Colombia’s Coffee Region looks like a postcard from the second you get there. Rolling green hills, wax palms taller than anything has a right to be, towns painted in colors that shouldn’t work together but do. It’s also one of the easiest places in Colombia to see wrong, because most people treat it like a […]
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COLOMBIA SMALL TOWNS Almost everyone runs the same Colombia itinerary. Bogotá, Medellín, Cartagena. Fly in, three or four nights each, done. And look, those cities are great. I’d never tell you to skip them. But I’ll tell you something I’ve only figured out after six trips down here. The days I actually remember, the ones
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You’re gettign ready to begin your solo travel adventure in Cartagena, one of the prettiest cities in the Americas. It’s also one of the easiest places in Colombia to get scammed. Both things are true at the same time, and anybody who tells you only one of them is either selling you a tour or
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Why I’m writing this, and why I almost didn’t Let me be straight about something before you read another word. I’m a man. I’ve been to Colombia six times, my wife is from Medellín, and I move through that country in a way a solo woman never will. Nobody catcalls me walking to the gym.
It’s decided! You’re planning to do some solo travel to Medellin. You book two weeks. You stay two months. I’ve watched it happen to so many people that it stopped being a coincidence and started being a pattern. Somebody lands in Medellín for a quick stop on a wider South America trip, and three weeks
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Understanding safety when using dating apps in Colombia can save you form more than being catfished. The US Embassy has issued multiple warnings. Eight American men died in Medellín in the last two months of 2023 alone. If you’re using Tinder, Bumble, or Grindr in Colombia, read this first. No fluff. Why This Article Exists:
Are you thinking of visiting Cano Cristales in 2026? The first thing most people say when they see a photo of Caño Cristales is: that has to be edited. It isn’t. The red is real. So is the pink, the yellow, the green, the blue — all of them running through the same stretch of
Not sure how to plan your Caño Cristales packing list? Most packing lists for Colombia are written for Colombia broadly, a country with a Caribbean coast, Andean highlands, Amazon jungle, and a dozen climates in between. Caño Cristales doesn’t fit neatly into any of those categories. The national park has its own rules. The terrain
Colombian Hidden Gems Where are Colombias hidden gems? You’ve walked the walls of Cartagena at golden hour. You’ve hiked through the Cocora Valley with wax palms stretching into the clouds above you. And, you’ve done the Medellín transformation tour and heard the story of how a city reinvented itself. And all of it was incredible.
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Published April 2026 | By Kam | KamTravels.net Colombia travel costs in 2026 are higher than they were two or three years ago. If you’re planning a trip and budgeting based on a 2022 blog post, you’re going to be caught off guard. But higher than before doesn’t mean expensive. And this Colombia travel cost
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