Cartagena Destiny Tours
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Let us create a tour of your dreams for you! Visit the most beautiful city in the Caribbean and enjoy a genuine experience of culture, history, pirates and treasures hidden in every corner of this magical city Cartagena in Colombia. We have tours for everybody and if you feel like something more, we have private tours as well! Cartagena Destiny is created by four professional dreamers with a goal to generate innovative ideas and design new leisure travel experiences for Cartagena travelers. With courage, hard work and dedication we combine our years of knowledge, experience and professionalism with the goal of redesigning and creating new sensations for you. Every Cartagena Destiny’s team member has an extensive knowledge of your destination to give you a tour that can develop in a thousand ways just for you. Contact us today!
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Cameron, NC3 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
May 2022 • Family
My family and I had an amazing experience in Cartagena, with Mr JJ he was very prompt, knowledgeable, and took care of all our needs. He knows the area very well and has a passion for providing information about his city. Airport transportation, walled city tour, and mud volcano. Mr JJ was very considerate of us have a 5 year old in tow, and geared the tours to include her interest. She trusted him and gave him daily hugs. Most definitely would recommend him for any needs while in Cartagena. We left the beautiful city knowing we made a new friend for life
Written 2 June 2022
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Boris P
Homestead, FL28 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Apr 2021
I re-learned my city thanks to Cartagena Destiny Tours. As a native Cartagenero, I was able to return to my birthplace after 20 plus years. I contacted Cartagena Destiny Tours a week before my trip. Tour representative Sandra was able to complete a trip package for me quickly, and best of all, personalized every selection. My package included a personal guided city tour, a party bus (a.k.a Chivas), couples massage at one of Cartagena's most luxurious hotels, and a romantic horse carriage ride with dinner at Hotel Movich. Besides vacation, I wanted to propose to my girlfriend.

With Sandra's assistance, my vacation plans happen with little to no hesitation or worries. To begin, Sandra took a personal approach towards my goals since she knew about my proposal. I want to give a personal thanks to Sandra and her professional staff for making my dream a reality. Sandra kept me up to date and on schedule. Sandra gave me daily reminders on event times and who was greeting me. Additionally, Sandra took extra steps to ensure that my fiancé and I were safe at all times by providing us with tips and locations to refrain from visiting.
Personal guided city tour. Our tour guide was Ender. Ender knew so much history of Cartagena that I felt like I was back in school. We visited la Popa, the San Felipe Fort, a walk through the colonial streets, and scenic city views with Ender. Ender spoke English well, and we understood every word without question. If you are booking a personal guide through the city and would like to learn Cartagena's rich history, I recommend Ender to guide you.

Party bus (a.k.a. Chivas). There is no party like a Chivas' party! Cartagena is well known about their Chivas and what they do. However, due to COVID, the Chivas atmosphere changed, and the shared drinking stopped. You will have to get your bottle before going into the Chivas or wait until they get to a local liquor spot where you can get your own. The people running the Chivas were accommodating and knew how to run the crowd. We danced, drank, ate, and even took a few pictures on their many stops throughout the city.

Couples' massage. Well… I must say, my fiancé and I were delighted in many ways. The massage happened at Casa San Agustin, Aurum Spa. The welcoming service was incredible, and it was like you were pampered every step of the way. My fiancé had a medium touch massage, while I had a deep tissue massage. Our welcoming agent was Ligia. Ligia made us feel like we were in a world designed for my fiancé and me. Ligia constantly offered us water or asked us if we needed anything. My fiancé got a massage from Jesti, which she said that she felt like she was in a cloud after Jesti was done. My masseuse was Arelis. She did an excellent job with the deep tissue. I felt it the next day, but that's what deep massages are for. BONUS TIP: Go to the bar ALMA! Get the Monkey 47 drink! Also, you may want to try the Ceviche Eljach. Best Ceviche you will ever eat!

Romantic horse carriage ride with dinner at Hotel Movich. Best scenic view of Cartagena at night! After dinner is when I proposed to my girlfriend (now fiancé). Our horse carriage picked us up from Casa San Agustin, took us through a scenic city view with a small tour, and stopped at the Hotel Movich for our rooftop dinner. The food was great! You would have a few options to select from, but well worth it! Being that I was proposing at dinner, Sandra gave me professional photographer information to record the magical night. Photographer Alvaro Delgado took some magnificent photos and recorded the proposal. I highly recommend hiring Mr. Delgado if you have a special occasion.

BONUS HELP FROM SANDRA: I asked much from Sandra. I asked Sandra if she knew someone that could do the makeup and hair for my girlfriend before our romantic horse carriage ride. Sandra quickly found two professionals that tended to my girlfriend immediately after the spa. I cannot complain about the service.

Thanks to Cartagena Destiny Tours, Sandra, and the great city of Cartagena, my fiancé and I had the best experience and vacation that we could ever imagine. Looking forward to the wedding and I will call Cartagena Destiny Tours again.
Written 7 April 2021
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Sharla Ronette
30 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2019 • Friends
It was an honor to visit the people they have such an amazing story to tell. Awesome tour guide and driver.
Written 19 December 2019
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Don megucci
3 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2019 • Friends
Jesus deserves 10 stars. He was very knowledgeable about his city... He had a perfect blend of biking rest stops. Hes fun enthusistic and really gets information and key points view points of this beautiful city.

