The Colombian capital is a vast, noisy, and intense city, but Bogota has a lot more to offer than initially meets the eye, and not just for solo travellers. It caters to all groups of visitors, be it the business tourist there for a business meeting, a backpacker touring his/her way down the length of …
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The pretty little coffee town of Jardin in the mountains of southern Antioquia department is one of Colombia’s Heritage Towns and arguably one of the nicest small towns to visit in the whole country. A charming mix of traditional architecture, stunning natural scenery and friendly local people, Jardin is worth visiting for at least a …
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**Update** Colombia will lift the “Reciprocity Fee” for all Canadian tourists entering Colombia, effective 1 May 2019, so there will not be any payment of COP200 000 for Canadian passport holders. Cartagena de Indias is the undisputed queen of the Caribbean coast, a fairy-tale city of romance, legends and superbly preserved beauty lying within an …
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Colombia’s capital city of Bogota is a vast, sprawling place with a population of over 8 million people, and concrete as far as the eye can see. It’s a great city to visit,cradled by the chilly Andean peaks on one side and steeped in sophisticated urban cool on the other. The city’s cultural epicenter is La …
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Announcing my next big adventure: one more month to Colombia! It will be my third time to South America, I love this continent so much. I am excited to explore this country which has both the Pacific and Caribbean coastlines, Amazon rainforest, Andes mountains, coffee plantations and colonial towns. But what really seals the deal …
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Letiticia may be the end of the road for Colombia, but it is also the crossroads of the Amazon jungle. From here, many adventurers set sail for Brazil or Peru, fulfilling a lifelong dream of traveling on one of the world’s greatest rivers, the Amazon—or as the locals call it, the Río Amazonas. Get ready to …
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My first impressions of Buenos Aires as I landed in Ezeiza airport and took a taxi to the city – am I in South America or in Europe? Buenos Aires is a coolly elegant, almost European city with style. The porteños, as the people of Buenos Aires are fondly known as, are famous for their …
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