Cali Street Food Walking Tour: Local snacks and landmarks
Pandebono, empanadas, fried pork ice cream: a two-hour walk through Cali's food neighborhoods
The Cali Street Food Walking Tour is a two-hour guided walk through the city's neighborhoods where you stop at bakeries, fried food vendors and specialty shops to taste local snacks chosen by your guide. You walk past street art, historical downtown streets and a 150-year-old printing workshop, tasting items like pandebono, empanadas, marranitas and ice cream at each stop: vegetarian, gluten-free and meat options available at every stage. Bottled water is included. Most travelers finish full after sampling two items per stop.
Options for this experience
2 optionsStep-by-step itinerary
Cali street food and cultural walk
- Walk beloved Cali neighborhood
- Walk on Colombia's longest urban tunnel
- Explore Cali's historical downtown street
- Visit historical house with local businesses
- Stop at well-known bakery for snacks
- Explore colorful food neighborhood
- Enjoy hearty fried local food stop
- See unique lithography printing machines
- End tour with ice cream tasting
What’s included
- Bottled water.
- tasting items at a local bakery (choose from pandebono, buñuelo, arepa, almojabana, empanada de cambray, coffee, fruit juices, oatmeals and bottled water).
- a fried food stop (empanadas, marranitas, papa rellena, papa aborrajada, maduro aborrajado).
- a visit to a working lithography printing workshop.
- two scoops of ice cream at the final stop.
Times
- Every day 12:30 18:00
Before you book
Operated by Cali Cultural Tours
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The experience
The tour starts in one of Cali's most beloved neighborhoods and moves through the city's food zones on foot. Your guide, who knows the spots personally, takes you past Colombia's longest urban tunnel and its street art, then through the historical downtown where the streets date back centuries. You'll see one of the oldest houses in the city, now run by a community of single mothers operating a souvenir shop, café and restaurant. The walk itself is the connective tissue: the neighborhoods matter as much as the food.
At the first main stop, a well-known local bakery, you choose from pandebono, buñuelo, arepa, almojabana, empanada de cambray, coffee, fruit juices, oatmeals and bottled water. The guide explains why these bakeries matter to how Cali eats. Then you move deeper into one of the city's best food areas, where the second stop serves hearty fried food: empanadas, marranitas, papa rellena, papa aborrajada and maduro aborrajado. This is where the "we like eating" part of Colombian food culture becomes clear.
Between the food stops, you pass through a hidden gem: a working lithography printing workshop with original steam-powered machines adapted to electricity, some dating back to 1870. The final stop is an ice cream shop in San Antonio known for unusual flavors: the owner, a chef, designed the menu to summarize Colombia in scoops. Your tour includes two scoops, and the passion fruit with honey-caramelized fried pork is the house specialty. Most people are satisfied by the end.
Is this one for you?Choose the daytime Street Food Tour if you want to walk and taste at a steady pace, or the Nightlife Street Food option if you prefer the city's food scene after dark: both follow the same neighborhoods and stops, just at different hours.
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Top questions
What languages is the tour guided in?
Live guide in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
Can children come?
Yes. Ticket types: Youth (6 to 14 years); Child (2 to 5 years); Infant (under 2).
What neighborhoods do you walk through on the Cali street food tour?
You walk through several of Cali's most well-known food and cultural areas, starting in one of the city's most beloved neighborhoods, then moving past the urban tunnel and street art, through the historical downtown dating back centuries, and into the colorful corners of one of Cali's best food neighborhoods. The final stop is in San Antonio.
How many food stops are included in the two-hour tour?
There are three main food stops: a local bakery, a fried food vendor, and an ice cream shop. Between those stops you walk past landmarks and street art, and you visit a working lithography printing workshop from the 1870s.
Are there vegetarian and gluten-free options on the Cali street food tour?
Yes. The guide offers options for vegetarians, gluten-free diners and meat-lovers at every stop. Items include arepas, buñuelos, fruits, juices and coffee alongside the fried and meat options, so there is something for every diet.
What is included in the tour price?
Bottled water and two scoops of ice cream at the final stop are included. The tasting items at the bakery and fried food stops are chosen from the guide's list, and most travelers finish the tour full after sampling around two items per stop.
Is the lithography workshop part of the walking tour?
Yes. You walk past and visit one of Cali's most well-known hidden gems, a working lithography printing workshop with original machines from as far back as 1870, adapted from steam to electricity. It is a unique stop between the food vendors.
Cali Street Food Walking Tour: Local snacks and landmarks
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