This tour to Tatacoa is available from all properties in the city of Neiva, or from Neiva airport.
Tatacoa Desert tour half day
Price per person $1,149,136 COP – $2,216,190 COP
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$1,149,136 COP – $2,216,190 COP
Additional information
| Persons | 1 person, 2 persons, 3 persons, 4 persons, 5 persons, 6 persons |
|---|---|
| Lead in time | 5 |
| Blackout days | 12-24, 12-31 |
| Future days | 180 |
| Days of Week | Su, Mo, Tu, We, Th, Fr, Sa |
| Location | Hotel Mar Azul – Carrera 10 #7-17 Sur Neiva, Hotel Neiva Plaza – Calle 7 #4-62 Neiva, GHL Style Hotel Neiva – Carrera 16 #42-195 Centro Comercial San Pedro Plaza Neiva, Hotel Rosales Boutique – Calle 6 #6-24 Neiva, Hotel Boutique El Poblado – Carrera 1G #9-58 Neiva, Hotel Metropolitano Neiva – Calle 7 #5-45 Neiva, Onix Hotel Neiva – Carrera 4 #1G-53 San Pedro Neiva, Hotel Séptima Avenida – Calle 7 #2-21 Neiva, Hotel Milan Boutique – Calle 5A #14A-09 Neiva, Hotel Sulicam – Carrera 3 #5-51 Neiva, Hotel Limaco – Calle 6 #12-46 Neiva, Hoteles Casablanca Neiva – Calle 9 #12-52 Neiva, Hotel Neiva Meridian – Carrera 38 #8-10 Neiva, El Barcino Hotel en Neiva – Carrera 3 Bis # 7-82 Neiva, Hotel Santorini – Calle 12 #5-37 Neiva, Hotel Boutique Sofia – Carrera 5A #18A-20 Neiva, Hotel Casa Pablo Neiva – Calle 5 #12-45 Neiva, Hotel Abadía – Calle 9 #2-35 Neiva, Hostería Los Dujos – Los Dujos, Av. Misael Pastrana #1-06 Neiva, Hotel Khalifa – Carrera 6 #8-76 Neiva, Hotel Massay – Carrera 8 #10-25 Neiva, Hotel Andino – Calle 9 #5-73 Neiva, Hotel Dinastia Real – Carrera 4 #9-43 Neiva, Hotel Escorial – Calle 8 #3-21 Neiva, Hotel Adelaida – Calle 3 #6-03 Neiva, Vesta Hotel Boutique Neiva – Calle 10 #12-09 Neiva, Hotel Sevilla Neiva – Calle 24 #5Bis-126 Neiva, Hotel Panamá – Calle 10 #9-20 Neiva, Hotel La Nueva Estancia – Calle 6 #2-08 Neiva, Hotel Sevilla – Calle 25A #5Bis-08 Neiva, Jesmar – Carrera 13A #24-19 Neiva, Hotel Orquídea Neiva – Calle 12 #3-27 Neiva, Apartahotel Los Cerezos – Carrera 7A #15-26 Neiva, Hotel Torreón – Carrera 7 #7-11 Neiva, Hotel Resort de Kaley – Diagonal 5 Sur # 10-11 Neiva, Hotel Huila Real – Carrera 7 # 4-09 Sur Zona Industrial Neiva, Hotel Boutique Antigua Real – Carrera 6 #3-34 Neiva, Hotel Comercial Neiva – Carrera 1G #9-40 Neiva, Hotel Casa Opia – Carrera 3 #8-118 Neiva, Hotel Boutique La Trinidad – Calle 11 #6-40 Neiva, Hotel El Cielo – Calle 5A Sur #4-2 a 4-120 Neiva, Hotel Neiva Real – Calle 10 #6-3 Centro Neiva, Hacienda Potosí Parque Museo del Arroz Campoalegre Huila – Carrera 7 A#13-27 Neiva, Hotel Panorama Neiva – Carrera 2 #9-24 Neiva, Hotel San Pedro – Calle 5 #3-37 Neiva, Hotel Tupinamba – Carrera 3 #9-17 Neiva, Hotel Boutique San Juan – Carrera 3 #15-42 Los Potros Neiva, Hotel Piscina Matambo – Calle 8 #6-17 Centro Neiva, Hotel Restaurant Casa Bonita – Carrera 13 #2-34 Neiva, Hotel La Colina – Calle 10 #1H-2 a 1H-72 Neiva, Hostal El Mohan – Calle 10 #1G-16 Neiva, Hotel San Pietro – Calle 11 #6-62 Neiva, Hotel Ceibal – Carrera 5 #25-33 Neiva, Hotel Sión Real – Calle 7 #3-25 Neiva, Hotel Colonial – Calle 12 #1-66 Neiva, Hotel Casa Dorada Boutique – Carrera 6 #10-35 Neiva, Kosta Azul – Calle 6 #7-57 Neiva, Hotel Reyman Plaza – Carrera 6 # 2-54 Neiva, Hotel La Villa Neiva – Calle 17 #19-02 Neiva, Hotel Americano – Carrera 5 #8-67 Neiva, La Rivera – Calle 21 #14-81 Neiva, JCL Casa Hotel – Calle 12 #31-138 Neiva, Hotel El Cedral – Calle 6 #1E-40 Centro Neiva, Hotel Cristian – Carrera 2 #92 Neiva, Hotel Quirinal Neiva – Calle 15 #7A-31 Neiva, Hotel Puracé Neiva – Carrera 3 #4-25 Neiva, Hotel Casa Murano – Avenida Circunvalar #6-32 Neiva, Hotel Trébol – Calle 5 #1I-03 Neiva, Hotel San José – Carrera 2 #5-63 Martirez Neiva, Apartament Positano Neiva – Carrera 7A #15-51 Neiva, Hostal La Pampa – Calle 3 Sur 19A-75 Barrio Santa Isabel Neiva |
1 review for Tatacoa Desert tour half day
This private tour is available from properties in the city of Neiva or Neiva airport. We also offer a Tatacoa Stargazing tour available in the evenings.
