Playa Blanca
Playa Blanca
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8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Monday
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Tuesday
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Wednesday
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Thursday
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Friday
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Saturday
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Sunday
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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Alessandra R
Bogota, Colombia212 contributions
Jan 2021 • Family
We visited this beach coming from the Aquarium, thru the Canopy. The view from the top was wonderful, but when getting to the beach itself we noticed the sand was dark and it has lots of rocks, need to be careful when going to the sea. We also expected to leave later but when we were there they said the mast boat is at 3:40pm as the beach needs to be empty by 4pm. This is also a very busy beach that gets full very fast, so make sure you head there early in the morning.
The good thing is that it’s very close from Rodadero beach, less than 10min by boat.
The good thing is that it’s very close from Rodadero beach, less than 10min by boat.
Written January 11, 2021
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Ira S
Tucson, AZ845 contributions
Oct 2021
To get to Playa Blanca you take a boat. The beach itself is not the nicest beach in the area. It is crowded, full of hawkers and closes early, if I remember correctly it was about 4 when we were asked to leave. Overhead there is a zip line so people are zipping back and forth.
Leaving the beach was chaotic since many people are leaving at the same time and must take the same boat they arrived on. We could not find our boat and after several telephone calls to the person who arranged the boat for us, we found it.
For a day at the beach, it is OK, just OK, but if you want a wide white sandy beach with few people and no hawkers head to Tayrona
Leaving the beach was chaotic since many people are leaving at the same time and must take the same boat they arrived on. We could not find our boat and after several telephone calls to the person who arranged the boat for us, we found it.
For a day at the beach, it is OK, just OK, but if you want a wide white sandy beach with few people and no hawkers head to Tayrona
Written October 23, 2021
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Icac
Medellin, Colombia3 contributions
Aug 2024 • Family
It’s a quiet beach, I didn’t get much attention because the area to be on the water (and that doesn’t completely cover you) is very short compared to other beaches and if you go with children with more reason. Another thing is that the sand is thicker then it becomes difficult to walk (compared to e.g. the reel, big beach Taganga, etc).
Lunch is around 40,000 pesos, tent with chairs around 60,000 pesos
To go to white beach if you don’t go with an agency, you can look for the taximarine (a yellow taxi boat) that takes you from the jetty to white beach.
Lunch is around 40,000 pesos, tent with chairs around 60,000 pesos
To go to white beach if you don’t go with an agency, you can look for the taximarine (a yellow taxi boat) that takes you from the jetty to white beach.
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Written August 3, 2024
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Jeffrey R
6 contributions
Jan 2020 • Couples
VERY crowded, not much space. The opposite of a relaxing day at the beach. We used one of the shade structures to put our stuff for 45 minutes and the guy wanted 30,000. We negotiated him down to twenty mil but otherwise no place to keep a towel
Written January 27, 2020
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Drew R
43 contributions
Jan 2022 • Couples
Save yourself time and money by volunteering in a hot, overcrowded refugee camp when you get home.
For full effect take a boom box with music you don’t like and then rub bacon grease on your chest to appropriately simulate the discomfort and attract the proper number of flies.
Extremely overcrowded with far more people than facilities to serve them
For full effect take a boom box with music you don’t like and then rub bacon grease on your chest to appropriately simulate the discomfort and attract the proper number of flies.
Extremely overcrowded with far more people than facilities to serve them
Written January 25, 2022
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HELDEN
Leeds, UK39 contributions
Dec 2021
Horribly place full of locals with loudspeakers, prices like in Marbella - Spain- but trust me that is NOT what you wasted your time by coming to Santa Marta or Colombia. You will be taken by some strangers little boat to the beach; around 15 minutes, then you will be discharged on the beach- dirty, smelly, with drunk people around.
Do NOT waste your time , don't get ripped off!
Do NOT waste your time , don't get ripped off!
Written March 16, 2022
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Patricia M
93 contributions
Jul 2023
Beautiful place to end the day. We went by boat from El Rodadero, spent a few hours at the aquarium and from there to the beach. It is very picturesque, the water is fabulous (a little cold but the day was extremely hot), transparent. It has the basics such as restaurants, tents, to spend a day at the beach in a paradisiacal environment.
