Prominence 15 m (49 ft) Elevation 15 m | Mountain type Mud volcano | |
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Location Santa Catalina, Bolívar, Colombia Similar El Peñón de Guatapé, Nevado del Ruiz, Monserrate, Galeras, Cerro Machín | ||
El totumo mud volcano
El Totumo Mud Volcano (Spanish: Volcán de Lodo El Totumo) is a mud volcano located near sea level in northern Colombia in the municipality of Santa Catalina. A local tourist destination, popular for its alleged healing mud bath, it receives most of its visitors from nearby Cartagena. The mound has a prominence of about 15 m (49 ft) and it is accessible via a staircase that leads to the crater, which can accommodate about 10 to 15 people at a time; there, tourists bathe in the dense, warm mud and have the option of receiving personal massages from the attendants. The experience is then followed by a bath in a nearby lagoon to remove the mud.
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According to local lore, the volcano used to spew fire, lava, and ashes, but it was turned into mud by a local priest who believed it was the work of the Devil, and endeavored to banish him by sprinkling holy water into it.
Schlammvulkan mud volcano el totumo drone recording
