Why visit the totumo volcano?
Do you want to live a unique experience accompanied by nature? You have to visit this great totumo volcano, in this article we will tell you why you should visit this great tourist center
Where is the totumo volcano located?
This Colombian natural wonder is located in the town of Santa Catalina, in the department of Bolívar.
How do I get to the Totumo volcano?
To get to this volcano you must go to Cartagena or Barranquilla, in the transport of these cities you can get directly to the volcano. The average time from these cities to the volcano is 1 hour and 20 minutes. Once you get to the volcano, you must climb some rustic stairs and prepare your entrance into the crater.
Let’s answer the question: Why visit the Totumo volcano?
You are doubting whether or not to go to this great tourist center, we will only tell you what are you waiting for? These are 4 reasons for you to take your moletas and family to go on a tour.
- The volcano is an exotic and medicinal site
This volcano is one of the few in the world in which you can submerge without any consequences, even tourists who have ventured into submerging have experienced endless changes in their body and in their life.
This volcano has healing powers although it sounds hard to believe. With more than 15 meters high and its crater with a diameter of 3 meters, this volcano has water, silica, aluminum, magnesium, sulfur, calcium, iron and much more minerals which the volcano itself expels.
For the healing powers to have greater effects, you should wait for your body to absorb the healing qualities of the mud, (approximately 10 minutes). Then remove the mud in the freshwater swamp in which you can bathe or let yourself be bathed by the community itself and thus contributing to its local economy.
Concern: Can I sink or drown in the volcano?
NO, this volcano does not even allow your body to enter its entirety, being so thick it does not allow your body to enter its entirety.
2. History of the totumo volcano
This story is fascinating for believers, a long time ago when the volcano was active, it caused many headaches to the community for which they decided to support themselves with a Catholic father, who came and threw holy water and many prayers converting the washes into beneficial minerals.
You will be able to manage this history, we invite you to ask your tour guide or the natives themselves about the history of its great volcano.
3. Natural getaway with your family
The view in this volcano is a unique experience, more than 15 meters in the sky and being able to contemplate a Cienega below. In addition, its healing power includes from the youngest to the oldest. Taking a new healthy lifestyle. Even the volcano has a popular belief, it is believed by the natives that the volcano can remove arthritis and acne. We all wish we had such a memory as a child, being able to ride and enter a volcano with his family and live to tell about it. FASCINATING!
4.Its native food is exquisite.
What happiness it is to be able to enter the volcano and eat an exquisite plane when going down, to continue with the tour. There are many restaurants in the areas of the volcano and in the Ciénega, in these restaurants you can enjoy the famous arepa with egg, coconut water and many typical juices of the area. And why not a main dish like fried fish, salted widow and many more forms.