Details
Itinerary:
You will be picked up at your chosen start time and taken to the village of Villavieja. You have the chance to take a walk around Villavieja or continue straight to the desert.
You will have the chance to visit both the grey and red sides of the desert with your guide.
At the end of the tour you will be returned to Neiva.
Duration: This tour lasts 4-5 hours.
Start time: All listed start times are feasible. If you are choosing to be picked up from the airport the start time will be your flight arrival time.
Guide: An English speaking local tour guide is included.
Meals: This tour includes a refreshment break.
Transport: This tour includes transport from your pick up location in Neiva and also transport between Villavieja and the desert and transport within the desert.
Entrances: Not applicable.
More information
For full details of this tour and destination information please visit our page about The Tatacoa Desert.
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We booked a range of tours with The Colombian Way over the course of 2 weeks. We contacted Mark and he arranged everything from transfers from the airport to daily tours in each location, a private driver and also some flights. He was very fast in communication and was always available to help out whenever we needed it which was brilliant as the Government were changing what was open at a moments notice. He was also extremely competitive on price being 30% cheaper than another tour operator.
The Colombian Way had arranged for their driver to pick us up from San Agustin and drive through to Villavieja. We decided to stayed overnight in Villavieja as it the closest town to Tatacoa desert. We arrived in Tatacoa around 1:30pm which allowed us time to have some nice coffee and cake at nearby Café Mael before we met up with the local guide. We liked the guide who was very friendly and had good English.
There are 2 deserts in Tatacoa, Red and Grey, and we were heading for the Red desert now whilst we toured the grey desert the following morning.
It took about 45 minutes drive to the Red desert. It’s a bit like the red deserts of the USA but much smaller. We stopped to take photos at a couple of vantage points before starting a 90 minute, 2km hike through the red desert. It’s good to get up and close to get the best photos with the interesting backdrops. It had recently rained and we had to tread carefully through some of the mud. At one stage my shoe decided that it would remain in the mud as I marched on… oops!
We saw a few colourful butterflies, some small birds perched on the cactuses (some brown, some bright yellow and an eagle) as well as a hummingbird and buzzards. Also thrown in for good measure was a goat, just wandering around as you do. There are some impressive rock features in the desert like Estoraque la Torre (the Tower Rock). The flowering cactuses with their fruit were also good to see. After the hike we were driven back to our hotel in Villavieja.
The following morning we were driven back from Villavieja to the Tatacoa desert to the see the grey desert. We did another hike of about 90 minutes and saw 3 eagles this time, perched on the top of cactuses. How do they handle those cactus spines?
There’s a sense of peace in this place which is maybe accentuated by going in the morning. The shadows in the morning highlight the rock features that appear like grey blankets tossed over a mound of earth. There are some good photo spots and our guide took some great photos of us.
After the hike, The Colombian Way had arranged for our driver took us directly to Bogota airport. We decided on driving to Bogota airport as it only takes 6 hours and we had heard that the flights from Neiva can be cancelled so we didn’t want to run the risk of missing our International flight if the Neiva to Bogota flight was cancelled.
The Tatacoa desert, red and grey tours, are both really good and highly recommended!