast. I finally asked our guide what was happening and that is when he said we couldn't leave the way we came because it was not safe. That was not cool. Is this really safe? This is after our arrival to the island where we felt trapped because we were confined to the pool and a very small beach area. There was no beach to walk down and a very small part of the beach was sectioned off to swim in. It wasn't pretty looking. It felt like they brought us to this island so they could sell us their other services... massage, or snorkeling, scuba, and dolphin watching which we would have had to risk our lives and go out on another boat with them?? No thank you. They offered us coffee when we got there but no water or anything else and we were there for 5 hours. We were told we could buy from the bar. Then we heard through the grapevine that a Mohito was included but no one offered this to us. The traditional Columbian fish buffet that was included was ok, which was not served until 1:00pm. So we were basically stranded on this island for 5 hours and sat at the pool for the day, which is not a bad thing to sit by a pool all day long but it was not what we were expecting. The highlight was a guy who called himself Elvis who was selling jewelry - he was really nice and kept us entertained for some time as we looked through his jewelry. I would 100% not recommend this trip. Thumbs down all the way.

  • 03-Dec-2019

    La excursión a Baru e Islas del Rosario es muy linda pero lo más impactante fue hacer snorkel en ese lugar, simplemente maravilloso, no pueden dejar de hacerla

  • 05-Nov-2019

    It is a good place ti visit fro a day of rest from Cartagena. The only bad experience is that the beaches and sea are somehow dirty in some areas. But overall a good beach rest.

  • 21-Oct-2019

    You only spend time on a tiny beach!! The food and boat ride was good.
    Not much to do on the tiny beach!

  • 18-Oct-2019

    You only spend time on a tiny beach!! The food and boat ride was good. Not much to do on the tiny beach!

  • 29-Aug-2019

    Un auténtico engaño. Nos enseñaron fotos de un playa blanca de arena, paseo en canoa por los manglares y al llegar nos pedían 30000 más por persona por el paseo y nos dejaron en un malecón al lado del resort donde ni siquiera nos facilitaron acceso wiffi. Después de llamar a la agencia y conseguir hablar con un responsable tuvo la caradura de decirnos que allí no había ninguna playa, hasta que caminando pudimos acceder a una pero ya era casi la hora de regresar. Adjunto las fotografías de donde nos dejaron y la playa del otro lado de la isla. Un auténtico engaño

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