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Taganga Travel Guide

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Taganga is a fishing village 5 kilometres north of Santa Marta at the Caribbean coast in Colombia. With a dirty beach and noisy restaurants it is not the idyllic fishing village you expect. But has its charm and might be a nicer place to explore the surrounding attractions or do some diving than Santa Marta.

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Get in

Frequent minibusses go from Carrera 1 in Santa Marta to Taganga for C$ 800 per person. It's about 10 minutes

See

Do

  • A 40 minute walk north of town lies Playa Grande. It is also possible to take a boat to there or one of the more remote beaches.
  • Taganga turned in to a popular scuba diving center with one of the lowest prices in the world. There are a dozen diving schools in town, but be careful where you do you courses. There are reports of travellers doing their course, paying and never receiving any certificate.
    • Centro de Busceo Poseidon, Calle 18 No 1-69, (57-5)-421-9224 (poseidon@atgc.net.com) [1]. Well recommended and the only PADI certified dive center in town. PADI open-water C$ 450.000, PADI advance C$430.000, two fundives C$ 105.000.

Buy

Eat

All restaurants are clustered on the beach. Mainly specialized in fish dishes.

Drink

El Garaje is the most popular gringo Saturday night hang-out. In weekday going out is limited to drinking a beer at your hostel.

Sleep

  • La Casa de Felipe, Carrera 5A 19-13 (behind the football field), (57-5)-421-9101, info@lacasadefelipe [2]. Best hostel in town. Several apartments some with kitchen, dormitory and hammocks if everything else is full. There is a communal kitchen, internet facilities, laundry service, nice terraces and a friendly staff. Discount for Hostelling International-members. Prices between C$8.000 and C$15.000. Breakfast C$4.000.
  • Divanga, +5754219092.
  • Moramar Backpackers International, moramar@telecom.com, +5754219202, [3]. In front of the football field. New. Good atmosphere, great service, prices from C$15.000 pesos for a single room to C$8.000 for a hammock, nice view of the sea and of the Sierra.

Get out

See Santa Marta for activities in the area.


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