{"id":3518,"date":"2012-04-13T10:34:13","date_gmt":"2012-04-13T15:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/?p=3518"},"modified":"2016-05-12T16:36:05","modified_gmt":"2016-05-12T21:36:05","slug":"on-the-road-renting-a-car-in-colombia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2012\/04\/on-the-road-renting-a-car-in-colombia\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Road: Renting a Car in Colombia"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"The<\/a>
The open road in Tatacoa Desert<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When you arrive to Bogota, embarking on your vacation in Colombia<\/a>, it could be easy to dismiss the idea of renting a car in Colombia as quickly as your first encounter with a taxi to your hotel. Taxis, buses and some cars skid around the streets with little regard for any resemblence of rules of the road.<\/p>\n

It’d be a shame, however, to miss out on the experience of driving around this incredible country. Navigating the winding roads through tree-laden mountain-scapes is one of my highlights in Colombia (but then, I’m a big fan of driving), and catching the open road in an area like Los Llanos is equally unforgettable. We just returned from a trip from Bogota<\/a> to Tatacoa Desert<\/a>, which took around 6 hours in car. We had a great road rip – even though we broke down on the way back. Fortunately the service we used was quick and professional.<\/p>\n

\"Getting<\/a>
Getting picked up half way home<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Colombia’s diverse landscapes make for great scenery on your drive. If you’re worried about safety then rest assured – between the primary tourist routes you’ll find nothing to worry about.<\/p>\n

Driving in cities, as you may have gathered, can be tricky but so long as you’re sensible, confident and capable you shouldn’t have too many troubles. Just be aware of erratic lane changing tendencies among buses and taxis, and keep your distance.<\/p>\n

\"View<\/a>
View of Tatacoa as we drove past<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Renting a car in Colombia should cost around $150,000 ($80US) per day, so it’s a great option if you’re a small gang. It works out cheaper, you can stop wherever you want to take photos, and you’ll always remember your road trip in Colombia.<\/p>\n

We rented a car from Rayther<\/a> – English is spoken.\u00a0If you need any tips on renting a car in Colombia, don’t hesitate to get in touch with See Colombia Travel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Paul<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When you arrive to Bogota, embarking on your vacation in Colombia, it could be easy to dismiss the idea of renting a car in Colombia as quickly as your first encounter with a taxi to your hotel. Taxis, buses and some cars skid around the streets with little regard for any resemblence of rules of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[71,35,3,115,116,128,624,625,626,4,66,97,889],"tags":[2735,37],"yoast_head":"\nOn the Road: Renting a Car in Colombia - Colombia Travel Blog by See Colombia Travel<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2012\/04\/on-the-road-renting-a-car-in-colombia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"On the Road: Renting a Car in Colombia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"When you arrive to Bogota, embarking on your vacation in Colombia, it could be easy to dismiss the idea of renting a car in Colombia as quickly as your first encounter with a taxi to your hotel. Taxis, buses and some cars skid around the streets with little regard for any resemblence of rules of […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2012\/04\/on-the-road-renting-a-car-in-colombia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Colombia Travel Blog by See Colombia Travel\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-04-13T15:34:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-05-12T21:36:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/tatacoapoker.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Paul Fowler\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Colombia Travel Blog by See Colombia Travel\",\"description\":\"Colombia Travel Blog: An international perspective on travelling in Colombia by world travellers.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2012\/04\/on-the-road-renting-a-car-in-colombia\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/tatacoapoker.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/tatacoapoker.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2012\/04\/on-the-road-renting-a-car-in-colombia\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2012\/04\/on-the-road-renting-a-car-in-colombia\/\",\"name\":\"On the Road: Renting a Car in Colombia - Colombia Travel Blog by See Colombia Travel\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2012\/04\/on-the-road-renting-a-car-in-colombia\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-04-13T15:34:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-05-12T21:36:05+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/417e4177e5bc2022442cf51a5355ed17\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2012\/04\/on-the-road-renting-a-car-in-colombia\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2012\/04\/on-the-road-renting-a-car-in-colombia\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2012\/04\/on-the-road-renting-a-car-in-colombia\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"On the Road: Renting a Car in Colombia\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/417e4177e5bc2022442cf51a5355ed17\",\"name\":\"Paul Fowler\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f10b8d3d1bb226ec998ece9c986b594e?s=96&d=retro&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f10b8d3d1bb226ec998ece9c986b594e?s=96&d=retro&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Paul Fowler\"},\"description\":\"Paul is an Englishman with a longstanding love of travel, tea and quality beer. His first trip was to Bosnia & Herzegovina and it was there, wading in some waterfalls near Mostar with just a litre of cheap beer and some bread in his belly, that he was bitten by the travel bug. After many more trips and a spell working in London, Paul relocated to Buenos Aires for some months before moving to Colombia. He's been here, knocking back 'guaro', for about 2 years now.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.seecolombia.travel\/blog\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/author\/paul\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"On the Road: Renting a Car in Colombia - Colombia Travel Blog by See Colombia Travel","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2012\/04\/on-the-road-renting-a-car-in-colombia\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"On the Road: Renting a Car in Colombia","og_description":"When you arrive to Bogota, embarking on your vacation in Colombia, it could be easy to dismiss the idea of renting a car in Colombia as quickly as your first encounter with a taxi to your hotel. Taxis, buses and some cars skid around the streets with little regard for any resemblence of rules of […]","og_url":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2012\/04\/on-the-road-renting-a-car-in-colombia\/","og_site_name":"Colombia Travel Blog by See Colombia Travel","article_published_time":"2012-04-13T15:34:13+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-05-12T21:36:05+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/tatacoapoker.jpg"}],"twitter_card":"summary","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Paul Fowler","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/","name":"Colombia Travel Blog by See Colombia Travel","description":"Colombia Travel Blog: An international perspective on travelling in Colombia by world travellers.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2012\/04\/on-the-road-renting-a-car-in-colombia\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/tatacoapoker.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/tatacoapoker.jpg"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2012\/04\/on-the-road-renting-a-car-in-colombia\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2012\/04\/on-the-road-renting-a-car-in-colombia\/","name":"On the Road: Renting a Car in Colombia - Colombia Travel Blog by See Colombia Travel","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2012\/04\/on-the-road-renting-a-car-in-colombia\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2012-04-13T15:34:13+00:00","dateModified":"2016-05-12T21:36:05+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/417e4177e5bc2022442cf51a5355ed17"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2012\/04\/on-the-road-renting-a-car-in-colombia\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2012\/04\/on-the-road-renting-a-car-in-colombia\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2012\/04\/on-the-road-renting-a-car-in-colombia\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"On the Road: Renting a Car in Colombia"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/417e4177e5bc2022442cf51a5355ed17","name":"Paul Fowler","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f10b8d3d1bb226ec998ece9c986b594e?s=96&d=retro&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f10b8d3d1bb226ec998ece9c986b594e?s=96&d=retro&r=g","caption":"Paul Fowler"},"description":"Paul is an Englishman with a longstanding love of travel, tea and quality beer. His first trip was to Bosnia & Herzegovina and it was there, wading in some waterfalls near Mostar with just a litre of cheap beer and some bread in his belly, that he was bitten by the travel bug. After many more trips and a spell working in London, Paul relocated to Buenos Aires for some months before moving to Colombia. He's been here, knocking back 'guaro', for about 2 years now.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.seecolombia.travel\/blog"],"url":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/author\/paul\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3518"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3518"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22820,"href":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3518\/revisions\/22820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}