Fundraise with World Bicycle Relief
The phrase 'life-changing travel’ might get thrown around a lot, but the Buffalo Ride Trips are truly that. Join and raise AUD $2500 for World Bicycle Relief, helping them distribute bikes in low-income rural regions. Then, see your impact firsthand on a special-edition cycling trip.
Colombia
28 August to 4 September 2026
Cycle around Colombia – stopping to explore floating villages, tube down a river and watch flamingos. Plus, link up with World Bicycle Relief to see how bikes can change a person's life.
Start: Cartagena
End: Santa Marta
Price per person: AUD $6600
Included meals: 7 breakfasts, 5 lunches
The itinerary
Hola! Join your local leader on an orientation walk around Cartagena. The next morning, ride up to 70km to Barranquilla (shorter distances available). Visit the World Bicycle Relief warehouse where Buffalo Bikes are assembled.
Travel to Cienaga Grande de Santa Marta, a lagoon system between the Caribbean Sea and the Sierra Neveda mountains. Visit the Palafitos – floating villages where Afro-Colombian and Indigenous communities live. Continue on to Santa Marta for the night.
Cycle about 20km out to Minca – a small town in the foothills of Sierra Nevada, known for its waterfalls and tropical forests. Trade mountain trails for coastal roads in Buritaca. Here, you’ll tube down the Palomino River.
Ride up to 60km to Riohacha (shorter distances available), stopping in the small fishing village of Camarones on the way. Join a local guide at Los Flamencos Fauna and Flora Sanctuary before a free afternoon.
Pedal alongside the World Bicycle Relief staff and learn how essential these bikes are for people in remote areas. Spend the afternoon hearing inspiring stories and discover all the ways this transport transforms lives.
Enjoy a scenic drive to Santa Marta – a port city on the Caribbean Sea. Your trip ends after breakfast on day eight.
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The power of a bicycle
How can a bicycle change a life, you ask? Nearly one billion people in rural regions around the world live so far from the nearest paved road that they walk for hours each day just to survive.
World Bicycle Relief’s purpose-built Buffalo Bicycles provide independence and access to vital services – mobilising communities and helping them to thrive with access to education, healthcare and livelihood opportunities.
Local partners, global impact
For over 20 years, our not-for-profit, The Intrepid Foundation, has been giving Intrepid travellers a chance to make a bigger impact in the places they visit.