Cartagena - How to DIY a budget cruise port visit

[@JuneBaldwin-s9d]

Very pretty

[@TravelwithTanyaandSimon]

It is indeed. So beautiful.

[@Lord.Kiltridge]

I became disabled and retired early while my wife is still working. I love cruising more than my wife and easier when solo because of my disabilities. But I'm on a tight budget and excursions are expensive. I will be visiting Cartagena Colombia in a few weeks where I expect to take a taxi to old town and look for a cigar lounge. It's my understanding that cabbies will ask for $20 but Uber costs about $7 and cabbies will bring down their rates when you point this out. I expect $10 is a good compromise. Nice video. Very helpful.

[@TravelwithTanyaandSimon]

We are happy you found it helpful. It really was such a pretty place and easy to do on your own. Have a wonderful time.

[@Fatih_Spa_Wellness]

Hii Im from Sydney～ Going to Princess cruise next year to Cartagena too…… ur video is so helpful 👍 May I ask how much will be the taxi to the old town from the port ? And is it the traffic really bad there ?

[@TravelwithTanyaandSimon]

Hi. I’m so excited for you! It is such a beautiful port. The traffic was reasonable. The wait for the HOHO bus was longer than the actual drive. It’s less than 10km between the port and old town. I believe it was around the US$10 mark. It was definitely cheaper than the HOGO bus. Looking at Uber atm it says 25K COP which is roughly AUD$10.

[@TravelwithTanyaandSimon]

Are you also going to Mazatlan? We have a port stop video coming out next week with similar info on what we did.

[@Fatih_Spa_Wellness]

@@TravelwithTanyaandSimon That port not in our itinerary…. But definitely, I would check ur coming post ✨✨🫶🏻🫶🏻

[@msjlock]

Do taxis take VISA cards? Do you need Colombian pesos? Do vendors take credit cards?

[@TravelwithTanyaandSimon]

Hi! We didn’t use the taxi this trip as we’d bought the HOHO bus through the ship. Looking online there’s info that some do and some don’t. Check this link. www.welcomepickups.com/cartagena/taxi/#:~:text=Some%20taxis%20in%20Cartagena%20accept,tariff%20before%20starting%20your%20journey. Sorry we can’t give you our own experience. Enjoy your trip.