Written August 8, 2023
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Wilson E
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Sept 2024 • Couples
As a group we had a great time but the actual beach is a disaster in my opinion. We just came from our hotel that practically has a private beach with barely anyone on it to a beach that was filthy, overcrowded on the sand and in the water. Smelled like gasoline everywhere you went due to all the boats hovered around the beach waiting for the guests. You can only arrive by boat to the beach therefore the boats are a necessity there. If you are looking for relaxation do not come here. And you have zip lines above you that really ruin a beach experience. And local workers vying for restaurant business and boat workers fighting over whose customers is whose. Really disappointing experience but our group had fun with it because we always do. And telling the stories to our friends and families was a blast. I will never go back to this beach. We went because it was top 10 on beaches to see but it must have been based on what the beach might have been like years ago. I can’t imagine anyone enjoying their time there unless they have different expectations.
Written September 15, 2024
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sumo232
Bogota, Colombia50 contributions
Apr 2024 • Family
We made the visit as part of a package to visit the Aquarium. After visiting the aquarium, the transportation service leaves us in Playa Blanca. Since we went in low season and on a weekday it was not crowded at all. They offer tents and chairs (there is no other option since there is no vegetation). There are vendors but they are not annoying like in Cartagena and some offer drinks and food at moderate prices. There are options to do canopy and banana rides but we didn't take them. The beach is coarse sand and rocky on the shore and the waves are moderate.
Written May 1, 2024
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Casandra S
5 contributions
Aug 2023 • Couples
To get there you must take a marine taxi from Rodadero beach. The establishment accepts card and offers you 3 options: only trip $25,000, trip and aquarium, and with food service. We took the trip because we don't like to see enclosed dolphins and I had read about the food that the option they sell you is not very good.
There are several restaurants on the beach. We went to the two-story palapa. Here you can eat and leave your things to go to the beach. There is also the option of renting palapas.
The last marine taxi returns to the taxiway at 4:10 pm.
There are several restaurants on the beach. We went to the two-story palapa. Here you can eat and leave your things to go to the beach. There is also the option of renting palapas.
The last marine taxi returns to the taxiway at 4:10 pm.
Written August 9, 2023
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Liz C
Bogota, Colombia
Buenas tardes. A la fecha de hoy agosto de 2023, me podrían informar si en playa blanca admiten mascotas?? Tengo un french poodle pequeño y va a viajar con nosotros.
Written August 31, 2023
Quisiera saber si en playa blanca se permite la entrada de perros
Written June 29, 2022
Buenos dias Lizethe cuando fui no habia problema que lo lleves a la playa, el problema es que hay varios hoteles que no admiten mascotas, ahora no se que restriccion hay despues de la pandemia
Espero mi respuesta te oriente
Written July 1, 2022
Quisiera saber cuanto tiempo se debe caminar para llegar a esta playa?
Written December 20, 2021
Hola! viajaremoa a Bogota y alquilamos un auto para recorrer colombia. Primero iriamos a Mdellin y desde alli al parque tayrona (800km) , me pueden aconsejar si vale la pena hacerlo en coche y si las vistas o lugares que ver en tantos kilometros lo justifica o mejor tomatr un vuelo desde Medellin a Tayrona????? quisiera un consejo
Written November 4, 2021
Pues es mejor claro lo que se gasta en peajes el tiempo y demás sale mejor en avión
Written November 5, 2021
Há possibilidade de andar de moto de água nesta praia?
Written January 24, 2020
how do we see the panama canel we are staying at playa blanca beach resort
Written August 14, 2019
Hola. Me podrían dar información detallada sobre el canopy? Lo puedo hacer por mi cuenta? El tiempo que estaré es muy limitado.
Written April 25, 2019
Aya no fui al canopy pero en costa Rica, en La Fortuna... Es uno de los mas bueno en el mundo... Va aya! Es arriba de lagos y son muy largo como un milia media. Dale!
Written February 26, 2019
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