"Unique experiences from a world-class operator"

As the owner of a travel agency, Global Citizen Journeys, it’s imperative to have strong partners in destinations across the globe who will maintain your high service levels. I’ve planned numerous trips with Impulse Travel for clients and the team always delivers, exceeding clients’ expectations. Their ability to craft unique and highly experiential programs while adhering to sustainable practices is what makes them so special. Having traveled with them personally, the team excels at showing you Colombia through the eyes and heart of a local which only complements their passion to support the regional communities. Impulse Travel is extremely connected within the tourism landscape and it’s quickly shown through their ability to create an exceptional trip every time.

"Turism: a way to open the world and build stronger humans"

We are very grateful to be able to count on Impulse as a strategic ally for part of our operations in Colombia for the last 2 years. Both companies agree on the importance of developing culture and society through tourism and providing growth opportunities to locals. At the same time, we offer a special and unique experience that opens the world to our customers through our educational tours in the region.

Alejandra Vilera
Procurement Specialist
EF Educational tours

"Study Abroad Class Experiences Bogota with Impulse Travel"

I teach a short program study abroad at the University of Cincinnati. In the class, the students work in groups to create a social entrepreneurship business plan to solve a social issue in Colombia. The student group travels to Bogotá during spring break to learn about the city and to investigate their hypotheses in forming their social business.
We have worked with Impulse Travel for three trips to Bogotá. The first one was a planning trip where Impulse Travel helped me find the right mix of cultural experiences that would give the students exposure to aspects of Bogotá that would enhance their social business plans (and experience Colombia). Then, in 2023 and in 2024, I brought the students to Bogotá. The program constructed by Impulse Travel was an awesome mix of experiences to show the social needs in Bogotá, the culture of Colombia, and the immersion that we look for in a study abroad.
Our hotel was in Mercure Bogotá Bh Retiro
Calle 80 #10-11 -- this was an awesome location -- it was close to restaurants and shopping and safe for the students to go out to dinner together.
Our experiences ranged from social program in Barrio Egypto -- seeing the breaking boarders tour and the foundation workshops -- The students rated this experience as one of the best of the week. To cultural programs (riding bikes on Sunday down Calle Septima with all of the locals and The fruit tour at Paloquemao Market) which was both a cultural experience and an outstanding selection of foods (fruits and Colombia traditions). To traditional (the Coffee Farm Experience). These and so much more gave the students an immersion into Colombian life and helped the students to produce outstanding business plans based on the realities that they saw in Colombia.
Impulse Travel and our guide, Gigio, were important partners in planning and executing this educational and fun experience for the students.

"Tourism Cares Meaningful Travel Summit Success"

Tourism Cares is the leading U.S. based travel industry nonprofit and we worked with Impulse Travel for over 2 years to develop and execute our Meaningful Travel Summit in 2021. They were not only extremely professional in planning and executing all logistics but their commitment to community based tourism and economic empowerment through their social enterprise business model is transformative for locals and guests alike. Rodrigo's network of passionate and talented people made our program more impactful than we could have imagined. I would not hesitate to work with Rodrigo and his team on any trip that includes Colombia.

"Our Trusted Partners in Colombia"

At Finisterra Travel, we've been working with Impulse Travel for several years now and our experience working together has been wonderful! We love their innovative and carefully curated itineraries - they truly think outside the box. The travel designers at Impulse are very knowledgeable and have a true passion for what they do, which makes our job very easy.

We know that our clients are in amazing hands when we send them to Colombia and are certain that if any issues arise, they will be well taken care of.

We highly recommend Impulse Travel to anyone looking for truly unique itineraries that connect travellers to locals.

"Very responsive"

Impulse is a new Local DMC partner for us in Colombia that we have been working with for our custom and private expeditions. They have been great to work with, and super responsive which is very important when working with a DMC.

"Impulse Travel is our trusted partner…"

Impulse Travel is our trusted partner in South America for experiential learning opportunities for our University of Oregon journalism students. Specifically, Juliana, Gregorio, and Adrian led a fantastic "Sounds of Colombia," 12 day excursion that our students are still talking about. Impulse delivered 200% more than we expected. Every day was a feast for the senses--filled with music and dance. Our experience included meeting popular, indigenous, and hip-hop artists in their natural settings. The Impulse team is very organized, professional, and easy to work with. We fell in love with Medellin and Cartagena--the people and the food. We're already planning "Sounds of Brazil" for winter December 2025! Ed Madison- Associate Professor

"One of our favorite DMCs we have worked with! "

We have worked with Impulse since 2017. They are one of the best DMCs we have worked with and consistently provide high quality service. When issues arise, they actively work with us to resolve them. They always have fresh and new ideas on new experiences we could consider for our travelers. One of the best in the industry!