Palenque Tour: Exploring African Roots in the First Free American Town

This tour is a must-book for travelers seeking a remarkable adventure where they can understand African traditions maintained in America’s first free town, ‘San Bacilio de Palenque’. A professional tour guide, along with a native Palenque guide, will illustrate the local culture, dialect, medicinal methods, dance, music, and storytelling traditions.

Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • San Basilio De Palenque - It was declared Cultural and Intangible Heritage of Humanity for being the first free people of colonial America (decreed like this in 1691); a place far from the colonies to which the African slaves escaped to live in freedom, with autonomy and independence.
    In San Basilio de Palenque, some traditions such as language,…
What's Included
  • Bottled water
  • Typical lunch
  • Medical assistance
  • Umbrellas on loan
  • Hotel pickup
  • Roundtrip transportation in air-conditioned bus
  • Tour of the town accompanied by a native guide
  • Typical drink tasting
Location
Monumento Torre del Reloj
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Yanikshab
Jan 9, 2024
Panama City - Great trip I recommended this tour we learned so much about our culture. Very informative, food was great the way I like it homemade from scratch. The driver excellent he picked/drop us up from the hotel. Excellent definitely will do it again.
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Bwells413
May 14, 2023
Favorite Tour in Cartagena - This tour was great! My tour guide was very knowledgeable and friendly. I learned so much history, the food for lunch was amazing, and all the people I met were lovely.
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215susannaa
Aug 19, 2024
Palenque tour - The transfer for this tour was very organised and I was collected from my airbnb. The tour was interesting to see typical houses, medicine and food in Palenque. I am very interested in the history of the town but the tour included nothing about its founding or the years that followed. The tour itself was around 2 and a half hours and then we had lunch. I enjoyed the day, just felt it was lacking a bit more detail and more activities.
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From $85
up to 15 guests
1 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).