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Complete Expedition to the Tatacoa Desert

3 days Free cancellation Private tour

Tatacoa Desert — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

About this activity

Small groups ensuring the best personalized service.

The guides who operate the tour are known and wanted in hotels, restaurants and museums.

This tour supports the communities of the region as local guides are hired, they are the ones who know the best the destinations, the roads, the ecosystems and all the secret histories and places that you would never know if you were just

You will be picked up at the airport or the Neiva Transport Terminal and travel to Villavieja by express transport available to the group at all times and with friendly and well-known driver.

You can also be picked up at the Villavieja Main Park.

In Tatacoa you work with three very comfortable hotels, well located and very friendly staff.

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At a glance

Duration: 3 days
Confirmation: Confirmed within 48 hours
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Your group only
People per booking: 1–12
Guide: Spanish
Operated by: Ecoglobal Expeditions

Ages: Children (1–11 years) · Youth (12–17 years) · Adults (18–100 years)

What is included

Included

Included: Local guides
Included: Hotel accommodation in Villavieja in multiple accommodation
Included: Private transportation: Express transport available as a group from Neiva, during the entire expedition
Included: Entering the Xylopal sector
Included: Professional Astronomer Guided Stargazing Activity
Included: Entering the Holes sector (the Ghosts)
Included: Entrance to the natural mineralized pool
Included: Navigation on the Magdalena River
Included: Entrance to the Windows of the Desert Viewpoint
Included: Attendance Card
Included: Admission to the Paleontological Museum of Villa Vieja
Included: Breakfast

Not included

Not included: Tips
Not included: Hydration
Not included: Expenditures not stipulated
Not included: Meals: Lunch and dinner

Itinerary

Day 1 · Walk of ghosts (the Holes sector, the grey part of the desert) and the Observatory

1
Desierto de la Tatacoa

9 hours Admission included
Pick up at the time we are instructed. We recommend arriving at half day and transfer to the hotel in Villavieja
- You can stop at one of Villavieja restaurants for lunch (On behalf of the traveler)
-Then transfer to the desert to make the walk of ghosts, sector the Holes, the gray part of the desert and finish in the pool
- Continue with the local guide to the observatory - The guide's wife makes some super good fast foods, such as stuffed arepas, sausages, burgers can be squared with him for the wife to take him to the observatory and dinner before entering the talk
- NOTE: If the weather does not allow to make this visit, then it can be arranged for the next day
Transfer to the hotel

Stay in Estelar Tatacoa hotel or similar

Day 2 · Xylopals (petrified wood), La Ventana and Cuzco viewpoint (the red desert area)

1
Desierto de la Tatacoa

10 hours Admission included
- Breakfast at the hotel to leave between 8.00 – maximum 8.30am
- This day in company with our local guide, we will take the Xilopalos (peterified wood) tour, we will cross the Snake Canyon and the Strait of the Miss. This is a beautiful 4h approx.
- Then we will visit the La Ventana viewpoint with 360° views of the whole desert and funny formations that resemble animals.
- Lunch at the expense of each participant.
- In the afternoon tasting stop of typical products in a place that sells goat milk and derivatives, and you can visit the craft business
- At the end of the afternoon type 3 : 30 pm visit of Cuzco and its mazes, the red zone of the desert, its color and formations resemble the planet Mars
- Return to the hotel and dinner (On behalf of the traveler)

Stay in Estelar Tatacoa hotel or similar

Day 3 · Paleontological Museum of Tatacoa and Navigation on the Magdalena River

1
Desierto de la Tatacoa

4 hours Admission included
- Breakfast and visit of the Paleontological Museum of Tatacoa
- Depending on the schedule of the return flight, if the weather permits we will make a short sailing on the Magdalena River.
Transfer to Neiva

Meeting point and pickup

You can be picked up from your accommodation or go straight to the meeting point.

Meeting point

At the exit of the transport terminal.
At the exit of the passenger arrival lounge.
In the main park of Villavieja.

End point

At the exit of the transport terminal.
At the exit of the passenger arrival lounge.
In the main park of Villavieja.

Pickup points

GHL Style Hotel Neiva
Tatacoa Star Eco Hotel
Hostal Sarita
Ayenda Urdaneta
Alcaravan Del Desierto
Hostal Rolled
Cosmos Tatacoa Hotel
Hotel Ceibal
Casa Hotel Yuma Tatacoa
Hotel Paradisus
Villa Maria

and 8 more pickup points

Pick up at the main park of the municipality of Villavieja Huila, at the airport of Neiva, or at the Transport Terminal of Neiva, at the indicated time.

We recommend arriving at noon.