Choose the best local travel agency to visit Colombia

Agency, travel, Colombia. Three words for a perfectly legitimate need to travel with a local agency in one of the most beautiful countries in the world! In this post we’ll give you all our recommendations for choosing the best travel agency with the best services.

The country still has a sulphurous reputation, and you may want to “secure” your trip. This is legitimate, even if, from our point of view, it’s not the main reason why a specialist is an interesting ally for organizing a trip to Colombia.

As you can see, this post is aimed at those who wish to be accompanied by a professional to make the most of their stay without worrying about organization!

Should I use a travel agency?

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The answer is obviously up to you! But we’re going to try to guide you in your choice, and to do that we’d like you to answer a few questions:

• Do you want us to help you organize your trip?
• Are you just too lazy to organize everything?
• Would you like to do a self-tour?
• Do you want to discover regions off the beaten track?
• Do you need to feel safe and supported during your trip?
• Are you looking for unique experiences?

If you answered yes to at least one of these questions, then you can call on a travelagency in Colombia to accompany you on your tour. If you answered no, then you can organize your travel itinerary with the help of our travel blog.

Why use a travel agency?

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Take the organizational burden off your shoulders

For some people, researching and booking plane tickets and accommodation, creating an itinerary, finding things to see and do on the spot – it’s a pain ! A travel agency in Colombia will take care of all this for you, taking into account your wishes and travel habits.

Feeling safe

For others, it’s the sense of security that comes with being accompanied that makes all the difference. Travelling in Colombia is not a trivial undertaking; you need to have a bit of an adventurous spirit and know how to get out of your comfort zone. It can indeed be relaxing to have advice from local specialists on regions to visit or avoid, and to have assistance on hand throughout your stay in case of problems.

Getting off the beaten track

Finally, some people (like us, for example) will want to discover little-visited regions, totally off the beaten track, and where the accompaniment of someone who knows the terrain well is often imperative, or at least a real plus. The idea is to use this service as a complement to your travel plans, for just a few days here and there to discover a particular region.

Special activities

Take a guided tour of Bogota, Medellin or Cartagena, hire a guide for a trek, go rafting or scuba diving, immerse yourself in the culture of an indigenous family, and so on. There are tons of small local service providers who specialize in a particular territory or activity. These are the services we most often use.

Choose the best travel agency in Colombia

Our recommendations

These days, Colombia is all the rage, and almost every travel professional has Colombia in their catalog. But to find the best travel agency, we really advise you to use an agency based in Colombia. We call these “incoming agencies”.

The first reason is that you’ll be dealing with a team of Colombian specialists who know the country and can adapt to your wishes. They have a network of partners all over the country to offer you tours, activities, accommodation, etc.

The second reason is that you avoid an intermediary and therefore pay a better rate.

In any case, avoid at all costs the huge tour operator platforms or the big tour operators who charge you for travel by the mile, and more often than not charge you at least 2 unnecessary intermediaries!

Our experience and advice from Colombian travel agencies

Choosing the best travel agency in Colombia

As far as we’re concerned, we’ve used the services of professionals on a very occasional basis, to discover certain little-known regions or to do certain activities in particular.

The agencies and service providers we recommend on the travel blog are ones we’ve chosen and whose work, philosophy and positive impact on the communities and territories they work in we like.

So here’s the list of service providers we know and recommend, and with whom you can travel with your eyes shut!