Dibulla

Dibulla is a village on the Caribbean coast in Colombia.

Understand

Dibulla is a small little town alongside the Caribbean coast. Thankfully until now, it has not been hit by the mass tourism which spread along the coast from Santa Marta to Palomino. There are pristine beaches where you can swim and relax as well as mountain rivers which meander through the near Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta to the sea.

Dibulla is still off the beaten track, therefore you will basically have all the beaches for yourself and you propably won't meet a lot of people there. The infrastructure is therefore still a bit basic and there aren't a lot of restaurants and hostels, but that's exactly what makes Dibulla so charming.

Get in

From the Santa Marta intercity bus Terminal

The best is to take a bus in the direction of Riohacha and ask the bus driver to let you out at the entrance of Dibulla. From there take the taxi or mototaxi.

From downtown Santa Marta

You can get a bus in the Market (Mercado público) to Palomino for around COP$12,000 (Oct 2019, 2 hours). From Palomino, get a shared taxi to Mingueo for around COP$5,000 (Oct 2019, 30 min). And then a shared taxi or a mototaxi to Dibulla for around COP$5.000 (Oct 2019, 10 min).

From Mamatoco in Santa Marta / Minca

The mamatoco is not an official stop for most intercity buses. Only a few intercity buses let you join the ride there.

Mamatoco - Dibulla : Bus is around COP$15.000 (Oct 2019, 2 hours)

Ask the driver to stop at the entrance of Dibulla. The entrance is called Casa aluminio. From the entrance of Dibulla, take a moto or a shared taxi.

From Mingueo

Taxi / Mototaxi is around COP$5,000 (Oct 2019, 10 min)

From Riohacha

In Riohacha, go to 4 vias

There will be taxis to share for Dibulla: Around 1 hour and COP$12,000 (Oct 2019)

Go next

Hostels and private rooms are available ...:

in the east:

• Camarones – 40 km
• Riohacha – 60 km

in the west:

• Buritaca – 60 km
• Guachaca – 70 km
• Tayrona National Park – 80 km
• Santa Marta – 120 km