Stays · Destination Guide
Expedition-only shark diving around a remote Pacific oceanic sanctuary
Accommodation listings are not available for this destination yet. Use the local planning notes to choose your base.
Cali to Buenaventura to Malpelo, by one coordinated operator plan. Fly to Cali (CLO) and use your authorized liveaboard provider's road transfer to the Buenaventura embarkation point. CDA estimates about 3 hours between Cali and Buenaventura in its example itinerary, and the park gives an approximately 36-hour open-water crossing to Malpelo. Trip itineraries are commonly multi-day, with transit days in both directions. There is no verified scheduled public ferry, direct visitor flight, commercial island hotel or independent shore arrival. Ask the vessel for its exact meeting point, baggage limits, boarding cutoff, port permits and whether transfers are actually included. Arrange buffers around international flights and return weather.
There is no tourist road, shuttle, beach or hotel transportation on Malpelo. Only the authorized expedition liveaboard and its guided diving tenders operate within this visitor scope.