This agency is also present in Santa Marta and is specialized in adventure tours in the Guajira Peninsula. On board of good 4x4, the professional guides will make you discover this region with spectacular landscapes, between Caribbean sea and arid desert. Breathtaking sites but which are deserved, between sandy tracks, dust, heat... A unique adventure in Wayúu country, in the best security conditions. A reliable and well-tried agency, which will make you live intense moments with guides in love with the destination.
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Circuits in the Guajira from one to several days, with transportation, lodging, food, guide and insurance.
Owner's Message
We are a Tour Operator in Santa Marta and the Caribbean dedicated to the tourist operation in natural and cultural scenarios of the Caribbean Region in Colombia.
We are committed to providing our clients with meaningful travel experiences in the diverse scenarios available in Santa Marta and the Colombian Caribbean Region. We work hand in hand with indigenous and rural communities through tourism with social responsibility, sustainable community, generating decent and well paid employment, respecting the environment and the customs of the locals.
Expotur was founded in 2003 with local human capital and with the purpose of offering tourist experiences focused on human quality and the well-being of all the actors involved in tourism-related activities throughout the Colombian Caribbean Region; over the years we have grown to become one of the authorized tour operators to the Lost City with the best reputation thanks to the professionalism we profess, where we care about every detail of the entire operation to achieve the absolute satisfaction of our travelers.
Expotur is an active part of Corpoteyuna, a corporation with regional incidence that watches over the well being of the farmers and indigenous communities that live in the area where the tour to the Lost City "Teyuna" takes place. The Corporation focuses its efforts on the preservation of indigenous and rural culture, and works for the conservation of the environment inhabited by these communities in the Caribbean Region of Colombia.
In Expotur we are convinced that through a sustainable tourism operation, friendly and honest with the environment and with the communities involved, who actively participate in the entire operational chain, we can make a great contribution to the achievement of the longed-for Peace in the Colombian territory, based on the premise that it is through the generation of greater and better job opportunities that contribute to the improvement of the quality of life of these marginalized rural communities that we will be able to strengthen the affective bond necessary for the construction of a just society with equal conditions to prosper and advance positively without distinctions of class, political affinity, race or religion.
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Members' reviews on EXPOTUR RIOHACHA
Si uno quiere viajar a allá debe ir con este tour.
Camionetas Toyota amplias y cómodas.
Nuestro guía fue LUIS y fue el mejor!!
Muy cumplidos con los horarios de las actividades.
Precio justo!!
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For starters, you mostly cross through Wayuu territory and see a lot of people begging. The agency claims it has good relationships with the local people but still the driver (whom himself seems to be of Wayuu descent) pays toll with packets of cane sugar and sachets of water at every checkpoint. It would have been a lot more interesting if we had learned about the Wayuu people, their customs and why there are so many of them that have resorted to begging. Additionally, I would have hoped to learn about the handicrafts that they sell. Where are they made and where do the patterns come from. Currently it could just as well be that they’re selling a bunch of bags from Chinese sweatshops.
A second point that I think deserves improvement is the flora and fauna. Since this is a unique biotope in Colombia, many animals only live here. I would have liked for our guide to explain more about that. It doesn’t have to a David Attenborough-tour, but a little background on the flamingoes, the mangrove forest, desert goats and luminescent algae would definitely have been a solid addition.
Lastly: sadly, it is impossible to miss the insane amount of garbage everywhere and there is the biggest open coal mine of South America here. It would be good if information had been given on how these two factors have impacted the environment and the local people here.
Tl;dr nice nature, underwhelming experience overall