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Colombia's Gateways to the Amazon

Colombia's Gateways to the Amazon

Cerros de Mavecure Mountains - Unique Landscape - Lost World and Sacred Site in the Colombian Amazon

The Cerros de Mavecure mountains are not a touristy place nor easy to get to. A breath-taking jungle landscape with towering granite mountains located deep in the Amazon rainforest.
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May 1, 2023
May 1, 2023
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Colombia's Gateways to the Amazon

Los Llanos - the Great Plains of Colombia

Los Llanos of Colombia sometimes look and feel similar to the plains of North America and the fields of the Midwest. Lush, green, flat grasslands stretching as far as the eye can see, scattered with herds of cows and huge red skies in the morning and night.
2019-05-02
May 2, 2019
Colombia's Gateways to the Amazon

Colombia's Golden Gateways to the Amazon

Travels to the Amazon rainforest are strenuous, timely and costly. It involves a lot of pre-planning, airfare and physical expenditure.
2022-12-03
December 3, 2022
Colombia's Gateways to the Amazon

Florencia - Colombia's Golden Gate to the Amazon

Florencia is a city in the southern department of Caqueta. It is nick-named, 'the golden gate to the Colombian Amazon'.
2022-11-17
November 17, 2022
Colombia's Gateways to the Amazon

Cerros de Mavecure Mountains - Unique Landscape - Lost World and Sacred Site in the Colombian Amazon

The Cerros de Mavecure mountains are not a touristy place nor easy to get to. A breath-taking jungle landscape with towering granite mountains located deep in the Amazon rainforest.
2023-05-01
May 1, 2023
Colombia's Gateways to the Amazon

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

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.
2019-06-19
June 19, 2019
Colombia's Gateways to the Amazon

San Jose del Guaviare - Exploring the Amazon from the Outside In

San Jose Guaviare is small jungle town in Colombia. It's the end of the line where the grassland plains end and the Amazon jungle begins. All the roads end here, too.
2019-06-09
June 9, 2019
Colombia's Gateways to the Amazon

The Most Dangerous Road in Colombia. The Trampoline of Death. Pasto to Mocoa

Highway 37 - the road stretches from the Andean city of Pasto over the mountains and down to the jungle town of Mocoa a gateway to the Amazon.
2019-05-07
May 7, 2019
Colombia's Gateways to the Amazon

Tena, Ecuador - Gateway to the Amazon

For a somewhat easy and economical exploration of the Amazon - Tena, the capital town and the oldest town of the Napo Province - is easy to reach by land.
2017-08-21
August 21, 2017
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COLOMBIA

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This is a blog with over 85 articles with photos on Colombian destinations. For a traveler, Colombia is the best kept secret of the continent. It’s affordable and relatively undiscovered.

It is a country with so much to offer: history, beautiful scenery, mountains, coastlines, beaches, rainforests, abundant greenery, raging rivers, caves, sleepy colonial towns, hip, hot metropolitan cities, friendly and sophisticated people, archeological sites, excellent coffee and a wide array of fruits and vegetables to discover.

Hopefully the information provided herein will help convince more travelers to  visit Colombia.
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