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Meet Alexander Núñez: A Veteran Guide With a Passion for Santa Marta

Meet Alexander Núñez, a bilingual Santa Marta guide with 26 years of experience sharing the city’s culture, history and natural richness.

Alexander Núñez with travelers during a guided experience near Santa Marta

Alexander Núñez Lara has spent 26 years helping travelers understand Santa Marta. For him, guiding is not simply a profession: it is a way to represent the city he proudly calls home.

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What to know first

  • Bilingual professional guide
  • 26 years of guiding experience
  • Santa Marta culture, history and nature
  • Warm, traveler-focused storytelling

An ambassador for his hometown

Alexander brings Santa Marta’s history, landscapes and potential to life through the perspective of someone deeply connected to the destination. His knowledge is extensive, but what travelers often remember is the ease and warmth with which he shares it.

A city tour or day in the region becomes more meaningful when the person leading it can connect places with the people, decisions and stories that shaped them. That is the value Alexander adds to every experience.

Experience that adapts to the traveler

More than two decades in tourism have taught Alexander that no two groups experience a place in the same way. He adjusts the pace and emphasis to the travelers in front of him, whether they are visiting Colombia for the first time, returning to explore more deeply or traveling across generations.

What working together means to us

Alexander has described his relationship with Bukap as one of the rewarding chapters of his career, valuing the quality of the experiences and the respect extended to the professionals who make them possible.

Bukap is grateful for the years of knowledge, professionalism and pride Alexander brings to our travelers. He helps us offer something a vehicle alone never could: a personal introduction to Santa Marta.

With gratitude

The people who give the destination meaning

Bukap is grateful to work with guides who bring their own knowledge, personality and care to every experience. Guide assignments depend on the itinerary, language, specialty and availability, and the confirmed professional is shared before service.