The Amazing Amazon
Everyone should visit the Amazon once in their life. It’s easy in Colombia.
January, 2019.
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Armero on my mind
A town buried in volcanic mud in 1985 with 23,000 dead – mostly still lying underfoot – is a strange attraction, with or without ghosts.
January, 2019
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Riding Bogotá’s TransMiCable
An amazing cable car now connects some of Bogotá’s poorest communities to the city. And it’s a great day out.
February, 2019
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Avianca’s 100 years
Born into adversity, Avianca celebrates its centenary this year. We look at the early years of Colombia’s historic airline.
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Cascada La Chorrera Colombia
La Chorrera: Colombia’s highest waterfall. And it’s right on Bogota´’s doorstep.
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Viva Villa de Leyva!
Villa de Leyva is colonial splendour in the lush hills of Boyacá. Best enjoyed on a 3-day excursion from Bogotá.
Read moreOn the road in Colombia
Colombia is a big country where major cities are one to two day’s drive apart, there are three mountain chains and a lot of jungle to deal with, and plenty of other natural (and man-made) obstacles along the way. The country has justification to blame its poor transport development on its unforgiving geography. The severe La Niña floods that ravaged the country in 2011, for example, took out hundreds of bridges and long sections of main roads. In recent years Colombia has
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