"Day trip to the Lodo del Totumo" Cartagena Off The Beaten Path Tip by call_me_rhia

A day trip to the Lodo del Totumo is a great way to spend a different day in cartagena, especially at weekends, when everyone seems to be going to the beach.

Lodo del Totumo is a mud volcano located about 1 hour from cartgagena... there are regular cheap day trips there and it's fun. You are taken to this tiny volcano which is filled with natural mud. You can simply soak in mud or have local men massage you in there. When you come out of the volcano there's a lagoon a few hundred metres away, where you can wash off the mud.. and maybe relax a bit in one of the stalls selling coconut juice.

Keep in mind that everyone expects a tip.. for taking pictures of you, for massaging you, for helping you in the lagoon. The fixed untold price is 2000 COP to each person (as per July 2008)