Cartagena, Colombia
Private Tours
in Cartagena
The city as very few visitors actually experience it.
Why Private
A private guide in Cartagena does not just show you the city. They show you the city that exists inside the city.
Cartagena’s historic center is a UNESCO World Heritage Site of genuine complexity: five hundred years of colonial architecture, African and indigenous cultural memory, Caribbean food traditions, and a contemporary art scene developing quietly behind centuries-old façades. A group tour of twenty people with a flag and a microphone will take you past the main squares, point out the cathedral, and return you to your hotel before you have understood anything about where you are. A private guide from CGLUX will do something entirely different.
Our guides are specialists, not generalists. They are historians who happen to be brilliant companions, food experts who cook, photographers who know where the light is at every hour of the day. Before your tour begins, we discuss what matters to you: are you here for the architecture, the stories, the food, the art? Your guide prepares accordingly — every visit shaped around your interests, every stop chosen for you rather than for the group average. The route is yours. The pace is yours. The conversation is yours.
Private tours can begin as early as seven in the morning — when the walled city belongs to almost no one — and can run for two hours or a full day depending on what you want to cover. We include transport from your hotel and return, and the entire experience is arranged around your schedule rather than ours.
Tour Options
Choose your focus
The Walled City
The full historic center in depth — the fortifications, the cathedral, the plazas, the colonial houses, the courtyards that are locked to strangers. Two to four hours. Morning recommended.
Getsemaní
The neighbourhood outside the walls that has transformed over twenty years from neglected to extraordinary. Street art, independent restaurants, small galleries, and the residents who built it all. One of the most alive places in Colombia.
Food & Market
Mercado de Bazúrto, street food in Getsemaní, the best arepa de choclo vendor in the city, and a final coffee at a rooftop we keep for guests. For those who believe that eating is the best way to understand a place.
Photography Walk
Early morning in the streets with a guide who thinks in frames. The golden-hour light, the doorways, the Palenqueras in the plaza, the reflections in the puddles after a late rain. Two hours that produce images unlike anything from a standard visit.
Full Day Immersion
All of the above and more — a full day with your guide moving between the walled city, Getsemaní, the market, and lunch at a restaurant we pre-select for you. The most complete single day you can spend in Cartagena.
Custom
Tell us what interests you — colonial history, contemporary art, the African heritage of the Palenque communities, the city’s architecture across centuries. We design the tour from that conversation.
Tell us when you arrive and what draws you to the city. We match you with the right guide.
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