Popular Destinations in Colombia – Tourist Traps or Mandatory Stops?

Reading Time: 18 minutes There are dozens of lists on the web of tourist destinations in Colombia. Most of these lists are redundant outlining the most popular destinations nearly every tourist visits when traveling to, or through, Colombia. But are these must-see destinations tourist traps deserving of your precious time and hard-earned money? What’s the difference?

Bogota – What to See and Do in a 1-2 Day Stay

Reading Time: 7 minutes People are divided when it comes to Colombia’s capital city of Bogota: they either love it or they hate it. A large cosmopolitan city of 8 million people sitting at an altitude of 8,660 feet, it has a cool climate throughout the year. Colombians call Bogota “the refrigerator of Colombia”.  Overcast and often rainy, but […]

Bogota and Zipaquira’- are they worth seeing?

Reading Time: 6 minutes Bogota I’ve been to Bogota more times than I care to count, so many times that when traveling in Colombia these days  I’m doing my best to avoid it.  It’s not that I don’t like Bogota, I just don’t particularly like it either. For me, Bogota, with a population of over 7.5 million people, is just […]