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Three ways to travel with us
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Essential tours in Colombia and Mexico
50+ experiences available at the last minute.
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Routes curated by experts in art and nature
Multi-day itineraries that string together remarkable places. Themed and tailor-made routes.
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Cultural immersions led by remarkable people
Tables, workshops and ceremonies run by grandmothers, healers and cooks in Mexico City. Offered nowhere else.
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Tours
Essential tours
Cartagena
Rosario Islands
The liveliest beach club in the archipelago. Out at 7:30 and back at 4:00, with a typical lunch by the water.
From $125 USD
per person
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Cartagena
San Basilio de Palenque
The first free town in the Americas, founded by escaped slaves. Its own language, a drum and dance show, and a typical lunch with local rum.
From $100 USD
per person
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Cartagena
Full city tour
The essentials of Cartagena in three or four hours: San Felipe castle, La Popa, the walled city, Getsemaní and Bocagrande.
From $60 USD
per person
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Cartagena
Mangroves and drums
The canoe through the mangroves and, after lunch, an African drumming class with the musicians of La Boquilla.
From $95 USD
per person
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Mexico City
National Museum of Anthropology
We visit some of the most important rooms of the Mesoamerican legacy: Mexica (Aztec), Maya and Olmec. A unique experience that brings together history, art and culture.
From $49 USD
per person
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Mexico City
Frida Kahlo and Xochimilco
The Blue House in the morning and, in the afternoon, two hours by trajinera along the canals left of the lake city.
Price on request
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Mexico City
Mexican muralism
Rivera, Orozco and Siqueiros where they actually are: on the walls of public buildings.
From $49 USD
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Mexico City
Teotihuacán and the Basilica of Guadalupe
The Avenue of the Dead and the two great pyramids, stopping at the Basilica on the way.
Price on request
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Routes
Curated routes
Colombia
10 days
Colombia: The Highlights
Cartagena · Medellín · Bogotá
Wander through the colonial streets of Cartagena, feel the innovative energy of Medellin, and discover Bogota´s vibrant art scene and world-class gastronomy. This is the perfect introduction to Colombia.
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Colombia
7 days
Gabo & the Yellow Butterfly
Cartagena · Barranquilla · Ciénaga · Aracataca · Mompox
Follow the footsteps of the world's greatest storyteller, through Caribbean ports, magical swamps, and the sleepy town where it all began. A journey through the real Macondo, where reality and fantasy still blur at the edges.
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Mexico
8 days
Mexico: The Highlights
Mexico City · Puebla · Oaxaca
Ancient pyramids, murals that tell a nation's story, markets full of mole and mezcal, and ruins older than memory. This is Mexico at its most iconic, and most alive.
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Immersions
Cultural immersions
Water
Corn & Tonal Reading
Corn kernels are cast on the cloth and answer what you ask, as has been done in central Mexico for centuries. A personal consultation, not a show.
Price on request
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Earth
Herbal Medicine Workshop on My Chinampa, Xochimilco
Recognising, cutting and preparing the medicinal plants growing on the chinampa, with someone who uses them daily. You go home with a remedy you made.
Price on request
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Earth
Tamale Workshop: Mumu’un Baj
Grinding, beating the masa and folding the leaf, next to someone who has been doing it half their life. The workshop ends by eating the tamales you wrapped yourself.
Price on request
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Air
Becoming Frida: Identity & Daily Life in Coyoacán
Coyoacán not as the Blue House backdrop but as the neighbourhood where someone dressed, ate and argued every day. The dress, the braids and the flowers, explained from the inside.
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How we work
No forms, no waiting
We build the itinerary
You get a PDF itinerary with a day-by-day plan, prices and what each activity includes. Usually the same day.
We adjust it and you travel
Change whatever you like, as many times as you like. The day before you arrive we message you with meeting points and times.
Verified reviews
What travellers say
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The best guides in Mexico
It’s definitely not worth visiting these places without a good guide, and we certainly chose the best. Thank you GM for immersing us in the history and magic of Mexico.
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Excellent mural tour
An excellent experience. José was very willing and had great knowledge of the subject.
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Highly recommended, downtown tour
José Vicente was our guide on the downtown tour. We discovered very interesting buildings and corners, and he explained the city’s history in an enjoyable and entertaining way.
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Excellent guide
José was an outstanding guide at the Soumaya Museum. He was extremely knowledgeable, thorough and clearly passionate about the art and history he shared.
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Colombians in Mexico
Excellent! We loved everything. The guide explains everything clearly, gave us tips and was very kind. We would definitely book again.
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Great experience
José was an incredible guide. He is very knowledgeable and passionate about art, history and culture.
About us
10 years, operating as a family
Tailor-made groups, bespoke itineraries and five languages. It has been our combination since 2016.
GM International Travel is a travel agency and tour operator founded in 2016 in Cartagena de Indias by three siblings. We started out as Airbnb co-hosts, and soon ventured out to explore new cities in our country until we reached Mexico.
We are not middlemen for other companies: we work directly with guides, drivers and boats. That gives us the flexibility to change times, starting points, restaurant bookings or whatever you ask for at the last minute. And it certainly keeps our prices competitive.
We work in five languages, with independent travellers, families and groups. Write to us — we would like to connect with you.
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