Jesus is awesome
Written 18 December 2019
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Travel Taster
Melbourne, Australia65 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2019 • Solo
My guide Jesus has a passion for his city and its history. He knows dates and all interesting facts. We rode through 2 areas of the city and stopped anywhere I wished to take a photo. I was very lucky in that I was the only one on the tour so I got a private experience. 
At times with the cars and people walking we needed to be careful but it wasnt very hard to do. 
Jesus took me to places I would not have seen if I hadn't done the tour.
He is an excellent guide and lovely person. I highly reccomend it
Written 30 November 2019
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Travel Taster
Melbourne, Australia65 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2019 • Solo
My guide Jesus has a passion for his city and its history. He knows dates and all interesting facts. We rode through 2 areas of the city and stopped anywhere I wished to take a photo. I was very lucky in that I was the only one on the tour so I got a private experience.
At times with the cars and people walking we needed to be careful but it wasnt very hard to do.
Jesus took me to places I would not have seen if I hadn't done the tour.
He is an excellent guide and lovely person. I highly reccomend it
Written 30 November 2019
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mutzlover
Quincy, IL18 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2019
I didn't want to go, but the other 3 in my party were enthusiastic. Then it turned out to be a very fun event. There were just the 4 of us "Apprentices", 2 Instructors, a guide to help with translation and 2 -3 other employees there. We took our class in the actual room with the horologists. First we had a tour of the museum where we learned how to tell quality from quantity. Our jewelry was silver and raw, cheap quality emeralds. We made a pendant, a ring, a bracelet and earrings. We got to keep one for free. The other pieces were $30 a piece, so definitely not cheap and considering how unskilled we were, probably worth more for their sentimental value.. But with that class came a huge discount for buying quality pieces in the attached shop. Yes, the whole thing is a ploy to get you to buy - but it was still so much fun, and my instructor, Ana, was so thoughtful and kind. I got "perfect!" and "high five" on some of my loops. My sister's instructor encouraged her also but then would fix her mistakes while she said that. There was a lot of laughter.
Written 2 November 2019
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Laura P
Cartagena, Colombia93 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
So we went to the tour this morning thinking it would consist of what we paid for. We paid for an adult and a child doing a jewellery making with a emerald museum visit.
First we had to try to make contact for days as no details were given on the modality of transport or the time. The day before the booking we got a message with the name of the (excellent) guide and the time. We went to see the only part of the city we hadn’t watched and it was great. The guide was interesting and very professional. We then asked when we would be going to the workshop and the poor guy had to spend a lot of time on the phone as they forgot to tell him what we paid for. Waiting for a reply we went to a cafe. We then walked to a back street where there were 2 jewellers who did a pendant for me and my daughter. We didn’t have a work-shop but a watch-shop. At the end the jeweller said we could only take one pendant while we paid for 2 so I paid extra as by now I was annoyed with the whole experience.
By the way we never went to the emerald museum. As I said excellent guide hence the 3 stars but I regret the whole experience. Honestly I would not recommend!
Written 25 August 2019
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HeidiMunk
North Ogden, UT16 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2019 • Couples
The trip to the jewelry making class was part of the an excursion we booked on with Holland America cruise line. Because I am a geologist by training, I was interested in seeing the emeralds that were used to make the jewelry.
The emeralds are not the cut and polished stones that most people expect. They are raw stones with holes drilled in them to make the jewelry. The silver wire that is used to make the jewelry is stretched by the students.
The jewelry I came away with is nice and sturdy. I took the time to make sure that I was comfortable with the wire connections and keeping them from coming apart. You are allowed to take one piece of jewelry that you made and anything else you wanted to take was an additional $30 per piece on the day we took the excursion. I have my necklace, bracelet and ring. My ears aren't pierced, so I left the earrings behind. I was not expecting to have to pay for all the additional pieces when they encourage you to make a full set.
The staff was really fun to work with even with the language barriers. I understood what to do based on Jose's demonstrations.
The jewelry museum and store was beautiful and looking at all the emeralds was fascinating. I was able to buy an aquamarine pendant there because as a general rule, I am not an emerald girl.
Would I do the excursion again? Maybe. But I learned a lot while I was there.
Written 23 March 2019
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Karla W
Tustin, CA140 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2019 • Family
Great day with Lee Miles’ crew!! Lee himself met us right at the end of the pier as promised, where we paid him in cash for the tour before heading out with our driver and guide in a shuttle bus with my name on the front! LOL. We had six adults and six teenagers, and everyone had a great time! The views from the monastery were incredible and the stop at Lee’s emerald store was very welcome, with A/C, sodas and free WiFi. Several of us bought emeralds- but there was NO pressure. What a special souvenir to bring home from Colombia!

Book with Lee Miles- you won’t regret it!!
Written 14 March 2019
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