Colombia’s Golden Gateways to the Amazon

Reading Time: 16 minutes Travels to the Amazon rainforest are strenuous, timely and costly. It involves a lot of pre-planning, airfare and physical expenditure. There are other, more manageable, ways to see the Amazon.  Flying into the heart of the river basin is just one approach. Another would be to see it from the edge of the savanna. It’s […]

Mocoa – The End of the World – A Gateway to the Amazon

Reading Time: 8 minutes Mocoa is called a gateway to the Amazon. Located in the department of Putumayo in southern Colombia, the town is a remote gem on the fringe of Colombia’s Amazon jungle. Located in a tropical rain forest, the area is filled with turbulent rivers that feed the Amazon river.