Santa Marta: Cristal Beach Day-Trip

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3.0714285 out of 5 stars
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Santa Marta: Cristal Beach Day-Trip
3.0714285 out of 5 stars
3.1
3.0714285 out of 5 stars
14 reviews

A day tour to Cristal Beach, a perfect place to practice snorkeling and diving. Thanks to its crystal-clear waters and white sand, it is considered one of the most beautiful beaches in Colombia.

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Duration 9 hours
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Live tour guide
Spanish
Pickup included
Pick up at your hotel or accommodation in Santa Marta or Taganga

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Highlights

  • Experience the wonderful crystalline beaches of Tayrona Park
  • Enjoy diving and snorkeling activities in the crystal-clear water
  • View the beach of 7 waves
  • Enjoy a delicious lunch typical of the Caribbean

Full description

After being collected from your Santa Marta accommodation, you will travel for 15 minutes by vehicle to the Neguanje sector and enter an area of the Tayrona park (nature reserve). Once here you will be able to enjoy a spectacular sun day, before you board a boat for an 8-minute journey by the beautiful beaches of the Colombian Caribbean. You can then walk while enjoying an excellent view of the 7-wave viewpoint.

Cristal Beach, also called Calm Beach, is the perfect setting for snorkeling and diving. Thanks to its beautiful clear, calm waters and white sands that allow it visitors to snorkel easily. It is widely considered one of the most beautiful and paradisaical beaches in Colombia, and is not to be missed when traveling through this area.

Cristal Beach is located in a bay alongside many other small beaches. The water in these beaches, unlike the rest of the park, is very calm, and you will also find plains of unexploited, natural salt. There is also a small camping area, which is a spectacular alternative for accommodation and very different from the other sites that are close by.

Includes

  • Entrance to the park
  • Round trip transportation
  • Boat transport
  • Expert guide services
  • Insurance
  • Food and drinks
  • Tourist tax for foreigners that is paid directly at the park entrance. (only applies to those who do not have Colombian nationality)

Not suitable for

  • Children under 5 years
  • Pregnant women
  • People with mobility impairments

Important information

What to bring

  • Sunscreen
  • Comfortable shoes

Know before you go

  • Bring a beach towel, beach items and sunscreen
  • Bring a bottle of drinking water to consume

Customer reviews

Overall rating

3.1 /5

based on 14 reviews

Review summary

  • Transportation
    2.6/5
  • Value for money
    1.8/5
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GetYourGuide traveler – GermanyAugust 22, 2024 – Verified booking
The beach was beautiful, but the transport was terribly chaotic. There was no standard meeting point. This and the time were changed twice on the day of pick-up. Overall it was much more expensive than the local providers and we stopped at at least 6 hotels to pick up other guests.
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GetYourGuide traveler – ColombiaApril 7, 2024 – Verified booking
Horrible experience! The agency forgot to tell me that the meeting place had changed! I found myself all alone at 6:00 in the morning in Santa Marta….
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Katherine – United StatesMarch 12, 2024 – Verified booking
I was really disappointed with the entire trip. First of all, I paid double of anyone else on the trip. It was not more luxurious than any other one to this beach. I missed my breakfast in the hotel because they told me to be there at 7 and didn’t come until almost 8, which started off my day in a bad way. They herd you to restaurants & services at the beach that they want you to patronize and basically just feed you to people who are trying to upsell you all the time. For almost $100 I had to pay the taxes to get in, pay for the lunch (not good) pay for the shades structure, etc. It was very bad value for dollar—you can find this tour anywhere in town for half price. There was also no English on the trip so do not expect that if you don’t speak Spanish, you are going to know what’s going on. The tour guy just rattled off a bunch of information that was , kind of stupid. The beach was beautiful. I finally got to snorkel and there were nice fish. The coral not in great shape. Go local!

Product ID: 188868

Activity provider:Turismo Colombiano SAS

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