Reply To: Colombia 2 week trip advice

[GillyDee]

We’ve just come back from a month long trip, Bogota, Inirida, Otun, Montezuma, Manizales, Jardin, Medellin, Santa Marta, El Dorado, Minca and Cartagena – mostly birdwatching with a bit of culture. In hindsight 6 weeks would have been better with longer breaks in Jardin and Medellin and I would only have spent a couple of days in Cartagena (rather than 4) but stayed inside the walled city. I’ll like to go back to Colombia; we barely scratched the surface.

As for coffee culture, we liked Jardin. We stayed at the Divina Providencia (utterly delightful) which was a short ride or a 20 minute walk from the centre of the town. Had a nice morning at a local coffee plantation. Apia was less touristy but more authentic.

Domestic flights with Avianca and Viva were good, Satena had a rather flexible outlook on flight schedules…