Child protection policy

Legal notice

In compliance with Article 17 of Law 679 of 2001, Expotur Eco, the company that operates Punta Gallinas Tours, warns tourists that the sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of minors in Colombia are subject to criminal and administrative penalties under current law.

One of these offenses is sex tourism: the Colombian Criminal Code sets prison sentences for anyone who directs, organizes or promotes tourism activities that include the sexual use of minors (Article 219 of Law 599 of 2000, reinstated by Article 23 of Law 1336 of 2009; text in the Función Pública legal database, in Spanish, accessed October 5, 2026).

This notice applies to everyone who books or travels with us, including visitors from other countries.

Our commitment

As a tourism service provider, Expotur Eco commits to complying with the code of conduct required by Article 1 of Law 1336 of 2009 and Resolution 3840 of 2009 of Colombia's Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism. Specifically, we commit:

• not to offer, in our promotion or in our tour packages, services involving the sexual exploitation of children and adolescents;
• not to give travelers information about places where minors are sexually exploited;
• not to take travelers to those places, or take minors to where travelers are staying, for the purpose of sexual exploitation or abuse;
• not to allow our vehicles to be used on tourist routes for those purposes;
• to prevent children and adolescents from being brought into our tour vehicles and spaces for those purposes;
• to take measures so that no member of our team offers or facilitates these services;
• to report any such incident we become aware of to the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism and to the other competent authorities;
• to have an internal prevention policy and train our whole team in it;
• to inform travelers about the legal consequences of these crimes;
• to keep this code where our team can see it.

During our tours

If anyone in the group seeks, offers or facilitates sexual contact with a child or adolescent, we will report it to the authorities.

If you see a situation on the route that puts a child or adolescent at risk, tell your driver-guide or message us on WhatsApp, and report it to the authorities.

How to report

In Colombia, you can report the sexual exploitation of children and adolescents through these channels:

• 141, the hotline of the Colombian Family Welfare Institute (Instituto Colombiano de Bienestar Familiar, ICBF): free, nationwide and available 24 hours a day.
• 123, the National Police line.

The ICBF promotes these two channels in its campaigns against the commercial sexual exploitation of children in tourism settings (in Spanish, accessed October 5, 2026). The details of the 141 hotline are on the ICBF page five things to know about the 141 hotline (in Spanish, accessed October 5, 2026).

Laws cited

• Law 679 of 2001 (in Spanish), the statute to prevent and combat the exploitation of minors, child pornography and sex tourism involving minors. Article 16 (tourism promotion programs) and Article 17 (duty to warn).
• Law 1336 of 2009 (in Spanish), which supplements and strengthens Law 679 of 2001. Article 1 (codes of conduct for tourism service providers) and Article 23 (reinstatement of the offense of sex tourism).
• Law 599 of 2000 (in Spanish), Colombian Criminal Code. Article 219 (sex tourism).
• Resolution 3840 of 2009 (in Spanish) of the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, which sets out the code of conduct under Article 1 of Law 1336 of 2009.