Itinerary
- Barranquilla
- Medellin
- Bogota (altitude!): ++ San Francisco
- Drive to Tunja
- Drive to Villa de Leiva: +El Fosil, ++INfernito (the colombian Stonehenge), ++Ecce Homo (convent)
- ++Villa de Leiva: colonial town
- +++Canyon del Chicamocha: spectacular road that, after Socorro and San Gil
and Aratoca, dives down into the canyon for about 10 kms until the Pescadero
bridge, 50 kms from Bucarmanga.
- +Toquendana
- Barranquilla to Santa Marta
- ++Laguna/Cienga de Santa Marta
- ++Cartagena
- Reinado (November): parade of the "reinas" (the most beautiful girls of
Colombia) on carnival-like carriages through a huge crowd (people pour water
from the houses and in the streets people fight with buckets of water),
followed by a big fiesta.
- Barranquilla
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Notes
Trip difficulty: moderate to difficult
Length: 14 days
Season: Year-round
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Pictures of Colombia
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