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Colombia by region. Pick a starting point, or tell us you want a bit of everything.

Bogotá with the Andes mountains behind it

Bogotá & The Andes

Colombia’s capital sits at 2,600 meters, ringed by the Andes — a city of museums, a serious food scene, and neighborhoods that shift completely block to block. Boyacá, a couple of hours north, trades the city for colonial towns and highland farmland.

Bogotá · Boyacá

Coffee & Mountains

The Coffee Cultural Landscape — working farms, the wax palms of the Cocora Valley, and towns built into hillsides. Medellín anchors the region from the north: reinvented, walkable, with a nightlife and food scene that surprises most first-time visitors.

Coffee Region · Medellín

Colombia's Coffee Region
Colombian Caribbean coast

Caribbean Colombia

The largest and most varied of the four regions. Cartagena’s walled city and Barranquilla’s carnival energy, the river town of Mompox frozen in another century, the desert coastline of La Guajira, and the islands of San Andrés out in the Caribbean Sea proper.

Cartagena · Barranquilla · Mompox · La Guajira · San Andrés

Nature & Adventure

For travelers who want Colombia’s wilder side: Caño Cristales, the river that runs red, yellow, and green for a few months a year; the Colombian Amazon, reached by boat from Leticia; and a Pacific coast most visitors never consider, known for whale watching and empty beaches.

Caño Cristales · Amazon · Pacific Coast

Rainforest river in Colombia

Not sure where to start?

Tell us how much time you have and what you’re after — we’ll tell you which regions make sense.