We had to turn back and get off so that the motor could be "fixed". Tours are much more expensive when starting in Santa Marta or Riohacha, but are easier to organise. I want emails from Lonely Planet with travel and product information, promotions, advertisements, third-party offers, and surveys. I can unsubscribe any time using the unsubscribe link at the end of all emails. I speak fluent Spanish and asked the operators what was going on and what they planned to do--they mostly laughed. The drivers typically return to Uribia to drop off passengers sometime between 12-2pm, but it is hit-and-miss whether you will actually find any of them. Punta Gallinas is South America's most northerly point and offers one of the continent's most dazzling landscapes. Very beautiful place where the sand and the sea area beautiful. 11:30 a 12:00 Getting the equipment ready, 13:30 kite session in front of the hostel, 16:00 kite session in front of the hostel, 9:00 preparation for the Downwind | organizing the equipment | getting on the water. We know the region and the people and we can make your stay a unique experience. Stock up on fruit instead and distribute it at your discretion. Transport Riohacha – Punta Gallinas – Riohacha, SUP rental or yoga if we have this activity on a no wind day, Sunblocker (we recommend using sunblocker without Oxybenzone), sport bottle (we will bring water and would like to reduce the use of plastic bottles! bumpy and wet 4.5 hour boat ride (supposed to be 3 hours) in which half the passengers were huddled on a mattress haphazardly thrown in the middle of the boat. The official language is Wayuunaiki Wayuu. Day 2: Breakfast, 5-minute boat ride back to the small dock from the day before where your 4wd is waiting to take you back to Uribia or Cabo. Your hospedaje will cook you a basic breakfast of arepas and scrambled eggs for 7,000 COP, a lunch of chicken for 15,000 COP, or fish for 20,000 COP. You’ll find a few locals selling water and other drinks at some of the most visited stops, but it’s best to stock up on water before you head out into the desert. We are lucky that the motor gave out so close to the end of the trip and not in the middle of sea, where we might have had to wait hours under the hot sun before another boat could come reach us. Surfing, Windsurfing & Kitesurfing in Uribia. All rights reserved. We booked a tour from Cabo de la Vela to go to Punta Gallinas--they picked us up almost one hour late then loaded us onto a boat with a half broken motor. Infinity captures you! In the rainy season, you may need to take a three hour boat from Puerto Bolivar to get to Punta Gallinas. Punta Gallinas is the most northern point of South America. Finally the motor gave up completely. Visit Playa Pusheo, lunch on the beach of Punta Aguja I can unsubscribe any time using the unsubscribe link at the end of all emails. Sunset at the Lighthouse (El Faro), overnight in a hammock or hospedaje in Cabo. You will have the kites for the conditions that arise during your trip. Seeing as there’s not much else to do once you’ve made it this far, you’ll be left to enjoy a sunset that’s likely just as magical as the adventure you’ve just been on. Beware of an agent known as "Toti" in Cabo de la Vela, do not believe a word he says, he may promise for e.g. Also questionnable whether it would not be better to ask tourists to contribute a certain amount to allow drinking water and food distribution in a better way as now only the strong and aggressive families will get something. Text is available under [http://wikitravel.org/shared/Copyleft Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0] images are available under [http://wikitravel.org/shared/How_to_re-use_Wikitravel_guides various licenses], see each image for details. La punta Gallinas es el extremo más septentrional de la placa continental de América del Sur, ubicada al extremo norte de la península de La Guajira, en el departamento homónimo de la República de Colombia, sobre las aguas meridionales del mar Caribe. 5-minute boat ride to hospedaje, breakfast (your driver picks up yesterday's tour group and drives back to Uribia/Cabo). Dinner is the same as lunch, but you may not need it, as lunch is typically quite late. The climate is the driest of all Colombia. more. Day 2: Taroa Beach and Cabo de la Vela This page was last edited on 16 December 2019, at 01:59. How do people (Wayuu tribe) choose for. Lunch at the Cabo de la Vela, visit the beaches and Pilon de Azucar. We had to sleep outside the room on a couple of hammocks luckily available. Punta Gallinas … Roll down sand dunes and into the waves at secluded Caribbean beaches before enjoying magical sunsets that eventually turn into evening performances of light under star-drenched skies. Enjoy dinner and then let the sound of nothingness lull you asleep under the warm breeze and a fantastic display of stars. Water is scarce up here, and bottled water is expensive, so take 5 litres. centuries to live there under such difficult circumstances? The temperature is between 27 ° and 32 °. Return to your hospedaje around 3pm and have lunch. It is part of La Guajira Peninsula in northern Colombia, where it … We stayed in room no. Very irresponsible agency. The latter is much easier, and it’ll cost you about the same. Day 1 & 2's activities may be reversed, and day 3 may also include a trip to the huge coal mine to the south. 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