Cartagena · Colombia
Private Tours of Cartagena, at the Pace You Choose
No fixed groups. No guide holding a flag. No rushing you toward the next stop. We design private experiences through Cartagena’s fortresses, plazas, golf course and wildlife — hosted by a family whose own history is built into these walls.
Enrique Luis Maldonado Pérez
Founder & Lead Guide
About Kerü
The family that helped restore San Felipe now walks you through it
Enrique’s father spent his working life as custodian and restorer of Castillo de San Felipe de Barajas. Some of the stone you’ll stand on was put back in place by this family. That’s not a marketing line — it’s the reason our guests keep telling us they learned more in one afternoon than in a week of reading about the city.
We are cartageneros showing you Cartagena, not a script anyone can memorise.
Why Kerü
Built around you, not around a schedule
Most tours in Cartagena run on a timetable that has nothing to do with you. Ours don’t. Here’s what that actually means on the day.
Genuinely Private
You and your group. Nobody else.
No minimum numbers, no strangers joining, no waiting in a hotel lobby while the van collects six other bookings. If you want to spend forty minutes in one plaza because the light is good, we spend forty minutes in that plaza.
Local, Not Rehearsed
Our guides were born here.
They’ll tell you which family lived in that house, why that street has that name, and what’s behind the door tourists walk past. Guests regularly tell us that other groups drifted over to listen in. That happens because the knowledge is real.
Everything Handled
Hotel pickup and return, entrance fees, chilled water, and travel insurance are included in every experience.
You bring sunscreen and comfortable shoes. We handle the rest, including the parts of Cartagena logistics that quietly ruin people’s afternoons.
Cruise-Ready
If you’re in port for the day, we build the route around your sailing time and get you back with room to spare.
Our experiences were designed specifically for cruise schedules — roughly six hours, covering the fortifications and the walled city in one run.
Reviews
What our guests say
We’re rated 4.9 out of 5 on Tripadvisor. What we’re proudest of isn’t the number — it’s that people mention the same things over and over: the pace, the patience, and how much they actually learned.
Rated by travellers on Tripadvisor
Average rating 4.9/5
Plan Your Days
Travelling with company?
Two or more save 10%
Every experience is discounted by 10% for groups of two or more. Tell us your dates and what you’d like to see, and we’ll come back with a plan and a fixed price — usually within a few hours.
We reply personally, in English or Spanish. No deposit required to hold a date.
Gallery
Cartagena, as our guests saw it
Every photograph here was taken on one of our experiences. This is a city that makes casual photographers look good — the light, the colour and the walls do most of the work.
Tell us what you want from Cartagena
Whether it’s one afternoon in the walled city or four days built around golf, birds and fortresses, we’ll design it around your dates, your pace and the people you’re travelling with.
