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Discover La Topa Tolondra + 2 Salsa Museums Tour

By Cali Cultural Tours
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$84 per adult
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 5h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages
Overview

Immerse yourself in the vibrant culture of Cali, known as the Salsa Capital of the World. This engaging 5-hour tour takes you through key salsa landmarks, including the Jairo Varela Museum and the Barrio Obrero Salsa Museum. Browse a vinyl shop for classic salsa records. Conclude with a fun group salsa dance class suitable for all levels, led by expert instructors. Experience the rhythm of Cali as you learn about the city's rich salsa history.

  • Duration: 5 hours of cultural exploration and dance
  • Includes transport, museum entries and a 2-hour salsa class
  • Small-group experience with a bilingual guide
  • Suitable for all dance levels, perfect for music and culture enthusiasts
Activity location
  • Plazoleta Jairo Varela
    • Avenida 2f Norte S/N
    • 760006, Cali, Colombia
Meeting/Redemption Point
  • Museo Jairo Varela
    • 60 Avenida 2 Norte
    • 760045, Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia

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Cali Salsa Tour: Dance, Food & Culture in Salsa Capital
  • Activity duration is 5 hours and 30 minutes5h 30m
    5h 30m
  • English
Starting time: 3:30 PM
Price details
AU$133.33 x 1 AdultAU$133.33
Total
Price is AU$133.33
Kids-friendly
  • Activity duration is 5 hours and 30 minutes5h 30m
    5h 30m
  • English

Duration: 3 hours 30 minutes: For the kid-friendly version, we only do the museums and skip the salsa class because it's in a bar and kids are not allowed.

Starting time: 3:30 PM
Price details
AU$84.16 x 1 AdultAU$84.16
Total
Price is AU$84.16

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    To all places visited.
  • What's includedWhat's included
    We will take Uber in between places (included).
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Snacks
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Bottled water
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Alcoholic Drinks

Know before you book

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Plazoleta Jairo Varela
  • 45m
  • Admission ticket included
We will enter the Jairo Varela Museum to explore and learn about the musical career of the most important salsa band for Cali: Grupo Niche. Original items, instruments, musical sheets, Grammy awards, and more.
Melassa Cali
  • 20m
In this corner full of music, you will see how alive vynil disc culture is in Cali. Developed around a train station where sailors arrived to sell their overseas findings, a place where salsa found fertile soil to lay roots in Cali. Authentic salsa musical instruments as well as vynil discs and more.
Museo De La Salsa
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
Enter a temple for salsa lovers all around the world. With +1500 public printed pictures, +4000 private printed pictures and +300.000 undeveloped negatives this is the largest salsa photographic collection of humankind. Accompanied by your bilingual guide, you will understand Salsa's original, development, arrival to Cali and how the city grew to be the Salsa capital of the planet. A very different museum.
La Topa Tolondra
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
A must visit place for anyone who wants to learn how to dance in the Salsa capital of the planet. Big place, A/C, frequented by international travellers, and with public salsa classes everyday. Healthy, safe and fun. The class is usually structured around 2 hours of Cali style salsa, or just 1 hour + 1 hour for another rythm like mambo, chachacha or boogaloo.

Location

Activity location
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    Plazoleta Jairo Varela
    • Avenida 2f Norte S/N
    • 760006, Cali, Colombia
Meeting/Redemption Point
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Museo Jairo Varela
    • 60 Avenida 2 Norte
    • 760045, Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia

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