good morning today's video is off to a much much
better start than our last Vlog in Cartagena which seemed to be rainy and cloudy and gray for the
whole time that we were there but today we are in tayrona national park because we're actually
spending a night here now to get here we came from Santa Marta we successfully found the right bus to
take us over here and it only took less an hour to get to the main entrance and when we got to the
main entrance we discovered that we can cut our three hour walk to the beach in half by riding on
some motorcycles yeah so for like 20 000 pesos we just got on the back of a bike and we went on the
bike for 20 minutes and it was honestly amazing because we're on the bike and honestly I think
it was like almost all uphill it was all muddy it was so muddy and just like it did not look
like a fun walk at all so we've cut the walk in half so they dropped us off here we're grabbing
our juice and then I think we've got an hour and a half ish oh there's also a very adorable small
child here she's wonderful but I think we've got about an hour and a half of a walk all the way
into the beach that we're staying at tonight which is called Playa Brava yeah we'll be staying
there tonight and exploring Tayrona from there okay so as we walk to where we are staying tonight
we've come across this wonderful sign which shows us where in Colombia we are so we're in the
far Northern side of Colombia that's where Tayrona National Park is and this is actually a
beautiful protected place it's obviously covered in lush jungle but what it is most well known
for are the pristine and wonderful beaches that we're hopefully gonna see more of today today
we've entered the park through calabazo entrance which is a less popular entrance and the hope
is that it takes us to a less crowded Beach this hike so far 10 out of 10. it is
very beautiful although incredibly hot that was not too terrible at all it took us two
hours and we were going pretty slow to be honest how beautiful is this place I'm so excited so guys I know we just got here but I'm
pretty sure this is Paradise it is gorgeous here so they have a lot more amenities than
I thought they would but it's just like this one place that is sitting on this beach
so this is Eco Lodge Playa Brava and we we got ourselves booked a double room for
tonight I think it was maybe 60 us for the night I think it ended around 60 US for like
a private not a private washroom but a private little Hut that's on the beach we'll show you
we'll show you that in a second they're just getting our room ready okay let me just
show you a little tour there's Nicole at reception you can buy all the snacks and some
drinks if you want the kitchen's right there and then they have like the eating area
dining area right here it's super nice oh wow I can't believe this place is like magical walking
here today we barely saw anybody we know that this place is supposed to be like a much more quieter
Beach than the more popular Cabo San Juan that we'll see tomorrow but I don't think many people
go here because of the long walk at the beginning that's honestly totally worth it it wasn't that
long if you get a scooter ride yeah wasn't that long at all yeah that's right you can also
do hammocks here we got a Hut but I'm just seeing The Hammocks it looks gorgeous okay this
place is so cool I'm so excited come inside so it's just one room this is our home for the
night so obviously a bed which looks like a double bed all the beds in South America seem
to be double beds um but it's got a mosquito net which we hear the bugs can't get really bad
at night so that's good two chairs oh they Rock oh a garbage with a lid that's good for the
bugs some hooks there's like Windows I guess into the jungle into the jungle oh we got two
towels that's nice hey we brought towels but I guess maybe we didn't need to and then obviously
just like a little table and the roof is made of branches what do we call that thatch the
roof is made of Nature and then outside we have like a deck and one hammock
which is pretty cool and then like come on Nicole and I normally don't spend
a lot of money on like accommodations this is a bit more pricey than we're used to for
us but honestly it's like sixty dollars us for something like this on the beach you
can't beat it you can't beat that this is amazing there's a washroom downstairs let's go
let's go see it let's see what it looks like so it looks like it's just for us I
thought we'd be sharing a washroom but its like a full washroom with a shower like it has a sink it has a toilet it has
toilet paper it has hooks and a mirror yeah when we booked it online we thought it was
going to be like a shared washroom and like we knew the places on the beach can be like a
bit more basic than normal this is really much nicer than most washrooms we've seen in airbnbs I
swear it's bigger we should have stayed a week we should have stayed more than one night well we're
gonna enjoy it the weather looks amazing today um so lucky I'm really ready to jump into that
water you're you look like you've been in the water that's how wet you are yeah walking in
the jungle is a little bit of a sweaty sweaty sport okay and the last part of our little
like Piece of Heaven here is it looks like we've actually got like a spot on the beach that's
covered and has two chairs for us let's go look okay also sometimes you can't swim here at this
beach I guess it's just depending on sort of the season but there are a bunch of people in the
water right now and the woman who checked us in said you can go in but she said like it's
gonna go in like up to like your mid section don't like get in the water these guys are full
