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Healing and transformational journeys since 2016We make possible, the impossible.

Small groups to sacred places and living cultures, in Colombia and around the world. Our new chapter opens with Bali and the Sierra Nevada.

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Finalist · Premios Nacionales de Turismo, ProColombia

Caño Cristales, Meta, Colombia. The river of five colours.

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Our new chapter begins in Bali and the Sierra Nevada

A traveller and an indigenous man of the Sierra Nevada, dressed in white, facing each other above the terraces of Ciudad Perdida.

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Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta

Sierra Nevada: on the Mamos’ path to Ciudad Perdida

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How our journeys heal and transform

  1. 01

    Nature that heals

    Rivers, jungle, desert and mountain, from Caño Cristales and Ciudad Perdida to the Kathmandu valley.

  2. 02

    Ancestral wisdom

    Time with the Muisca, Kogui, Arhuaco, Wiwa, Puinave and Tikuna communities who welcome our groups, and with the living traditions of India and Nepal.

  3. 03

    Healing practices

    Yoga, meditation, ceremonies and healing workshops woven into the journey itself.

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A Heal & Travel group standing in a circle on a dark-sand beach by the Pacific, with palms on the headland behind.

Pacific coast of Colombia · Retreat

Healing with the whales

Nuquí, Pacific coast · July–October

Humpback whales, Utría cove and an ecolodge between jungle and sea, with daily yoga and group healing sessions.

Duration
4 days · 3 nights
Season
July–October
Dates
Dates to be announced
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  • A laughing group in a pool surrounded by rainforest.
  • Travellers smiling at a jungle viewpoint above a wide bay under storm clouds.
  • A large group posing together on a wet beach at low tide under a cloudy sky.
  • The group, most of them dressed in white, celebrating together under a wooden roof at night.
  • The group celebrating beside a small plane on an airstrip.
  • Travellers gathered close together in the pool at the foot of a waterfall.

Our own photos from groups in Nuquí.

Since 2016

More than nine years of healing and transformational journeys

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2016

Heal & Travel is born from a personal healing journey.

Today

A new chapter: a renewed Heal & Travel, with the same purpose.

Where we travel

Colombia

Around the world

On the road since 2016

Moments from journeys we have led

Our own photos, from groups we have taken to the Sierra Nevada, Bali, Mexico and beyond.

Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia

  • A Heal & Travel group at the Ciudad Perdida viewpoint in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.
  • A traveller in conversation with an indigenous man of the Sierra Nevada above the terraces of Ciudad Perdida.
  • A traveller looking out over the stone terraces and wax palms of Ciudad Perdida.
  • Travellers with a member of a Sierra Nevada community in front of a round thatched house.
  • A group with members of an indigenous community of the Sierra Nevada, dressed in white.
  • Travellers listening to members of a Sierra Nevada community on a jungle trail.

Bali, Indonesia

  • Travellers in a water purification ritual under the carved spouts of a Balinese water temple.
  • Five women in Balinese temple dress on the steps of a black-stone temple gate in Bali.
  • Travellers sitting under stone water spouts at a jungle spring in Bali.
  • Two women in green sarongs kneeling before a split temple gate in Bali.
  • A temple procession dressed in white carrying offerings down stone steps in Bali.

Teotihuacán and Chichén Itzá, Mexico

  • A Heal & Travel group at the foot of a pyramid in Teotihuacán, Mexico.
  • The group on a stone platform with a pyramid and mountains behind, Teotihuacán.
  • A Heal & Travel group in front of the El Castillo pyramid at Chichén Itzá, Mexico.
  • The group beside a stone wall with El Castillo behind, Chichén Itzá.

More journeys

  • A group embracing in a circle on the shore of a mountain lagoon, wrapped in a striped blanket.
  • A women's circle sitting on sunlit rocks among cacti.
  • A group on old railway tracks below a rock cliff under a clear blue sky.
  • Travellers floating on their backs in a clear green river pool below a rock face.
  • A group resting on a large rock in the jungle, with sunlight streaming through the trees.
  • A group sharing a meal at a long wooden table in a jungle camp.
Fire ceremony, Coffee Region.

Why travel with Heal & Travel

Thoughtfully designed, personally guided

Designed by people who travel it
Every journey is designed and guided by our own team, drawing on more than nine years of experience since 2016.
With the communities who host us
Indigenous and local guides and hosts, from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta to the Amazon and Guainía.
Every detail taken care of
Transfers, lodging, meals and permits arranged, a clear list of what’s included, and preparation before you travel.
Recognised in Colombia
Finalist in ProColombia’s Premios Nacionales de Turismo, the national tourism awards.
Alejandra Otero, founder of Heal & Travel, on a snowy mountain.

Our story

A company born from a recovery

Alejandra Otero lived in India, where meditation, yoga and reiki became part of everyday life. Back in Colombia, work as a territorial-design consultant meant two years travelling all 32 departments.

In August 2016, after a trip to Guaviare and Costa Rica, a tick bite caused Lyme disease and Alejandra stopped walking. After months of treatment, still with a cane, Alejandra set off for Patagonia. That journey showed that the wish to travel had been the strongest reason to heal. Heal & Travel grew from it.

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“I’m living proof that the will to keep going, working for what I love and for others, together with my passion for travel, healed me physically and emotionally.”

Alejandra Otero, founder and director

Travellers

What our travellers say

  • “In July we booked a trip to Guainía for three people with Heal & Travel. The experience exceeded all our expectations, not only because it is one of the most spectacular places you can visit in Colombia, but because Heal & Travel took care of every detail.”

    María José Sánchez ReyGuainía · Translated from Spanish

  • “We came back delighted! Everything was better than we expected. The guides were wonderful with us and the whole group. A dream of a place!”

    Juliana CardonaTranslated from Spanish

  • “Heal and Travel, thank you so much for everything! It all went really well: the hotel, the service and the food were great. We saw so many whales!”

    Natalia DaguerTranslated from Spanish

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