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San Cipriano & River Adventure Private Day Tour

River tubing and a ride on la brujita, the motorized rail bike, deep in the jungle.

Private tour — just your group 8 hours Up to 25 guests Free itinerary changes Local expert guide
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Overview

A private day trip swapping Cali's urban bustle for the rural town of San Cipriano, reached only by la brujita — a motorized bike that runs on old railroad tracks — followed by river tubing in the jungle's clear waters.

This is a private day trip with the undivided attention of your own guide throughout. San Cipriano is only reachable by la brujita, a genuinely unusual way to enter the rainforest, and the day includes real time floating and swimming in the river.

Highlights

  • La brujita rail bike Ride the motorized bike on railroad tracks that's the only way into San Cipriano.
  • River tubing Float down San Cipriano's clear jungle river in an inner tube.
  • Rainforest scenery Take in the Pacific rainforest surroundings of this remote village.

What Stops Does This Tour Make?

A popular starting point — every Voyzo itinerary is fully customizable, so we'll shape the order and stops around your group.

P

Pickup

Round-trip pickup from your Cali hotel.

1

La brujita rail bike

Ride the motorized bike on railroad tracks that's the only way into San Cipriano.

2

River tubing

Float down San Cipriano's clear jungle river in an inner tube.

3

Rainforest scenery

Take in the Pacific rainforest surroundings of this remote village.

D

Drop-off

Back to your hotel, home, or the airport — whenever your day wraps up.

What's Included

A private vehicle and driver, just for your group
A professional, knowledgeable local guide
Door-to-door pickup and drop-off
A fully customizable itinerary built around you
All tolls, parking, and fuel

What's Not Included

Attraction admission tickets, unless noted as included
Meals and snacks
Gratuities for your guide or driver
Personal expenses

Why Book a Private Tour With Voyzo?

Your group only — never combined with strangers
Crowded 50+ seat group buses
Fully custom stops, built around you
A fixed script with no flexibility
Door-to-door pickup, wherever you're staying
Meeting at a fixed public meeting point
Direct, transparent pricing — no marketplace markup
Third-party booking fees

Important Information

Know Before You Book

  • Group size can range from 1 to 25 guests — we match the vehicle to your party.
  • Pricing depends on group size, vehicle, and tour length, and is confirmed after your quote request.
  • Tour duration is flexible — the times shown are a typical starting point.

Know Before You Go

  • We'll confirm your exact pickup time and vehicle details after booking.
  • Bring a camera, comfortable shoes, and weather-appropriate layers.
  • Your pickup address is required to finalize the itinerary.

Special Requests

  • Mobility needs, dietary notes, or accessibility requirements? Let us know when requesting your quote and we'll arrange accordingly.
  • Traveling with young children or larger groups — just tell us, and we'll recommend the right vehicle.

Frequently Asked Questions

Bring a swimsuit, a change of clothes, and water shoes for the river.
A local lunch is typically included; confirm details when booking.
Yes, you have the undivided attention of your own guide for the full day.
It translates to "little witch" — a nickname that stuck from the long, broomstick-like poles once used to push the original, non-motorized wooden carts along the rails before motorbikes were added.
Once your quote is accepted, we'll confirm your exact pickup time, vehicle, and driver details by email ahead of your tour date.
Yes — reach out to our team any time before your tour and we'll do our best to accommodate itinerary or schedule changes.

About This Tour

A private day trip swapping Cali's urban bustle for the rural town of San Cipriano, reached only by la brujita — a motorized bike that runs on old railroad tracks — followed by river tubing in the jungle's clear waters. This is a private day trip with the undivided attention of your own guide throughout. San Cipriano is only reachable by la brujita, a genuinely unusual way to enter the rainforest, and the day includes real time floating and swimming in the river.

San Cipriano sits deep in Colombia's Pacific rainforest region, in one of the rainiest corners of the country, and for most of its history the only way in was on foot along an old rail line. That changed decades ago when a local inventor rigged up simple wooden platforms on small steel wheels that could be rolled along the abandoned tracks — pushed along with a long pole, punted boat-style, with a pair of flip-flops doing double duty as the brake. Villagers nicknamed these contraptions "brujitas," or little witches, after the long broomstick-like poles used to drive them.

The brujita got its motor roughly a decade later, when someone had the idea of bolting a motorcycle onto the wooden cart: the bike's front wheel sits on the cart itself while its rear wheel runs directly on the rail, pushing the whole platform — benches, passengers, and all — down the line at a genuinely unusual clip. A standard brujita seats around five people, with a longer "stretch" version built to carry more. The rail bed itself is a leftover of the old freight line that once connected Cali to the Pacific port of Buenaventura; once regular freight service wound down, residents kept the tracks alive by turning them into San Cipriano's main road.

The village these tracks lead to lies within the broader Chocó bioregion on the Pacific slope of the Andes — one of the most biologically rich and consistently wet corridors on the continent — which is exactly why its river runs so clear even as rainforest closes in on both banks. Floating that stretch of water by inner tube, with the jungle canopy overhead and no road noise anywhere nearby, is as much a product of San Cipriano's isolation as the brujita ride required to get there in the first place.

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