Meet your local guide and expert, María! María Andrea Pineda López is a designer, project manager, and producer with a strong social and environmental focus. Based in Nuquí, Chocó, her work is rooted in community processes and territorial engagement. She believes in art, care, and collaborative practices as key tools for fostering social transformation and sustainable change.
Physical Rating: Moderate
DAY 1
March 17
Arrival of the group in Medellín, welcome, and hotel check-in. We will use the afternoon to visit one of Medellín’s neighborhoods that has built its history through resistance and art as a tool for social transformation. There, we will enjoy a lunch with the flavors of a Colombian home. In the evening, we will return near the hotel for a delicious signature dinner and rest.
DAY 2
March 18
In the morning, we will explore more of the southern Aburrá Valley (Itagüí), learning firsthand about community transformation processes through art and culture with Fundación Cultural El Hormiguero (@elhormi_ / elhormi.org). We will take a cultural tour of the local murals, along with some birdwatching and observation of local flora, ending with a wood-fired lunch.
In the afternoon, we will return to Medellín for a cultural tour of the city’s most emblematic downtown spaces, learning about the movement through music, bars, parks, and museums.
We will meet for dinner in the evening where we will learn more about the context of the place we will be traveling, the communities and the itinerary, and we will have the chance to answer any questions you might have. We will give an idea of what we each expect from the workshop. We will share our intentions in an intimate ceremony and prepare for our flight the next day.
DAY 3
TRIBUGÁ
March 19
Departure to our main destination: Nuquí. Hotel check-in (in the municipal center) and lunch on the beach. Welcome ritual and opening of the experience in the territory. We will have a brief conversation about methodologies and ways of inhabiting the territory, as well as an introduction to the processes we will visit over the coming days—among them, the most relevant: Guardianes del Mar (@guardianesdelmar.gt).
At the end of the afternoon, we will hold a film forum to watch the documentary Ocean by David Attenborough, followed by a discussion with a representative of Guardianes del Mar. We will close the day with a beach bonfire!
DAY 4
March 20
We will visit one of the corregimientos closest to Nuquí’s municipal center, called Panguí. We will take a boat ride of approximately 15 minutes through the mangroves to visit a local initiative that safeguards the coastal marine territory alongside children from the community. If weather and environmental conditions allow, we will do some snorkeling to observe and monitor various species.
DAY 5
TRIBUGÁ
March 21
This will be a very special day. We will head to the northern area of the Gulf of Tribugá, specifically to a corregimiento called Jurubirá. This journey will be by boat and will take approximately 35 minutes. There, we will also meet a social initiative that trains children in freediving and aquatic skills. We will go mountain hiking and visit the hot springs to bring healing to body and soul. This experience will be accompanied by a great local cook, freediver, and diver.
DAY 6
TRIBUGÁ
March 22
We depart from the municipal center to our next destination: Guachalito, a beach that belongs to the corregimiento of Joví and is a favorite among our visitors. This boat trip will take approximately 35–40 minutes. We will check in at our hotel (@nuqui_magico), and the afternoon will be free for rest and for getting to know this beautiful place.
DAY 7
TRIBUGÁ
March 23
We will visit the village of Joví to learn firsthand about one of the environmental initiatives gaining strength in the territory, led by one of the Guardians of the Sea. Complementing this experience, we will learn about local entrepreneurship and gastronomy, and to close the visit, we will take a traditional medicinal plant bath. This boat trip will take approximately 15 minutes.
DAY 8
TRIBUGÁ
March 24
We will visit three ventures/companies run by three members of Guardianes del Mar. In the first, we will learn about the process of transforming materials that the Guardians of the Sea recover from the ocean floor and walk along a medicinal plant trail. In the second, we will visit the dive center allied with Guardianes del Mar (@buceokakiri), where we will have a conversation about the history of the creation of Guardianes del Mar with its founder. In the third, we will take a viche tour guided by one of the Guardians of the Sea.
DAY 9
TRIBUGÁ
March 25
This will be a special day, as we will finally meet with most of the Guardians of the Sea to talk specifically about the mission, the group’s vision, and to live an aquatic experience alongside those who look at the ocean depths with love.
If weather and sea conditions allow, we will be able to join the Guardians in an immersion experience through diving or snorkeling.
DAY 10
TRIBUGÁ
March 26
We will visit the final initiative of one of the Guardians of the Sea, focused on surfing. This boat trip will take approximately 20 minutes. Through this experience, we will get to know the corregimiento of Termales, its local ventures, and the experience of the southern hot springs. In the evening, we will have a beautiful closing bonfire at the hotel with a big surprise!
DAY 11
RETURN TO MEDELLÍN
March 27
Breakfast and departure by boat to Nuquí’s municipal center to catch the flight back to Medellín. After checking into the hotel, we will go out for lunch and visit the Medellín Botanical Garden.
DAY 12
DEPARTURE
March 28
Return of the group to their respective destinations.