CasaGrande Surf

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Beach site surrounded by palm trees; 600 metres from a river mouth
A 10-minute drive from Tayrona National Park; an hour to Santa Marta
Surf lessons and rentals, beach volleyball, restaurant, bar and shop

Picture the scene: a hol spent sleeping on a Caribbean beach with nothing but the sound of the waves to wake you up. Too good to be true? All it takes is booking into dreamy CasaGrande Surf in Magdalena, north-west Colombia. The setting of this pretty site is nothing short of fab: on a sandy shoreline, 600 metres from the mouth of the Mendihuaca River, surrounded by palm trees and with views of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. As it's under a 10-minute drive from the entrance of Tayrona National Park, the park's also well set for this top tourist attraction. Tayrona National Park is made up of paths through the jungle and along the sandy, boulder-strewn shoreline, making it a hotspot for hikers as well as beachcombers. You can stay overnight here in this car-free area, walking all the way to the Pueblito ruins, or choose a shorter trek to a coastal lagoon and make your way back to CasaGrande Surf by nightfall. Back at base, the sandy beach is a playground for yoga classes, beach volleyball and surfing alike (the site organises lessons and has boards for hire). A restaurant and bar in a beach shack serves Colombian cuisine and international dishes – as well as fruity cocktails – for re-energising after crashing about in the waves. There's a shop on site too to keep you stocked up on snacks and drinks.

Campground type

Open all year

Tourist board rating

Languages spoken

English

Spanish

Features

Dogs allowed

Leisure on site

Bar or club house

Cycle hire

Evening entertainment

Fishing

Fitness centre

Games room

Indoor swimming pool

Kids' club

On-site restaurant/cafe

Outdoor swimming pool

Play area

TV room

Take away

Tennis

Watersports

Amenities on site

Bath available

Car parking by site/unit

Composting toilet

Disabled facilities

Dog park

Drying room

Food shop

Free wifi

Ice pack freezing

Internet access

Laundry

Parent & baby washroom

Pick-up from public transport

Portable toilet

Pub toilets

Public telephone

Shower available

Toilet block

Washing-up area

Wifi

Groups welcome

Family friendly

Motorcycle friendly

Rallies welcome

Single-sex groups welcome

Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue provided

Barbecues allowed

Campfires allowed

Commercial vehicles allowed

Dogs allowed

Dogs allowed all year

Camping 2.0

Jumbo tent sites

Themes

Peaceful

Spectacular scenery

Wildlife haven

Utilities

Charging facilities

Dump point

Electric car charging point(s)

Gas cylinders available

Recycling available

Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby

Convenience store nearby

Dog walk nearby

Nearby farmers' market

Public transport nearby

Type

Medium (26-50 sites)

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby

Fishing nearby

Restaurant nearby

Surf school nearby

Watersports nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Caravan storage facilities

Location

CasaGrande Surf

Kilómetro 37 Vía Riohacha

Guachaca

Santa Marta

Magdalena

Colombia

470008

Directions

Timezone

America/Bogota -0500 (GMT-05:00)

GPS

11.27764°N
-73.86491°W

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Local attractions

To spend a couple of hours tubing down a river with a beer in hand, take a bus for 40 minutes up the coast from CasaGrande Surf to Palomino and bag a rubber ring and a motorbike ride to the starting-off point from one of the shops in the village. Post-float, pizza restaurants and cafés are in the main street leading down to the beach. To see Camarones’ pink flamingos, journey another hour east to the Los Flamencos Nature Sanctuary. Heading westward instead? Santa Marta, the biggest city in the region, is also an hour away and home to an old cathedral as well as a lively bar scene. If you're up for escaping the heat, Minca’s cooler climate is an hour and 10-minute drive up into the mountains – a top spot for flitting from finca to finca while finding out about how the region's coffee and chocolate is farmed.

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Does CasaGrande Surf have a swimming pool? No View all features
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What attractions are near CasaGrande Surf? To spend a couple of hours tubing down a river with a beer in hand, take a bus for 40 minutes up the coast from CasaGrande Surf to Palomino and bag a … Read more