A small circle for people actually living in Medellín.
Saturday brunches of up to ten people, and the local life that grows around them: rooftop nights with sauna and ice bath, salsa, hikes in the hills above the city, long dinners with people you keep seeing.
Not a meetup. A small, repeating circle of people who actually show up.
Medellín has no shortage of events. What it lacks is the part that comes after: a group you keep seeing, where conversations carry over from one Saturday to the next, where someone messages you on a Tuesday about a rooftop night with sauna and ice bath, and where after a few months you notice you have a real life here, not just a city you live in.
Basecamp is built around that. Saturday brunches as the anchor. Rooftop evenings, salsa nights, weekend hikes, dinners at someone's place, coffees that turn into afternoons - the rest is whatever the circle decides to do together.
What this is
- A small curated circle
- People living in Medellín long-term (6+ months a year)
- Real, honest conversations
- A starting point for actual friendships
- Brunches, rooftop nights, salsa, hikes, dinners
- Small, repeating, built over time
What this isn't
- A tourist or nomad meetup
- A networking or pitching event
- A loud WhatsApp group
- A place to sell anything
- For people passing through Medellín
- For collecting contacts or followers
Brunch first. Real life after.
You apply
A short form. A few honest questions. Not a CV, not a pitch - just enough to understand who you are and whether this fits.
You join a brunch
Up to ten people around one table in Laureles. Saturday late morning, good food, no agenda. A few hours that usually run longer than planned.
You become part of the circle
From there it becomes whatever the group makes of it: a rooftop evening with sauna and ice bath, a salsa night in Manrique, a Sunday hike, a long dinner at someone's place, coffees during the week. Real friendships, not another group chat.
The kind of people this circle is built around.
Reliable
You show up when you said you would. You don't cancel an hour before. This is the single thing that turns a group into a circle.
Honest
About what you do, what you're working on, what you're going through. No personal brand at the table.
Generous
You suggest the hike, the dinner, the rooftop night. You introduce people. You add to the circle instead of waiting to be entertained.
Discreet
No pitching, no selling, no recruiting. What's shared between us stays between us.
Rooted here
Medellín is one of your real bases. You're here at least six months a year and plan to keep it that way.
Interesting, not impressive
Founders, operators, creatives, people with a story. Status optional. Curiosity required.
People building a real life in Medellín, not passing through it.
Founders, self-employed, remote professionals, internationally minded paisas, people who've built something interesting, and people quietly on their way there. The common thread isn't job title or net worth. It's that Medellín is one of your real bases - at least six months a year - and you intend to keep it that way.
If you've been here a while and plan to stay, you'll fit. If you're here for two weeks before flying to Bali, this isn't the right circle, and that's okay.
Most people in Medellín end up with a long list of acquaintances and very few real friends. Plans get cancelled. Group chats go silent. Months pass.
Basecamp is my attempt at the opposite: a small, real, repeating circle of people I actually want around on a Saturday, and on a random Tuesday. If you've been looking for the same thing, you're welcome to apply.
Want to come to a brunch?
Start the application →We read every application. If it's a fit, we'll invite you to one of the next Saturday brunches in Laureles. If it isn't, we'll tell you honestly.