Playa de Taganga — Attraction in Magdalena

The beach itself is beautiful, hence the 4 stars, but like every other place in the world, people make it look bad. Try not to go there during holy week (usually late April, but you need to check the colombian calendar). I normally go during the first week of September so there's a lot less people.

I've seen some comments about drunks and hookers and I need to say that it is unfortunately true. I will also say that hookers have a job there because of tourism (Locals know who they are and what they do so they stay away).

As for the food, you have decent choices, but being Colombian I can tell they're really overpriced, specially in the kiosks on the beach.

Some other beautiful beaches are accessible by boat , although the ride may be too bumpy for some.

Again, the beach is wonderful, I usually go there with my wife and watch the kids while they play around. It's a place to relax and...

These reviews are FAKE. Tourists should be avoiding this place at all costs. This beach is dirty, there is trash everywhere, boats are old and dirty, there are malnourished stray cats and dogs. The moment you get off the car, you are swamped with local tour guides overcharging (COP 60.000) and saying they will take you to playa grande on a boat and give you a beach chair and a place to hang out. Only to find out the boat ride is only 5 mins and playa grande is even worse. Was here for 5 mins and hated it. Local government should do something about this place and regulate trash on the beach and tourism. It’s really a shame bc this place has great potential. I strongly recommend you stay away. Go to Tayrona Park and sierra nevada instead. There is nothing...

The beach and water at Taganga are dirty and the beach is small. The guys wearing red shirts selling tours are scammers.

We got a private snorkel tour to chengue beach. It was $500,000. They didn’t provide us with proper snorkel gear, only a single mask that was broken for the 2 of us. No snorkels and no flippers. On the tour, they dropped us at the beach where there were zero fish and a ton of garbage everywhere. On the way back we saw a lot of corals in the water with plenty of fish from the boat. Extremely disappointing and a complete rip off. To top it all off the guy selling the tours pocketed a $50,000 bill when we handed it to him. Stay away from the people in the red shirts selling tours. You’ll end up...