Impulse Travel

Impulse Travel

Impulse Travel
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About
IMPULSE - immersive travel experiences. We want you to fall in love with Colombia and love it as much as we do. Immerse into our country with our awesome guides who bring you original, informative, and fun tours. Feel welcome by our Colombian staff who know what it’s like to travel. With our knowledge and planning, we ensure every vacation day counts so you won’t miss out on the good stuff.
Bogota, Colombia

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2024

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4.7
4.7 of 5 bubbles864 reviews
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Elliot S
Santa Fe, NM213 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2025 • Couples
We are older experienced travelers who prefer to travel as a couple rather than in a group. With the help of a peerless trip arranger, Felipe Cardona, we designed a 17 day "tasting menu" trip of many places in Columbia. Among the places we visited were, Bogota, the Andes near Bogota, Leticia and the Peruvian Amazon, Medellin, Jardin, Santa Marta are and ruins and Cartagena. To sum up our experience: superb and very wothwhile. Every place we went we were greeted by knowledgeable and personable guides, on-time and excellent drivers, very nice accommodations and food, and consistently involving activities.

In particular the many guides we met, Dianna, Johnny, Will, Gabo, Doriel, Monica, Catherine, Victoria and others enhanced our experience and provided very professional and personable interactions.

To get to these diverse places and return home we took 10 flights, mostly with Avianca without incident or delay.

We would strongly recommend a trip like this, perhaps with a day longer stay in certain locations to anyone who requires personalized service and excellent responsiveness to a travelers needs.
Written February 10, 2025
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Thank you so much for your wonderful review, elliots363! We're delighted to hear that you had such an enriching experience with Impulse Travel. It was a pleasure to help you design a personalized itinerary that explored the beautiful diversity of Colombia, and we're thrilled that everything—from the guides to the accommodations—met your expectations. Felipe and the entire team, including Dianna, Johnny, Will, Gabo, Doriel, Monica, Catherine, and Victoria, will be so happy to hear that their efforts helped make your trip memorable. Your recommendation means the world to us, and we truly appreciate your feedback. We hope to have the pleasure of welcoming you again for another unforgettable adventure! - Impulse Travel Team
Written February 12, 2025
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christieloo
Denver, CO5 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Sep 2022
I worked with Impulse Travel for many months on tours across Colombia for a large group and can say without hesitation that Impulse is wonderful to work with--professional, insightful, knowledgeable, and always, always helpful. CEO and owner Rodrigo Atuesta is absolutely committed to providing the best experience for Impulse guests and it shows every step of the way. Personally, I was on two different Impulse Tours: A day tour in Cartagena that included going to a local market with a local chef, and a three-night tour at a lodge in the Colombian Amazon. Gustavo, our tour guide in Cartagena was flexible and easy to work with; he took great care to make sure we were always safe and his knowledge of Cartagena is extensive. Doriel, the guide who took us from Bogota to the Amazon and back was exceptional and I would travel with him again in a heartbeat. Moreover, the feedback from members of our group on every Impulse tour was very positive. I recommend Impulse Travel to anyone wanting to explore the beautiful country of Colombia with excellent guides,
Written September 29, 2022
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Thank you very much for your words of encouragement Christine. For us at Impulse was very exciting to be part of the group´s plans. Every experience went really well, but I have to say that it was also because of the travellers... their willingness and curisosity made it very enjoyable for us, all guides (and I include myself) and staff at Impulse had an amazing time as well. Cheers!
Written September 30, 2022
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Meredith P
4 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2022 • Friends
Can’t thank Raul & his team enough for organizing an amazing time in Colombia. We contacted him pretty last minute and he was able to organize a week full of activities and hotel transfers. All of the tours were fantastic and exceeded expectations. The one on one attention was an added bonus and everything was communicated clearly and a seamless experience. We just showed up and everything was taken care of!

We did two day tours (Communa 13 & Urban Transformation) and paragliding in Medellín, a wonderful hike outside Bogota, and the Weaving Peace tour in Bogota with Raul. In hindsight, I wish we would have started out trip with the Weaving Peace tour in Bogota as it gave us a fabulous overview of Colombian history that we frankly were pretty green on, but our travel plans had us starting in Medellin. Either way, this tour is a do not miss.

All in all, we would absolutely recommend Impulse Travel to anyone traveling to Colombia. Can’t wait to go back!
Written December 26, 2022
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No worries Meredith, the pleasure was mine! thanks so much for your words, and your engagement makes everything we do at Impulse worth it! Cheers
Written December 26, 2022
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Cameron cre8art
san francisco, United States32 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2025 • Couples
Started in Bogota, Toured the city & museums, went to the Salt Cathedral, and the scared lagoon. Flew to Medellin, Tour of city, Commune 13, Guatape and El penol. Flew to Santa Marta, hike into Tayrona Park and Cabo San Juan. Next off to Barraquilla and two days at Carnival. Final stop was Cartagena with a city, fortress and convent tour. Amazing sequence of events with too many positive memories to list here. All in all a great tour and highly recommended to anyone.
Written March 13, 2025
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Hi Cameron! Thanks so much for your kind words — we're so happy to hear you had such an amazing journey! It means a lot to know the trip left you with so many great memories. We'd love to welcome you back anytime for more adventures in Colombia! Warm wishes from the Impulse Travel team 💛
Written March 18, 2025
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Jaspreet L
12 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Apr 2023
We had a lovely week vacation organized by Impulse travel to Cartegena, Medillin and Bogota. All the guides were extremely professional and knowledgeable, transportation was great and the agency was very responsive to our questions. We learned a lot about Colombia and met many locals which was really great. Enjoyed great local food as well. Highly recommend!
Written April 14, 2023
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From behalf of the Impulse Team, it makes us so proud to read your comment! Our job is to make sure your expectations are met, glad this happened.
Written April 19, 2023
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Steven W
1 contribution
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2020
My wife and I did two tours and loved them both.

