Port Oasis Ecopark
Access only for cruise passengers arriving or embarking at the Cartagena Cruise Terminal. Access to the public is restricted.
The Port Oasis, or Port Oasis Ecopark, is a 10,000 square meter garden with more than 700 animals of 74 different species. These animals are sent here by the environmental authorities for their recovery, protection, and conservation. In some cases, they return to their natural habitat after a rehabilitation process. In other cases, they find in the Oasis a home according to their survival needs.
When the Port of Cartagena Group adapted the Cartagena de Indias Cruise Terminal, it not only built the necessary infrastructure for passenger embarking and disembarking, but also took advantage of a forest located in its facilities to establish an open sanctuary. This became a natural oasis in the midst of the modern port infrastructure.
The initiative earned it the Maritime Award of the Americas under the Sustainable Tourism Destination Port category, awarded by the Organization of American States (OAS). This was in recognition of the organization's environmental practices in cruise ship operations.