Guatavita is a small pueblo about 75km from Bogotá characterized by colonial whitewash buildings and a wealth of arts and crafts stalls. It’s a peaceful excursion from the bustling city and a great place to pick up lunch and wander around, picking up souvenirs and snacks along the way. It’s a romantic pueblo and is a popular […]
Category: Treks
There is something special about climbing a mountain and reaching its peak. Whether it takes months of preparation or is just a relaxed hike on the weekend, there is a sense of accomplishment and connection when you look out at the landscape in front of you and get that I did it feeling. –> Colombia […]
I realize I’m terribly unprepared for my four-day trek to the La Ciudad Perdida, The Lost City, in the Sierra Nevada as soon as I get into the van that’s taking us to the starting point. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– How do I know? Well for starters, when I get into the van and […]
Working in the travel business has its perks. One such perk is being able to travel. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Sara, one of the See Colombia Travel team, recently went to Nariño, way over in the South West of Colombia. She brought back with her a load of information (coming soon) and quite a […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Check out ‘The Top 10 Treks in Colombia: from Andes to Amazon’ My feet were soaked. My bag weighed heavy on my back. I was tired. More tired than I think I’ve ever been. But alongside the exhaustion and dehydration was a sense of unmistakeable contentment. I had arrived […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Today’s post is written by Sara Romes * from See Colombia Travel’s sales department: I have a confession to make…I am not a city girl. I’ve never lived in a city with a population above 3 million people. So when I moved to Bogota, with nearly three times that […]
So my time at See Colombia Travel is coming to an end. By this time tomorrow I’ll be sitting on a beach, tucking into my second or third ice-cold Aguila of the day, and pondering the eternal question: should I have fish or fish for lunch? It’s always a tough call… –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) […]
Have you ever seen a branch of Body Tech gym in Bogotá: all huge glass panes and beautiful people cycling furiously and not even sweating…its equal parts terrifying and depressing. Some of the independent street gyms aren’t much better: rusty equipment and men who make Schwarzenegger look like…well…me. All in all, the gym can be […]
Colombia has more than its fair share of stunning coastline – about 1,800km of Caribbean and 1,500km of Pacific to be unnecessarily precise. However, possibly the most beautiful corner of Colombia’s coastline is, in fact, right in the corner! Capurganá is a small town, accessible only by infrequent flights and daily speedboats, nestled away right […]
Colombia had around 2 million foreign tourists in 2011, and experts are predicting this year to completely eclipse that already record breaking one: 4 million foreign tourists in 2012! Two of them were my parents…that’s right, my parents in Colombia! Compare that to 1998, when about 70,000 visited this country (definitely not including my parents), and you have some idea of […]