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La Jorará Eco Hotel · Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Villa Salak
An exclusive-use estate for 16: weddings, retreats and family celebrations.
Estate8–16 guestsMountain view
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Ceremony and celebration
Beach weddings
Marry where the river meets the sea, with Colombia's highest mountain behind you and the whole estate to yourselves.
- Capacity:
- From 2 people with no guests up to groups
- Duration:
- Usually 2 nights / 3 days
La Jorará closes for the event. No other guests, no road noise, no neighbours: there is a private beach between cliffs, a natural pool eighty metres from the sea and the Sierra Nevada behind.
The set-up goes on the sand: arch, aisle, flowers and the kiosk built as a replica of Tayrona architecture for the meal. At dusk the beach bonfire is lit, which is the part everyone remembers afterwards.
Those who wish can hold the ceremony with a Kogi mamo, the community's spiritual authority, in a place the peoples of the Sierra hold sacred. It is not a hired performance: it is a real ceremony, and it is arranged with the community well in advance.
Every wedding is put together differently. Write to us with your date, your guest count and how you picture it, and we will send you the proposal.
What's included
- Exclusive availability of the venue for the event and throughout your stay
- Accommodation in the wedding suite
- Event coordinator
- Indigenous ceremony with a Kogi mamo, on request
- Decoration: beach set-up, arch and aisle
- Flowers, the bride's bouquet and the groom's buttonhole
- A bottle of champagne and a cake
- Breakfasts and fruit harvested on the estate
- A walk at La Jorará and a beach bonfire
- Romantic room decoration
- Service staff
- Planting of a tree in the Sierra Nevada
Not included
- Wedding lunch or dinner
- Alcohol
- Anything not specified
- Private transport
Add-on services
- Stylist: hair and make-up
- Professional photographer
- DJ or live music
- Private airport transfers for guests
- Extra nights for the couple or guests
- Private dinner on the beach
Frequently asked questions
How many guests fit?
It depends on whether guests stay over or only attend. La Jorará can accommodate around 50 people across all its units, and Villa Salak alone sleeps 16. For the beach set-up itself there is more room. Tell us your numbers and we will tell you which configuration works.
How far in advance should we book?
For a wedding with guests, the earlier the better: the whole estate has to be blocked. If the ceremony includes the Kogi mamo, it is arranged with the community and that takes weeks, not days.
Is the ceremony with the mamo legally binding?
No. It is an indigenous spiritual ceremony, not a civil or religious act with legal effect in Colombia. Most couples marry legally in their own country or city and celebrate here. If you need to handle the legal side in Colombia, let us know and we will point you in the right direction.
What happens if it rains?
The dry season runs from December to March and is the most requested precisely for that reason. Whatever the date, a covered fallback plan is prepared with the event coordinator. It is the first thing settled when the proposal is put together.
Where it happens
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To add to the programme
Romantic · Culture · Community
Indigenous beach wedding
A ceremony with a Kogi mamo where the river meets the sea, with the whole estate to yourselves.
2 nights / 3 days
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Culture · Wellness · Regenerative
Caribbean food tour
Cook the Caribbean with produce from the garden: coconut rice, patacones, estate fruit.
4 hoursDifficulty: Easy
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Nature · Active · Community
Tubing on the Don Diego River
Float down from the mountain to the Caribbean Sea, among howler monkeys and birds.
3 to 4 hoursDifficulty: Easy
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