Salsaterapia! In collaboration with Travel Latina
Cali, Colombia
December 25 - December 30, 2023

We are back! We hope you have been well and in good health. After four years of pandemic, international moves, immigration processes, and creating a family, we are so happy to be able to get back to what we love: connecting folks with Colombia via travel, experiences, new sights and sounds, and cultural exchanges that enrich everyone involved.

We are thrilled to announce our one and only super special travel experience for 2023: Salsaterapia!!! In collaboration with Travel Latina, a Latinx-and-women-led travel brand and publication dedicated to empowering Latinx who travel, we are heading to CALI COLOMBIA during the international salsa festival (Feria de Salsa) this December for 5 night and 4 days of

Photo via feria de salsa

  • Salsa classes al estilo caleño with talented salsa professionals

  • Night time excursions to top-notch salsa spots around town

  • Selected events from the Feria de Salsa calendar

  • Cultural excursions to the Galerîa Alameda for a gastronomic exploration with well-known and respected Afro-Colombian chef

  • History of salsa experience (live music) at the museo de salsa with ethnomusicologist

  • One night at Mulatto Cabaret, the company with whom our featured dance teachers perform

  • Supporting local and women-led business from Cali (gifts, exposure, and introductions courtesy of Scarlet Macaw)

Do you love salsa? Do you love to move? Do you love people? Do you love to learn? Do you love hearing new languages via music? Are you curious about Colombia? Have you loved other places in your visits to Colombia but never been to Cali?

If so, this experience is for you.

DETAILS

DATES: DECEMBER 25 - 30, 2023

WHERE: Cali, Colombia

WHO: TRAVEL LATINA & SCARLET MACAW TRIPS

Travel Latina is a travel collective and publication that supports women and gender non-binary people of the Latin American and Caribbean diaspora who travel the world. Their mission is to empower Latinxs to travel, combat negative stereotypes & machismo, encourage them to connect with and embrace their roots while pushing for conscious travel. We’ve collaborated before on our trip to Salento!

Ale, the founder of Travel Latina, will be in attendance putting her mission to work. An avid dancer and performer, this trip is four years in the making.

WHAT: This is a dance, movement, and music centered experience that is best for active folks comfortable connecting with similarly passionate dancers. Some familiarity with salsa or Latin dance suggested but not required! We will all be learning here.

Curious about salsa caleña? Also for you. Love samba but want to try a new style? Yes, the footwork is bananas (and plátanos) here too.

Two hours of salsa per day. We’re hoping to get some salsa choque (aka salsa urbana) in there, too.

WHY: Many reasons:

courtesy feria de salsa

  1. To engage with salsa culture and local customs and learn about Cali on the ground.

  2. DANCE! We all know dance = joy, pleasure, life, gratitude, presence.

  3. Experience a love of salsa with a culture for whom salsa is life blood, the air around them, a given heartbeat.

  4. Get in where you fit in! At the Feria de Salsa as a participant and music appreciator, at various salsa spots as a dancer and dance appreciator.

  5. Ale and Sahara and Brayan, from Travel Latina and Scarlet Macaw respectively, all have Colombian roots. This trip is our first to Cali, and is imbued with personal touches because half our family is from Cali. Sharing this experience is personalized in a way other trips are not.

COST:

$1350 - Early bird registration through August 15, 2023
$1500 - Normal registration from August 16 - November 30, 2023

SEE FAQ PAGE for breakdown of payment options

*Down payment of $300 to reserve your spot, payment plans available.

Payments available through this site or via paypal - info@scarletmacawtrips.com

WHAT’S INCLUDED

  • 4 days 5 nights in Cali. Hotel is well-respected and centrally located.

    • Two travelers per room in their own double bed.

  • Private transportation while in Colombia to and from all classes during the day, cultural excursions and tours, and events at night

    • Security detail where appropriate

  • Airport pick-up and drop off to Cali’s international airport, Alfonso Bonilla

  • All breakfasts

  • Welcome spirits and sustenance

    • For folks arriving early on the 25th, dinner will be provided

    • For folks arriving later on the 25th, dinner voucher at hotel will be provided

  • On-site (with members of SMT) concierge services available for free afternoons and evenings

    • Extended concierge services for folks staying through the new year as a courtesy given the dates

  • Three group experiences while in Cali:

    • Gastronomic tour with famed Afro-Colombian Chef in the Galeria Alameda

    • History of Salsa tour with local ethnomusicologist

    • Night out at Mulatto Cabaret!

    • Entry to certain salsa festival events and local recommendations for which free events to attend if so desired

  • Four 2-hour salsa classes with professional dancers from Mulatto Cabaret and Swing Latino Cali

  • Assistance with booking and best-practices advice for traveling to/from Colombia (Sahara from SMT)