We did the Zipaquirá Salt Cathedral / Guatavita Lagoon tour with Alejandro and had a great time. Alejandro was a great guide and he taught us a lot at both locations. I highly recommend checking out the Salt Cathedral it is a unique artistic experience and really cool to see in person.

We also did the Coffee Farm Experience at San Francisco tour with Amelio as our guide. Amelio was also a great guide and a lot of fun to spend time with. We had a a blast picking our own coffee, seeing the whole process, and drinking the delicious coffee. This tour was certainly worth it and we bought a bunch of coffee to bring home with us.

Both guides met us on time and we were picked up in front of our hotel.
Written March 14, 2020
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Hey Steven! Thank you for taking the time to share your comments regarding your experiences in Bogotá. It's great to hear that your tours in Guatavita, Zipaquira and San Francisco were fun and worth experiences. Alejandra and Emilio are sucha great and very knowledgeable tour guides. Hope to host you in your next experiences in Colombia. Kind regards, Valeria
Written March 16, 2020
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Lukd
Bogota, Colombia87 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2020
During our 5 weeks of holiday and travelling around Colombia we made 5 tours through impulse travel and were never disappointed. We did the breaking borders-barrio egipto tour and city tour in Bogotá, the Valle de cocora tour in Salento, the communa 13 tour in Medellín and the Bazurto market tour in Cartagena. All of them were very well organised and we really enjoyed each experience with impulse travel. Our guides were always young, socially engaged people that spoke very well English. Each of them looked very well after us and treated us with free water, snack, nice lunch and most of all a lot of explanation, not only about the tour itself but they always gave us a wider perspective on history, environment and current situation in Colombia.
Special thanks to Emilio and our driver who spend the first days in Bogota with us, to Christian for the time he took to show us around Valle de cocora and his biological knowledge, to talkative and heartwarming Kate who lead us through the buzzling bazurto market, you all have a special place in our heart!
We could really appreciate the social engagement of impulse travel and certainly recommend this tour company!
Written February 9, 2020
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Hi Luk! Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and comments regarding your Colombian trip. We're thrilled to know that you had such an amazing experience in each city. In Impulse Travel we strive to contribute to the peace building in Colombia with our Heart tours that support local comunities and projects. It's great to see how Colombia can change their history through tourism giving people new oppotunities. Hope to be your host in your next time in Colombia. Kind regards, Valeria
Written February 10, 2020
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Dreamingofnexttrip
Los Angeles, CA43 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2019 • Family
We used Impulse Travel for transfers in Salento and Cartagena and day trips to Fenix Beach and the Corcora Valley. They respond to emails promptly and everything they organized for us worked out perfectly and the prices were fair considering what was included. I wholeheartedly recommend them. They made planning fun adventures easy.
Written January 12, 2020
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Hi Robert! Again, thank you so much for share your comments and feedback with us, it's important for us to know our customers' opinions to keep improve our services. I'm happy to know that you had a great experience during your trip in Colombia. As local operators, we strive to give our customers the best and personalize experiences to make them fall in love with our country and make them easier to travel Colombia. Hope we can be your host in your next time in Colombia. Kind regards, Valeria
Written January 13, 2020
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Mara_Jay
Toronto, Canada19 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2020
Valeria of Impulse Travel helped make my friends trip to Carnaval Barranquilla so easy! Through her, we easily obtained round-trip private transportation to/from Cartagena and Barranquilla, and Palco (grandstand) tickets for Carnaval me and 10 of my friends. We were finding it very challenging to book Carnaval tickets online with our Canadian credit cards.....doing everything through Impulse travel was so much easier! We would definitely recommend Impulse Travel!
Written March 4, 2020
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Hi Mara! Thank you so much for your comments and for share your experience with more travelers like you. It was a pleasure to help you with your trip. I'm glad that you had a great trip and enjoyed the biggest Colombian party which also a world heritage. We always try to make things easier for our clients to get a full experience in our country! Hope to be your host in your next time in Colombia. Kind regards, Valeria
Written March 5, 2020
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Deydi Arauz
Panama City, Panama79 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2020 • Family
If you are travelling as a family (no children) I will highly recommend this tour.
Our tour guide Alejandro went over expectations. He was very knowledgeable about Bogota’s history and recent events as well.
The highlight for the tour is the gold museum. You need to go with a guide in order to appreciate what is inside, you can’t skip the museum!!!
Written January 10, 2020
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Hi Deydi! Thanks for taking your time to share your comments regarding your experience in Bogotá. It's important for us to know our customers' opinions. I'm thrilled that you had a great time visiting the big city with Alejandro, he's such an amazing tour guide. You're right, the Gold museum is one the hide gems in Bogotá, the collection is the biggest in Latin America and you can learn lots of Colombia's history. Hope we can be your host in your next time in Colombia! Kind regards, Valeria
Written January 13, 2020
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