San Cipriano, Colombia

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On the way from Cali to the Buenaventura, San Cipriano is a tiny town that's famous because the locals have created a special transportation system: they have a bunch of train cars that they move themselves with their own strength and small motorcycles.

The town is very small and friendly, and you can swim in the river. It's a great place to hang out for a few days.

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Places to stay:

Casa David (0 comments) Cheapest night: 5 US$/night. Private rooms available.
A clean and friendly place run by locals. 10,000 pesos a night for a very basic room. You can buy lunch, dinner breaky here and softies/beers if u want.

Things to do:

The town is really two dirt tracks with wooden houses built along the river. Very green and the river is perfectly clear. There are some nice walks and you can swim in the river or go down the very small rapids on innertubes.

Hire a truck innertube (about $3-4.000 per day), walk up to the last pool, and float down river.

Eulalia's restaurant has a great lobster casserole for 15000 pesos.

Getting around & transportation:

Take a collectivo to Buenaventura, get off at Cordoba (2 hours), and ask where the railway track starts. Walk down the hill to the rail tracks (ignore the touts, they are just going to charge you more). There you can have some lunch (chicken and rice, arrepas) and then choose your cart. Basically now there are two ways, a cart with a motor bike that goes along the rail track, or one with a hand pole.

It cost 4000 COP each, and they basically go when they are full (lots of locals so they leave on a regular basis).

The scenery is spectacular and sort of follows the river. You hoot along with the wind and rain whipping you. We were all soaked, but it was a lot of fun. About 15 mins later you arrive at San Cipriano.

 

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