Rosario Islands Beach Club: All-Day Escape from Cartagena

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Free cancellation

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Duration6h 30m

GroupUp to 50

LanguagesEN · ES

Mobile ticketAccepted

White sand, turquoise water, and a live DJ playing while you float between islands

Dharma Beach Club is a full-day tour from Cartagena to Isla Grande in the Rosario Islands, where you travel by sports boat, spend the afternoon on oceanfront beds with food and music, and return by 3 p.m. The tour includes welcome cocktail, choice of lunch (fish, chicken or vegetarian), beach bed, water and a welcome ritual; live guides speak English and Spanish, and the minimum age is 18. The 6.5-hour day leaves room for a morning in the old city or an evening meal back in Cartagena.

6h 30m

Step-by-step itinerary

Beach club day in Rosario Islands

Arrive at marina and check in
Panoramic tour of Fort de San Fernando
Panoramic tour of Rosario archipelago
Enjoy Dharma Beach Club activities and lunch
Return to Cartagena marina

The Experience

The boat leaves Cartagena's marina in the morning and takes a panoramic route through the Rosario Islands — 27 islands total, each one ringed by coral reefs and white sand. You'll pass Fort de San Fernando, a colonial military fortification on Bocachica, before arriving at Dharma, which sits on Isla Grande just minutes from the city. The club is built around the idea that everything is already arranged: transport, entry, a bed, food and drink all come with the booking, so you step off the boat and into the day without a single negotiation or line.

Once you're settled into an oceanfront bed, the rhythm is yours. A welcome drink arrives with a ritual of hand wash and rose petals. Lunch comes next — fish, chicken or vegetarian — and you eat looking at the water. A live DJ plays throughout the afternoon. If you want to swim, a snorkel mask is included; if you want to stay on the bed, that works too. The club keeps groups small and the facilities first-rate: this is not a crowded day-tripper beach, but a retreat built for people who came to disconnect.

Return transport to Cartagena happens at 3 p.m., which means you're back at the marina by early afternoon. That timing leaves your evening open — time to walk the walled city, eat dinner somewhere in Getsemaní, or simply rest after a day of sea and sun. A bottle of water waits for you at the dock before you leave.

What’s included

Sports boat transport from Cartagena's marina to Isla Grande and back.
welcome cocktail and welcome ritual with hand wash and rose petals.
lunch with your choice of fish, chicken or vegetarian dish.
oceanfront beach bed for the day.
snorkel mask.
bottle of water.

Good to know

Easy physical levelNot for pregnant travelersNot for heart conditionsNot for back problems

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Is this one for you?The 6.5-hour window means you can spend a morning exploring Cartagena's old city or sleeping in, then head to the boat by mid-morning and be back by 3 p.m. — leaving your evening free for dinner or a walk through the neighborhoods. If you need a full day away from the city or you're arriving late in the afternoon, this timing won't work; a longer island overnight would suit that better.