San Cipriano & River Adventure Day Tour

San Cipriano is a wonderful place to walk, disconnect from the city and share with nature. I recommend this shared tour and Juan Camilo is a great guide.

A really exciting excursion, both culturally and in nature. Authentic immersion in local populations. Andrea was very happy and pleasant all the way teaming up with local Guide Joao Andrés.

We had a spectacular time! The community of San Cipriano is very welcoming and friendly. Our guide Paul was excellent, he has a lot. knowledge of the area and we learned a lot from him. He made our day super fun. San Cipriano is beautiful and it is a place that you definitely have to go to when you visit Cali.

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San Cipriano is around 2.5 hours from San Antonio, Cali and is well worth the journey. The car ride alone gives spectacular birds eye views across the city as you climb over the mountains and then decend into green valleys thick with jungle. The second stage of the trip starts when you arrive at a small but bustling street off the main road, where you are efficiently packed onto a contraption known as a "Brujita" or, "Little Witch". A mode of transport which is essentially a wooden pallet with a roof and narrow benches bolted to a dirt bike and nested onto rail tracks that lead through the jungle. Little Witch is accurate as you'll find yourself cackling like a crone as you're buzzed along the tracks and through the forest at 15mph. Upon reaching San Cipriano, a village consisting of two streets lined with rudimentary hostels and eateries, our guide Santiago leads us to the river and our 1st swimming stop. The river is shallow but the current can be very strong and dragged me off my feet and downstream a few times. It's not dangerous for anyone above the age of 15 but can be scary if you're not used to wading in Rivers or using the currents to your advantage. Make sure you bring shoes you can wear in the water as it will help you traverse the riverbed. Santiago then takes us to 3 more swimming spots, we really enjoyed his company and he would challenge us to swimming competitions and Spanish lessons, he would also check the depth of the river by diving down at junctions where you could jump from the banks. After a great lunch of Sawfish and fried plantain with rice, we headed back to the river for our transport back to the 1st swimming spot... an inflatable tube. The tubing was great fun, if the river is shallow, you might want to lift your arse up and above the water if you see incoming boulders... my partner found this out the hard way. Overall our trip was incredible, I highly recommend it. If you like to swim in fast flowing water, jump from 6m riverbanks, don't mind getting changed in a bathroom or out in the open or figuring some things out yourself (like raising your arse) then you'll have an incredible time. If you come here expecting to be molly coddled and treated like a Sultan, then why are you even here?

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Incredible full day surrounded by the nature and beauty of Colombia! The guide and driver were consummate professionals, knowledgeable and true experts on the area and full of great info to share. Impossible to pick a best part…the incredible brujitas ride we will never forget? Best coffee, chorizo and arepa in a great spot on the ride? Hike through the nature preserve to 2 waterfalls? Swim in crystal clear river? Flowers and trees at every turn? Delicious fresh lunch at a local spot outside the reserve? Impossible to pick from so many highlights. Thank you Angela and Carlos for an absolutely unforgettable day!!

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This trip ist definitely in my top 3 of nature turism. We had an amazing day full of exciting little adventures, all thanks to our great guide. Hector Fabio, did a wonderful job teaching us about local plants, animals and culture. He's a very knowledgeable, professional biologist. We had a blast!

The company cancelled our trip the afternoon before we were going. They had “No guide available”. We got a full refund but too late to book alternative trip somewhere else. Disappointing…

Great experience. But the transportation to and from the site was in an old and cramped vehicle. Operator MUST upgrade. The trip back to Cali was horrible. Anyone over 5’6” or 1.6 m can not comfortably fit in ANY of the seats.

It was an incredible day and experience along the guides (Paul and Laura) and the driver (Luis). We don't what was the best part: if the track with Las brujitas, the walk through the jungle or the bouncing downstream in floating tires. We do recommend people to join this adventure... don't forget extra clothes and proper water shoes.

We went on the San Cipriano River Day tour and the experience was nothing short of amazing! Our guide Paul was very professional and fun and kept us engaged the whole time with all kinds of interesting info about the area. This tour does require its participants to have a certain level of fitness particularly for climbing on the rocks and trudging through the river at certain parts; but it's not overly strenuous and the river tubing is delightfully relaxing at the conclusion of the hike. It's a perfect segueway for the local lunch prepared for you by one of the restaurants. This is a wonderful adventure and you won't be disappointed by the experience!