Visit to Palenque with natives, the history we are not taught.

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6 hours 30 minutes (approximately)
Pickup offered
Offered in: English and 2 more

We're from Palenque when you go? Come and discover a corner of Africa in Colombia, first community of free African descendants in America, Saint Basil of Palenque, through its cultural attractions: music, language, gastronomy, organizational form, identity murals, monument of Benkos Bioho, monument of Kid Pambele, ancient medicine, religiosity, house museum and all the internal aspects that make it.

THERE ARE SOME TIPS I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU.
We recommend:
1. Wear comfortable clothes and shoes.
2. Carry sunscreen and insect repellent.
3. Carry some cash, as Palenque’s economy depends heavily on voluntary contributions.

NOTE: After finishing this wonderful experience and by unanimous decision, we take an approximate 15-minute transport tour of each of the murals that color Palenque, so you can take photos and you can save your best memories of the tour.

What's Included

Bottled water
Air-conditioned vehicle
"From the fire pit to the bijao" stewed and fried fish, fried chicken, steak meat, stewed pork and vegetarians.
Presentation of traditional music and dance Batata

Meeting and pickup

Pickup points
You can choose a pickup location at checkout (multiple pickup locations are available).

Itinerary

Duration: 6 hours 30 minutes (approximately)
  • 1
    San Basilio De Palenque

    TOURIST PARADOR: in this space we receive travelers by welcoming them and giving them a general description of our community.

    1 hour • Admission ticket free
  • 2
    San Basilio De Palenque

    MONUMENT OF BENKOS BIOHO: the great maroon, the guide that leads to Liberty, the founding hero, for the palenqueros, the king of the arquebuco for the legend, Domingo Bioho for the colonial authorities, arrived enslaved in Cartagena de Indias in the last year of the 16th century. It organized palenques, configured the forms of military resistance and founded the bases and mechanisms of political negotiation with the colonial administration.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 3
    San Basilio De Palenque

    SIMANKONGO HOUSE MUSEUM: place that represents a traditional house, ancestral elements and the way of life of our ancestors.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 4
    San Basilio De Palenque

    MEDICINAL PATIO: know with traditional doctors the importance of ancestral medicine, also know the plants used in ancestral medicine.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 5
    San Basilio De Palenque

    KOMBILESA MI: cultural and musical movement of our community, where the travelers will have the opportunity to interpret their music and their traditional instruments with the figures of the group.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 6
    San Basilio De Palenque

    CULTURAL ROUTE OF MURALS: During the tour through the wonderful streets of Palenque, travelers will have the opportunity to learn the meaning of each identity mural and take beautiful photographs with them.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 7
    San Basilio De Palenque

    RELIGIOUSNESS, Learn about the imposition of the Catholic religion and the true religiosity of Palenque.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 8
    San Basilio De Palenque

    KID PAMBELE MONUMENT: in this monument we will talk about the importance of Antonio Cervantes Reyes (kid pambele) in Colombian boxing and his contribution to the development of our community, ending with a small boxing class.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 9
    San Basilio De Palenque

    GASTRONOMY: we will finish the tour tasting a typical lunch of the community "fish in coconut sumo, from the stove to the bijao"

    1 hour • Admission ticket free

Additional info

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Supplied by BenkosTour

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Full-day Tours
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Cultural Tours
Historical Tours
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DSA non-compliant
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Cancellation Policy

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