–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– I’ve been spending some time down in the jungle over the past few days, getting to know Mocoa (the capital of Putumayo department) and it’s surrounding jungles and waterfalls. It’s remarkable that in just 12 hours on a night bus from the Andean chill of the ‘refrigerator’ (as people […]
Category: Colombia off the beaten path
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Don’t panic, the world isn’t actually ending down here in Putumayo! The End of the World refers to a waterfall known locally as El Fin del Mundo. But I should backtrack first and get to the point: where are we? Mocoa is a small city on the fringes of the […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Part 1 of this Top 10 can be found here. Still wondering where to visit in Colombia during 2015? Been to the normal places (or just keen to avoid the crowds)? Want to explore some parts of Colombia that are under-visited, fascinating and beautiful? Then you have come to […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Part 2 of this Top 10 can be found here. So 2014 has blurred into 2015, and it’s that month where New Year’s Resolutions are made and swiftly broken…how’s that gym membership going? ‘Dry January’ moistened up a bit recently? As we mentioned in this post last year…why not […]
Colombia is full of incredible destinations; be it jungle covered beaches, ancient ruins in the forest, or mighty humpback whales leaping from the ocean. One of the greatest wonders that Colombia has to offer is undoubtedly the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta – a huge mountain range jutting up from the Colombian Caribbean coast. It […]
When you plan travels around Colombia, you often think of getting away from it all…to palm-tree lined beaches, to sultry salsa cities or maybe the Amazon rainforest. I however recently decided to escape to a region actually quite close to Bogotá called Boyacá. What does it have going for it? Well, it is home to […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Colombia has a number of well-known, popular hikes that travelers here can enjoy: El Cocuy and the Lost City being the most famous. However, in the countryside around Bogota there are numerous incredible day-hikes available which are generally fairly unknown and under-explored. One of these is the hike to […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– I have loved birds since I was a little boy growing up in Shropshire in England. I used to have a little green bird-book that I studied meticulously so I could learn what they all looked like, and, on weekends (assuming I was good), my parents and I would […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Yesterday we posted a photo gallery of the beautiful Santander towns of Barichara and Guane, along with the lovely hike that connects them, so today we thought we’d give you some more info on the hike itself. Enjoy! The Camino Real between Barichara and Guane is a […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Colombia counts many surprising destinations among it’s more famous traveller hotspots: how many people came here expecting to find deserts, whale-watching, and a river that runs red, blue and green? I’ll wager not too many. Yet perhaps the most surprising place you can visit in Colombia is a tiny […]