The Global Meaningful Travel Map

San Jacinto: Culture and Tradition of Montes de María

Experience vibrant culture with bagpipe music, artisan workshops, agro-ecotourism, and delicious local cuisine in this enchanting destination.

OUR EXPERIENCES
Tourists will discover and experience the magic and wonder of the cultural and natural attractions of San Jacinto in Montes de Maria.We are welcomed by bagpipers in ""Gaiteros"" park, enjoying the rhythm of bagpipes and drums performed by the musical group the Authentic Gaiteros de San Jacinto by the Macumbé folk dance group. Next we will visit the Olivia Carmona Living Museum School and Workshop and another nearby macramé workshop where we will learn how to make handicrafts and textiles, including the process of making hammocks, bags and backpacks and similar products. Later, we will learn how the bagpipes ""Gaitas"" are made and see a demonstration of some traditional songs. Corpofodesco offers an agro-ecotourism route where visitors will experience the daily activities of farming life in the Montes de María. Coffee, cocoa, rice, plantain, cassava, yam and the beans of La Paz. Finally, visitors will be able to delight in the local gastronomy, consuming typical dishes such as the Mote de queso, sancocho, rice with coconut, chili pepper, chicharron with cassava and avocado and all kinds of typical roasted meat. The tour also includes a visit to the Community Museum to see some of the oldest pottery in the Americas.

ABOUT US
Awake Travel - We are a business that thrives towards conservation, restoration and sustainable use of biodiversity. We connect travelers with nature through our local hosts, we empower tourism ventures, and boost initiatives that contribute to social and environmental wellbeing.

OUR IMPACT
With this experience, community tourism stimulates the local economy, both urban and rural, promoting local productive development, directly benefiting more than 100 families, who see tourism as an alternative to improve their quality of life. Seven cultural and productive businesses have been linked and strengthened, generating new sources of income and customers, increasing their income from the sale of goods and services to tourists. ProColombia partnered with Tourism Cares on a Meaningful Travel Map in advance of the Tourism Cares with Colombia Meaningful Travel Summit in November, 2021. The pins on the Colombia Map represent community tourism experiences around the country, offered by receptive operators who design their tours for local impact, economic benefit for communities, and to reflect the richness of the experiences you can have traveling throughout Colombia. Their work, and the organizations they support, diffuse the economic benefits of tourism and support sustainable tourism growth in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

The Turismo Comunitario Map can be found on the ProColombia website: https://colombia.travel/en/tourism-cares

DETAILS
Please note: these community tourism experiences are offered by in-country operators. We marked the Map with the approximate location of the community experience.

To learn more, visit: https://colombia.travel/en/tourism-cares/san-jacinto-bolivar

Or email: info@awake.travel or producto@awake.travel

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