–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this before, but I love birds. I am a birder: I have been known to stand in the pouring Pacific rain for over 3 hours waiting for the arrival of a small bird in a distant tree. True story: it was the endemic […]
Author: Chris
I'm Chris and I'm the Colombia Travel Blog's resident Colombia travel expert and our editor. In nearly 4 years in the country, I have visited 31 of Colombia's 32 departments, and that last 1 is on the way! Colombia has been my home for years and I'm still not bored of exploring its diversity and magic, and getting to know its wonderful people. You can follow more of my adventures on Facebook @ChrisBellTravel and Instagram @ChrisBellColombia
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Colombia is many different things to many different people. But for me Colombia is a country of water and jungle, of rivers and trees – most tourism adverts might show the soft pastels of Cartagena, or the urban cool of Bogota and Medellin, even the folded green mountains of […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– A homestay is an increasingly popular way for travellers to get a truly local and authentic experience during their travels – basically it involves staying at someone’s house rather than in a hotel or hostel. There are good and bad homestays (some just feel awkward: as if, understandably, your […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– The Forbes Travel Guide recently published their list of the Top 12 Destinations of 2017 and Colombia has another high-profile travel recommendation as a result. The list, which focuses on cities and only includes 3 other non-North American cities, names Colombia’s capital as one of their best destination cities for […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Walking tours can be pretty hit-and-miss as far as I’m concerned – you either end up with a fascinating insight into a culture or moment of history (e.g. Bogota’s excellent graffiti tour or, the best walking tour I have ever taken, the civil war walking tour of Sarajevo in […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– In yet another sign that Colombia is probably the hottest travel destination in the world right now, CNN has named our favorite country as one of the 17 best places to visit in 2017 – the global news organization selected Colombia to feature on their list, joining The Guardian, Lonely Planet, Bloomberg, […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Salento is one of Colombia’s most popular and iconic tourist destinations: you can scarcely find an article about Colombian travel that doesn’t make some reference to the iconic wax palms of the Cocora Valley, the principal reason that most people make the short hop from Armenia to Salento. But […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Colombia is racking up tourism accolades faster than I can write articles about them these days! In another boost for our favourite country in the world, renowned newspaper The Guardian has named Colombia on their travel ‘hot list’ for 2017, alongside other Latin American countries such as Bolivia and […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– According to Bloomberg, Colombia is one of the best countries to visit in 2017. In their recent article entitled ‘Where to Go in 2017’ the company included Colombia, along with other up-and-coming destinations such as Iran and Myanmar. This is another boost for Colombia’s global tourism profile, which has […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Once again the decision has been taken by the Colombian National Park service to close the most popular of their sites, Tayrona National Park, for a month. After previously closing the park for a month in November of 2015 after local indigenous groups, who consider the park to be […]