Mangrove Swamp Tour

La Boquilla is an old fishing village located twenty minutes north of the city where the people are as warm and easy-going as they are in the rest of Cartagena Here you board a canoe and go off to glide soundlessly through tunnels in the dense ancient growth of mangroves that meander for a time before giving out onto the placid expanses of a lake populated by flocks of easily excited egrets and pelicans. While your guide from the village navigates by standing with his exquisite sense of balance at the back of the boat and punting in the shallow waters, he provides you with well-informed running commentaries and answers to your questions about what you are seeing. Optional: lunch right on the beach before you return to the city.