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Colombia
Places with a guide
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Barranquilla~$42 a day
Barranquilla is known for a carnival of parades, dances and concerts.
Best Dec–Apr
Bogotá~$65 a day
La Candelaria is Bogotá's colonial center and a popular base for budget travelers.
Best Jul–Aug, Dec–Feb
Bucaramanga~$40 a day
Bucaramanga combines urban parks with the modern shopping and restaurant district of Cabecera.
Best Apr, Jun–Feb
Buenaventura~$49 a day
Buenaventura is a Pacific port used as a starting point for visits to Juanchaco and Ladrilleros.
Cali~$44 a day
Cali is a warm city in southwestern Colombia.
Best Jun–Sep, Dec–Feb
Cartagena~$59 a day
Cartagena is a Caribbean coastal city with a walled historic center and Spanish colonial fortresses.
Best Jul, Dec–Apr
La Macarena~$41 a day
La Macarena is a base for Caño Cristales.
Best Year-round
Leticia~$81 a day
Leticia is a base for Amazon lodges and river journeys.
Best Jun–Oct
Manizales~$42 a day
Manizales is a hill city in Colombia's coffee region.
Best Jul–Aug, Dec–Feb
Medellín~$50 a day
El Poblado is Medellín's main visitor district.
Best Jun–Sep, Dec–Mar
Minca~$56 a day
Minca draws travelers for organic coffee, mountain views and birdlife.
Best Dec–Apr
Neiva~$41 a day
Neiva is a hot Magdalena River city and a base for trips to the Tatacoa Desert.
Palomino~$49 a day
Palomino is a Caribbean backpacker town below the Sierra Nevada.
Best Dec–Apr
Pereira~$42 a day
Pereira is a practical transit hub in Colombia's coffee country.
Best Jul–Aug, Dec–Mar
Popayán~$37 a day
Popayán's whitewashed colonial architecture invites slow exploration.
Best Jun–Sep, Dec–Feb
Puerto Nariño~$65 a day
Puerto Nariño is a car-free Amazonian town near the Amazon and Loretoyacu rivers.
Riohacha~$46 a day
Riohacha stands where the Ranchería River meets the Caribbean Sea.
Best Dec–Apr
Salento~$47 a day
Salento pairs colorful colonial streets with the green hills of Colombia's coffee region.
Best Jun–Aug, Dec–Feb
San Agustin~$48 a day
San Agustín's archaeological park contains ancient burial sites, statues and a small museum.
Best Jun–Sep, Dec–Mar
San Gil~$42 a day
San Gil is a riverside base for rafting, caving and mountain biking.
Best Jun–Aug, Dec–Mar
Santa Marta~$42 a day
Santa Marta pairs a working Caribbean port with beach time.
Best Dec–Apr
Sapzurro~$70 a day
Sapzurro is a small Caribbean fishing village where dense jungle meets the sea.
Best Dec–Mar
Sogamoso~$43 a day
Sogamoso's archaeology museum explores Chibcha material culture.
Best Dec–Mar
Taganga~$42 a day
Taganga is a fishing village on Colombia's Caribbean coast.
Best Jul, Dec–Apr
Tayrona National Park~$79 a day
Caribbean beaches and jungle trails define Tayrona National Park.
Best Jul–Aug, Dec–Apr
Tunja~$42 a day
Tunja is a highland university city with churches and pre-Columbian archaeological sites.
Best Year-round
Valle de Cocora~$55 a day
Valle de Cocora is a cloud-forest valley where wax palms rise above rolling green hills.
Villa de Leyva~$48 a day
Villa de Leyva preserves a streetscape of whitewashed colonial buildings.
Best Jun–Sep, Dec–Mar
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