Travel to the Pacific
Immersive trips to discover the music, cuisine, nature and knowledge of the territory.
Cultura viva · Impacto compartido
Live the culture of the Colombian Pacific and create value in its territories.
Trips, concerts, workshops and team experiences, created with local artists, knowledge holders and organisations. Every purchase pays for their work and helps their knowledge travel further.
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Choose how to live Marimbea
A way in for every encounter with Pacific culture.
Experiences for companies
Cultural workshops, gatherings and retreats that connect teams through creativity and diversity.
Events and shows
Concerts, workshops and cultural activations for festivals, events and cultural venues.
Learn
Courses and learning processes with artists and knowledge holders of the Pacific.
Upcoming experiences
These experiences have up-to-date information. Dates and prices are confirmed directly with our team.
Essential Immersion in Guapi
Trip · Guapi · 4 days and 3 nights
Music, cuisine, ancestral knowledge and landscapes connecting river, rainforest and ocean.
Deep Immersion in Guapi
Trip · Guapi · 7 days and 6 nights
A week of traditional music, artisanal fishing, excursions and encounters with families who hold ancestral knowledge.
Deep Immersion in Tumaco
Trip · Tumaco · 7 days and 6 nights
Music, traditional cooking, mangroves, beaches and encounters with coastal communities.
Immersive Workshop in Bogotá
Workshop · Bogotá · 4 sessions
Four sessions of chonta marimba, bombos, cununos and traditional singing with master George Flórez, from Timbiquí. November 28 to December 5.
Why Marimbea
Meaningful creation
- Experiences created with local actors.
- First-hand knowledge of the territories.
- Fair pay for cultural work.
Experience and closeness
- Ten years of experience.
- Close cultural guidance.
How your purchase creates impact
Every experience is designed and delivered with local artists, knowledge holders, organisations and suppliers. Your purchase pays for their work, activates services in the territory and helps their knowledge travel further.
- 01Purchase or booking
- 02Coordination with local partners
- 03Payments to artists, knowledge holders and suppliers
- 04Income and cultural circulation
- 05New opportunities in the territory
Results that are already part of our story
Existing Marimbea indicators. Periods and documentary sources will be published once they are consolidated.
- 400+ people
- People from Pacific communities positively involved.
- Alcance: Marimbea ecosystem
- 22 companies
- Companies that have trusted Marimbea's services.
- Alcance: Marimbea S.A.S.
- USD 50,000+
- Annual income generated for organisations and people from Afro-Pacific communities.
- Alcance: Marimbea ecosystem
- 1,500+ participants
- Participants who have lived Marimbea experiences.
- Alcance: Marimbea S.A.S.
Trust is built in every encounter
“…it is falling in love with the cultures of this country, with the people of this country, who represent the best of Colombia's soul.”
“It connects many parts of the world with the Pacific, a region that has been badly neglected by the government.”
Find your way to live Marimbea.
Explore our experiences or tell us what you would like to organise.
Would you like to support long-term community processes?
Fundación Marimbea develops community strengthening, training, creation and cultural heritage safeguarding projects with communities of the Colombian Pacific.