Price and tours
Visit Caoba Reserve
Twenty-five years ago, this land was used for grazing and agriculture. Today, it is a 30-hectare reforested forest featuring stone paths and carvings left by the indigenous communities that inhabited the area a thousand years ago, as well as replicas of traditional dwellings and sacred spaces.
Explore a private botanical garden filled with medicinal plants and Amazonian palms, visit our reforestation nursery, and meet the animals that call Caoba home—ranging from released wildlife to rescued arapaimas (the largest freshwater fish in the Amazon).
100% of your admission fee goes directly to the reserve and its environmental projects.
EXPLORER — $20,000 COP per person
Pay the entrance fee and receive an introduction, plus a map of the property to explore at your own pace. The route is fully equipped with everything you need: numbered stops and directional arrows along the path, featuring information in both English and Spanish.
GUIDED — $35,000 COP per person
Starts at 10:00 AM (in Spanish). Includes an introduction and a guided tour (1 hour) of key points on the property, offering further information, stories, and anecdotes about the project.
MEDICINAL — $35,000 COP per person (Spanish) / $50,000 COP per person (English)
Discover 15 different medicinal plants and their properties—smell, touch, and taste them. Awaken your senses. The tour concludes with an herbal infusion made from our collection. Starts at 4:00 PM; advance reservation required.
Tours for groups of fewer than 5 people. If you are an agency or are traveling with a large group, please contact Reserva Caoba via WhatsApp or at info@reservacaoba.com.
Past, present and future
Caoba was born in 1999, when marine biologist Eberhard Wedler discovered the site: 30 hectares of completely deforested land. He started a nursery, planted native and exotic species, and allowed 25 hectares to regenerate naturally, while manually planting the remaining 5 hectares to create what is now a living plant collection.
Today, the area has returned to being a tropical forest; jaguars, pumas, ocelots, deer, anteaters, and other species have been captured on camera traps just 10 km from Santa Marta. We continue to operate the nursery—donating trees to those wishing to reforest—and hosting university field research.
Looking to the future, the goal is simple: to protect more forest, expand the jaguar corridor, and continue showing every visitor why preserving all of this is worthwhile.