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Forget What You Pictured Everyone pictures the Amazon before they've seen it, and Colombia's slice of it will quietly rearrange that picture. This isn't the Amazon of documentary drone shots — it's slower, wetter, and a lot more sociable than that.

Why Bother Colombia has a habit of understating things, and then Caño Cristales shows up and ruins that reputation. For most of the year it's a perfectly nice Andean-foothills river — clear water, green moss, nothing that would stop traffic. Then,

Nature & Adventure For travelers who want Colombia's wilder side. Three places, each reached a bit differently, each worth the extra effort to get to — click through to any of them for the full picture. Caño Cristales Amazon Pacific Coast

Colombia's Caribbean Walled cities, a desert that runs straight into the sea, a river town the modern world forgot, and an island closer to Nicaragua than to Bogota - Colombia's Caribbean coast covers more ground, culturally and geographically, than any other

Coffee & Mountains Wax palms and a working coffee farm on one side, a rebuilt city with a metro in the sky on the other. Click through to either for the full picture. Coffee Region (Salento & Cocora Valley) Medellín

Bogotá & The Andes Bogotá's altitude and Boyacá's colonial calm, two hours apart and worlds apart in feel. Click through to either for the full picture. Bogotá Boyacá (Villa de Leyva)