Words used to describe the Amazon can seldom to do any justice to this remarkable place that stays imprinted on the memory. The incredible size of the Amazon River, an irrepressible source of life

Barranquilla is known as the golden gate of Colombia due to its importance as a one of the busiest ports in the Caribbean during the XX Century. It is situated 13km inland from the Caribbean Sea and a…

Bogotá is the capital city of Colombia and the country’s most populated city. With almost eight million inhabitants it is the most important political city in the country. The city is s…

Santiago de Cali is the capital city of the department of Valle del Cauca located in southwestern Colombia. The city enjoys a year round spring like climate and is known for its friendly and openly ho…

Caño Cristales, the mythical river of five colours is found deep in the department of Meta close to the towns of La Macarena, Mesetas, Vistahermosa, San Juan de Arama and Puerto Rico, making up part o…

Capurganá is a small town of Chocó, on the northwestern coast of the Gulf of Urabá, very near to Panama. This northwestern region of Colombia was inhabited by the Cuna indigenous tribe, for whom it wa…

Founded in 1533 on an original indigenous Caribe settlement, the Spanish conquistador Don Pedro de Heredia founded the city of “Cartagena de Poniente” to distinguish it from “Cartagena de Levante” in …

The coffee zone is a geographical area that comprises of three Colombian departments: Caldas, Risaralda and Quindío; with their respective capital cities of Manizales, Pereira and Armenia. The departm…

The capital of the department of Casanare is the city of Yopal, a place which was founded on February 22nd 1915, and which is an indigenous word referring to the heart of a particular tree. Yopal is s…

The Guajira peninsula is the northern most point in Colombia and South America spanning an area of 20,848km2. It is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the North, Venezuela to the East and to the West an…

Medellín, the capital of the department of Antioquia, is located deep in the fertile and mountainous Aburrá valley in the central Andean highlands. It is at an altitude of 1538 MAMSL which gives this …

Santa Cruz de Mompox is a remote and hidden town where time has stood still and your senses race. This town that inspires tales of romance and nostalgia is situated on an island of the same name on th…

Located in the southwest of Colombia, the department of Nariño has an embarrassment of natural wealth, many micro climates, altitudes ranging from just a few meters above sea level to several thousand…

On December 5, 1995, through Ordinance No. 030 of the Departmental Assembly of La Guajira, the Municipality of Dibulla was established and Palomino became one of its 5 towns. Palomino is located in an…

The town of Popayán is a small and perfectly formed colonial town often referred to as the White City due to the prevalence of the chalk-white facades of the homes and buildings in the historical cent…

The Rosario and San Bernardo National Park is a Caribbean marine national park, some 45km to the southeast of the bay of Cartagena at approximately one hour away by boat. The average year-round temper…

In the Upper Magdalena region of the department of Huila, to the very location where Colombia’s most famous river traces its source and nestled between the central and easterly ridges of the Andes Mou…

The archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina is located to the northwest of the Colombian mainland in the Caribbean and was declared a UNESCO Biosphere reserve in 2000. It is believed…

San Jose del Guaviare is located on the border between the Llanos Orientales and the Amazon jungle. With an average temperature of 25 ºC, the capital of the department of Guaviare is a destination tha…

Founded on July 29, 1525 by the Spanish Conquistador Rodrigo de Bastidas, Santa Marta was the first city in Colombia and therefore it is the oldest in South America. It was the port of entry for those…

The department of Santander is located in the central northeastern part of Colombia along one side of the Andes. The capital of the department is Bucaramanga, 414km and 8 hours overland from BOGOTÁ, o…

Tayrona National Park is located on the Colombian Atlantic coast a few kilometres from Santa Marta. The park’s boundaries extend from just beyond the bay of Taganga to where the Piedras River opens ou…

The Colombian Pacific coast is a region where one rediscovers the bewitching nature of the sea, its pristine jungles, exotic beaches, fauna and flora, kind hospitality and rich cultural background har…

Santiago de Cali is the capital city of the department of Valle del Cauca located in southwestern Colombia. The city enjoys a year round spring like climate and is known for its friendly and openly ho…

The town of Villa de Leyva, located 207 km from Bogotá at an altitude of 2,140m, was founded in 1572 by Hernán Suárez de Villalobos who named it after Andrés Días Venero de Leyva, the first president …