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The best things to do on a trip to Colombia (2023)

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by Angélica & Samuel | My Trip to Colombia

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There are plenty of ways to spice up your trip to Colombia, with fun, sports, nature and cultural activities! So what are the things to do on a trip to Colombia?

Here’s a list of the activities we recommend for a trip to Colombia, along with posts telling you about our experience and our tips for carrying out these activities.

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Best hikes in Colombia

Best Things to do on a trip to Colombia

Colombia is a country criss-crossed by the Andes mountains, so it’s a fabulous playground for hiking and trekking enthusiasts!

Here are the treks we absolutely recommend on a trip to Colombia.

Trek to Paramo de Sumapaz, a beautiful hike around Bogota

Pantano de Martus, in search of the spectacled bear

Cerro Kennedy Trek: 2-Day Hike Near Santa Marta, Colombia

Laguna de Iguaque, hike in the natural park near Villa de Leyva

Bunkuany travel guide: the alternative trek to the Lost City

Best things to do in Murillo, between wax palms, thermal baths and hiking

Trek to Nevado Santa Isabel, Los Nevados National Park (hiking in Colombia)

Around Bogota Travel Guide : best things to do and see in the area

Paramo de Oceta travel guide: one of the best hikes in Colombia

Cocora Valley Travel Guide: hiking in one of the most beautiful landscape of Colombia

Cultural immersion

Best Things to do on a trip to Colombia

Colombia is a country of mixed cultures, where many indigenous peoples, descendants of pre-colonial times, still live. Discovering these ancestral cultures and learning a little at their side is an experience every traveler should have once in his or her life.

Visit Silvia travel guide: cultural immersion in the Misak indigenous community

Seydukwa, the cultural experience with indigenous Arhuaca family of Sierra Nevada

Outdoors activities and Adventures in Colombia

Best Things to do on a trip to Colombia

Where there are mountains, there are rivers, and here again Colombia has a lot to offer in terms of sites suitable for rafting. The same goes for paragliding, which is becoming increasingly popular in the country.

Numerous launch sites are opening up in pretty mountain villages, but one of the most spectacular sites for paragliding in Colombia is clearly the Chicamocha canyon.

With its Caribbean and Pacific coasts, Colombia offers many opportunities for scuba diving.

Rafting in Medellin: an opportunity to discover the forgotten region of eastern Antioquia

Paragliding in San Gil travel guide: flying above Chicamocha Canyon

Scuba diving in Santa Marta (Taganga)

Visit San Gil travel guide: best things to do in the outdoors activities capital

Guided tours in English

Best Things to do on a trip to Colombia

All Colombia’s major cities now offer guided tours in english. So if you want to visit Bogotá, Medellin, Cartagena and Cali in english, here are our recommendations!

Visit Comuna 13 travel guide: the Graffiti Tour in Medellin

Visit Moravia Barrio Tour: the sowers of life in Medellin

San Basilio de Palenque, a tour into the heart of Afro-Colombian culture

Best local agency to visit the Bahia Solano (El Valle) region

Laguna de Iguaque, hike in the natural park near Villa de Leyva

Best agency to visit Guatape with a local guide

Best agency for a Medellin private airport transfer

Visit Silvia travel guide: cultural immersion in the Misak indigenous community

Best local contact to visit the Nuqui region

Best local guide to visit Barichara

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A French-Colombian couple based in Colombia since 2023, Angélica Troya and Samuel Bourille have been traveling the country since 2013 and share their stories and experiences on their blog My Trip to Colombia, blending an insider's perspective with a traveler's eye to show readers a different side of Colombia.

They're the authors of the Guide Évasion Colombie (Hachette, 2024) and the Guide Simplissime Colombie (Hachette, 2026), and their blog is recommended by the Guide Vert Michelin, Petit Futé, and Guide Tao Monde.

My Trip to Colombia has become a trusted resource for travelers planning a trip to Colombia, with more than 400 articles published, a network of 40+ local partner agencies, and a community of over 60,000 monthly readers across three sites: monvoyageencolombie.com in French, miviajeporcolombia.com in Spanish, and mytriptocolombia.com in English.

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