Private Minca Oasis: Full-Day Breathtaking Mountain Escape

Amazing full day tour to Minca with a private guide. We had a great time! Our tour guide was Erik Vladimir Ramirez. He was very knowledgeable about the flora and fauna. He was very nice and friendly. I would recommend this tour and guide!

They’re professionals from start to finish. Their service is excellent, and the guides’ recommendations were 10/10. They’re punctual and very kind.

Santiago at Bukap was incredibly helpful in customizing and planning the tour to help me propose to my girlfriend. He was incredibly responsive; and Erik, our guide, was so informative and took really wonderful photos. Cannot recommend enough!

Excellent, fascinating tour to marvelous and historic places outside of Santa Marta (check the Viator description for the list), in the foothills of the incredible and geologically unique Sierra Madre. At all times we felt safe and very well taken care of. The tour guide Hugo was fully bilingual, English and (local) Spanish, very affable, and imparted innumerable insights and pearls of knowledge and interest — at the same time, he emphasized that the tour was ours to enjoy, and he went out of his way to assure just that — we enjoyed every minute. And finally, the two drivers (for the on-road and off-road portions) were absolutely professional — highly skilled and super friendly — we felt safe, even on the twistiest, bumpiest roads.

Great tour to coffee plantation and swim in the cascade. Cascade is a 10min uphill walk from the furthest point the car can go and can be crowded but worth it. Erik and Jefferson (the guide and driver) were amazing.

Erik was our bilingual tour guide who picked us up promptly at our hotel. On our journey to the Sierra Nevada mountains he shared a lot about the history of Colombia and more specifically about the region of Santa Marta. His life long passion for wildlife gave us a unique perspective as he was able to identify many sounds of birds and other animals to enjoy along the way. We toured the coffee plantation and got to see the complete process. Following we transferred to an off-road vehicle to reach a secluded waterfall for a relaxing afternoon. Would highly recommend!

We had an incredible day in Minca with our guides Eric and David! Our family of 8 was picked up right on time in a comfortable van for the 80 minute drive. Once in Minca, we transferred to 2 4x4 vehicles. First stop was the Victoria coffee plantation where a private tour had been arranged. Samples were waiting for us when we arrived, and after a snack we had an incredible tour. Next stop: the Marinka waterfalls. We were driven up to the falls in the 4x4s. Please note: It was a very very bumpy ride and was uncomfortable for a few in our group (which ranged from middle aged to our senior dad). One of our party opted to walk part of the way. The falls were fantastic and there were restrooms, a restaurant, and hammocks. It was perfect for the swimmers and non-swimmers. Worth the bumps! Then we headed into town and to lunch which was a surprise and delight. We ate on a terrace lined with hummingbird feeders and were thoroughly entertained by the hundreds of hummingbirds zipping by. Eric is an endless source of info on all the flora and fauna and helped us understand what we were witnessing. Lastly, we strolled around town until we were ready to head back to the hotel. Here are a few things we especially appreciated about our Bukap tour: - we scheduled this trip only 2 days in advance, yet every detail was arranged perfectly - Eric and David were 100% attuned with the needs and desires of our group and were accommodating and flexible - David was always willing to help us with translation, even helping us communicate with the staff in our hotel! I highly recommend you speak with Juan Carlos at Bukap to plan your time in Tayrona and Santa Marta.

This was an incredible tour. Erik was our tour guide and he made me and my wife feel so comfortable and have such a great time. He spoke English and Spanish and was so knowledgable about Colombia and the area that we were in that we came out of it having just much more of an appreciation of the Sierra Nevada and Minca region than we did before. Every part of this excursion was incredible. The reason Erik was so wonderful is because you know that he has such a passion for the nature and the world he lives in. Constantly spotting different animals and plant that were so unique to what my wife and I had ever seen before. Jader (ha-der) was a wonderful driver transporting us from our air bnb all the way to the town of Minca and dropping us off at our air bnb as well. He is a local of Minca so he was able to share some of the history of Minca with us. This was one of the excursions my wife and I signed up for and it may be one of our favorites because it gave us adventure and the opportunity to swim in waterfalls and it also gave us an awesome experience at the cacao/coffee farm. These two men knew this area so well that they took us to this remarkable restaurant in Minca with an incredible view and 100s of hummingbirds that were eating from the feeders that added to this incredible time! Highly recommend!

Spectacular, magical place, still fairly untouched with enough good balance of modernity, but definitely nature steals the show. At the coffee farm they also has a microbrewery the whole things is amazing

We had a wonderful day with Juan Carlos, who really is the best guide. He knows a lot about Colombia and all the beautiful places he took us to. He also invited us to his own life and their history. He is competent, easy going and so serviceminded. He gave us a memorable day in Minca and its surroundings. Thank you for that Juan Carlos and we truly recommend you to take a tour with him!