• To get to Mama Tayrona you can take a taxi or public transport. A taxi will easily take you to the hostel by instructing the driver to go to Calabazo (the nearest village). We are 800 meters outside Calabazo on the troncal del Caribe(main highway), at KM21 coming from Santa Marta.
• If coming by public transport, take the bus to Santa Marta Centro, from which you can walk or take short taxi run to another part of Santa Marta center called Plaza de Mercado (Market Place) where you can catch the bus that goes to Parque Tayrona and Palomino and ask to stop at Mama Tayrona Hostel in Calabazo. This is the same bus tourists take to go to Parque Tayrona,
• If arriving by coach to Santa Marta coach station, take a taxi to Mamatoco where you can catch the bus to Parque Tayrona/Palomino and ask to stop at Mama Tayrona Hostel in Calabazo.
• If coming by car or motorbike from Santa Marta, follow the signs that say Parque Tayrona, Palomino, Riohacha. This will take you onto the Troncal del Caribe, after the tollbooth you will come to the village of Calabazo with its signpost that says Pueblito as you come out of the village, at 800m, you will see on your right the big sign indicating Mama Tayrona and the white entrance with the wooden gate.