Why go...the Amazon jungle, extreme bio-diversity, a melding of ethnicities, bunches of festivals, yummy and unusual fruits and sweets, the beautiful Cano Cristales River, scuba diving, tropical islands, salsa dancing, the first Spanish colony in the New World, Carnival, coffee plantations, and hot springs! I was amazed by how much beauty, fun, diversity, and uniqueness Colombia holds!
Andino region...
Zipaquira. Salt cathedral and theme park!
Tierradentro. Painted Tombs Archaeological Park.
San Gil. Beautiful parks.
Manizales. Hacienda Vanecia is a working coffee farm/hotel! Termales Santa Rosa De Cabal is a hotel with a waterfall that cascades into hot springs! Yey! And there is a beautiful cathedral in town too!
Quindio! Parque Nacional Del Cafe! A kitchy amusement park themed around coffee and traditional Colombian things!
Villavieja. La Tatacoa Desert! Paleontology museum and observatory! The quiet, still desert, without any noise or light pollution, has over 300 days of clear, cloudless skies! Making it a great place for star gazing!
Medellin. The city of the eternal spring! Museums, aquarium, full moon cemetary tour, flower fair. Charlee Hotel
Bogata. Capital city with a ton of museums! Including the Gold Museum. Marriot Hotel
Villa De Leyva. Beautifully preserved colonial town. Museums. Kite Festival. Hotel Duruelo
Corota Island Wildlife Sanctuary. Cozy little island!
Orchids National Park. Dreamy.
Cocuy National Park. Lovely glacial landscape!
Pisba National Park. Strikingly beautiful arid landscape with pockets of lushness!
Costa Norte Region...
Barranquilla. Carnival!
Cartegena. Cartegena is the first Spanish colony on the American continent. It a beautiful, walled, colonial city that includes forts (to protect the Spaniards from pirates!), museuams, churches, monasteries, beaches, salsa class, and the chiva bus! Chiva buses are the open and colorful form of public transportation in the region, but there is a tourist version too!
Hay Festival! Hay Festival is where artists speak about their work. It is a chance for everyone to get together and talk about life! "The idea behind all of this is to create bridges between normal citizens and great creators, thus giving rise to more open, multi-cultural societies." Sofitel Hotel.
Mompox! They have big festivals for Easter that fuse Catholicism with the indigenous customs.
Pacifica region...
Cali is the salsa capital of the world! Intercontinental Hotel. Petronio Alvarez Festival. Afro-Columbian folk festival with chanting!
Island region...
Orinoquia region...
Sierra Macarena National Park. The tropical savannas and wetlands of Colombia! There is a beautiful river in the park called Cano Cristales. For a few weeks every year, a tiny aquatic plant blooms in the river and causes it to become the colorful "river that ran away from paradise!" Ooh La La!
Amazonia region...
Visit the Amazon Jungle! Leticia is a town with museums, arboretums, aquariums, and more. Yoi Eco Tours takes you into the jungle to learn indigenous crafts and skills! Amazon Bed and Breakfast.
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