Colombia Travel Costs
Is Colombia expensive to travel? We backpacked Colombia for under $40 a day.
Category Colombia
Colombia is South American’s most northern country. It’s opened it’s doors to tourism in recent years after a recovery from decades of struggles with drug trafficking. Now, Colombia is safe to travel.
Our Colombia travel guides and resources feature the best places to travel in Colombia, including Bogota, Medellin, Cartagena, Tayrona National Park, Salento and Cocora Valley, Popayan, and our favourite, Villa de Leyva.
Crossing the Colombia/Ecuador Border at Rumichaca
According to travel guides, the only safe place to cross the overland border between Colombia and Ecuador is Rumichaca. The closest Colombian town is Ipiales (but we recommend staying in Pasto) and the closest Ecuadorian town is Tulcan (but we’d…
Stopover in Pasto — Colombia’s Unappealing Border City
Pasto is a small city near the Colombia/Ecuador border and a frequent stopover for those making the long overland journey from Colombia to Ecuador. It’s an unappealing city and we wouldn’t recommend more than an overnight stop here, but it’s…
Popayán, Colombia’s White City
Popayán is known by two names: the white city (la ciudad blanca) and the fertile city (la ciudad fecund). It’s known as the white city because the old town is whitewashed and the fertile city because no other town has…
Salento & Hiking Cocora Valley
Wax palm trees and coffee farms — those are the two things that Salento is famous for. The little Colombian town of Salento is nestled in the verdant green Andes mountains and is just a short ride from the Valle…
El Cocuy National Park Hiking Guide
Adventurous souls can see can see glaciers, the mighty condor and the other-worldly fraijones in El Cocuy National Park. Snow-capped peaks and wide valleys make the hiking in this Andes mountain range spectacular.
A Practical Travel Guide to Bogota
Is Bogota just “a big city with big city problems” as one Colombian told us, or is there more to Bogota than first meets the eye?
Villa de Leyva, Our Favourite Colombian Town
Villa de Leyva is paradise in Boyaca, according to one Colombian that we spoke to and we’d agree.
10 Things You’ll Love To Do in Cartagena, Colombia
Cartagena is a charming colonial city on Colombia’s Caribbean coast.
8 Best Things To Do on a Stopover in Santa Marta
After our incredible weekend hiking in Tayrona National Park, like many tourists we hopped out into Santa Marta and based ourselves in the town for a few nights.