swimming though so I don't know maybe it's okay okay so I think that there's like two these two
little chairs and this cover are honestly they just for us for our little cabin I'm so excited we
are gonna completely just relax and enjoy the fact that we got here nice and early it's like noon or
something we have lots of time to enjoy the beach Mico's one of those people who like gets in water
and all of a sudden he's like six years old again he just like plays especially in the ocean he can
just play in there all day and be happy as a clam that water is amazing I love how this place feels
like a private beach and it kind of is because the only people that are here are people that are
going to Playa Brava you wouldn't really want to do this on a day trip because it takes so
long to hike in but the water itself is like pretty strong and they discourage you from
getting too far into the water but you can kind of go halfway although I jumped straight
in because I needed to wash that jungle Sweat Right off this is awesome this is like paradise
out here and it feels like it's still just us it sounds like there's only two choices
for lunch it was like the fish or what Nicole got which is like the carne option
this is grilled fish and it smells so good that's crispy really flavorful and the skin of
the fish is so um like salty and like crunchy and crispy is there any better food option
when you're near the sea looks so good I just got meat looks like it's grilled there's a lot
of it here too I do not need this much food oh the rice is so good I'm so hungry oh wow how do they get this all the way out here like
how do they get this guy out here this is amazing so although it looks like it's probably
gonna rain soon we managed to come back to the beach really quick and I just thought
I'd make my point again because we came to the beach Mico got in the water and then sat in
the sand and he's been like digging in the sand and now there's just sand everywhere around him
which is so classic of Mico to do at the beach ah I think I'm a boring companion on the
beach I'm just reading my book and hanging out but someone should get him a bucket
he can build some sand castles well this day has gone by in a Flash somehow
it's like 6 30 and we need to go have dinner already but honestly the beach here has
been so wonderful I'm so impressed with Playa Brava so far and I'm so so glad that
we chose to spend a night in Tayrona National Park tomorrow we got lots more of the park
to see we'll be seeing some more beaches and just seeing generally what Tayrona has
to offer so far off to a great start we're gonna try and get an early day tomorrow
I think we've got quite a lot of hiking involved in our day so we're gonna catch
dinner go to bed and we will see you there good morning it is bright and early we got
up nice and early so that we could enjoy the changing colors of the sky we had a
wonderful sleep we both slept so well I think it's just like the rhythm of the water
because all you're listening to all night is the water and it is so dark here now we're
just gonna enjoy this beach a little bit more this morning before we pack up our stuff and
start walking through more of the National Park time to leave the Oasis this little
Slice of Heaven and get our hike on I think we have about two and a half
hours of hiking maybe close to three so we're bracing ourselves thankfully
it's overcast which actually we're very grateful for because man it is a warm
even though the sun's not actually out all right we see sand I think that might
mean we've come to the end of our hike we're not exactly sure what beach
this is we're gonna go find out ah that's the nudist beach we won't take the camera at the nudist
beach apparently most people who go here aren't actually nude but you if you
can be if you would like to be and we can confirm it is a nudist beach we are
however looking for other types of beaches so we're gonna keep walking a little
bit further and hopefully come up to the famous Playa Cabo San Juan Beach here in
Tayrona National Park unless you want to stay walking around Tayrona National Park is
like taking a tour of different beaches you just go from Beach to beach to Beach
and in between there's nice little jungle hikes where you can see some nice Lush
trees and some beautiful little lizards holy wow look at that thing alright welcome to Playa Cabo San Juan
we finally made it oh my God I'm floored I haven't seen any pictures of this place oh no
no I didn't know it was going to look like this it is so beautiful this is one of the main reasons you come to Tayrona
National Park to go to this very picturesque looking Beach unfortunately it
is very busy but as you can see there are lots of beaches that you can tuck away to
if you want to find some time for yourself all right so we just finished lunch and I
think the weather's starting to turn so what we're going to do is just put down the camera
and just enjoy the beach and swim and cool off cool off a little because its still smoking
hot somehow we're still so hot and then I think we've got about an hour and a half hike
back uh to catch our last bus of the day and uh yeah so I think we're gonna leave you guys
there so we can go and enjoy this beach we hope you enjoyed seeing Tayrona national park
with us and we'll see you in the next one we got somebody crashing our our Vlog the one that
we came to is called calabaza calabazo Mico tells me because I always forget the name of things the
one that we chose is called calablaza calabazo there's a big bug on top of it you're
gonna fall over the water's coming oh we still on hi