COLOMBIA
The country waiting to be understood
Most people have a picture of Colombia. It’s usually twenty years old. The real country is stranger, kinder and far more interesting: three mountain ranges, two coastlines, and a story that runs from Muisca gold to a country rebuilding itself after half a century of conflict.
The story in five chapters
Gold. The Muisca, and the ceremony the Spanish turned into the legend of El Dorado.
Empire. Cartagena’s walls, and the slave port behind them.
Coffee. The crop that shaped modern Colombia, one small farm at a time.
Conflict. Half a century of war, and why it happened.
Recovery. Medellín, and how a city chose to rebuild.
Read it before you go
The Story of Colombia is our free guide: eight short chapters, written by our founder, from the first people on the Andean plateau to the Colombia you’ll meet today.
Classic Colombia
Eleven days through Bogotá, the Coffee Region, Medellín and Cartagena, hosted by our founder.
2027 departures · 8 guests · from £3,995
Ways to travel with us
Private journeys
A journey through Colombia built around you, on your own dates, for two or more, with your own story written for your route.
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It’s the first question everyone asks. Here’s what the Foreign Office says, where we go, and how we look after you.
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