Backpacking Colombia: the Ultimate Guide
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Backpacking Colombia: the Ultimate Guide
Margherita Cara
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The thought of exploring Colombia on your own as a (female) solo backpacker sounds a bit intimidating? You came across the right guide! Here you'll find tips on safety, budgeting, language, food and visa, as well as extensive info on all the main backpacker's hotspots, including hostels, activities, and food recs. Buen viaje!
Guide structure
1. Introduction
2. Basic Colombia tips
- money
- language
- food
- visa
- safety
- moving around
3. Itineraries (2, 3, 4 weeks)
4. Destinations
- Cartagena
- Santa Marta / Minca / Tayrona
- Palomino
- Medellìn
- Guatapè
- Jardìn
- Bogotà
- Salento
- Cali
- San Gil
- The Amazon
- Tatacoa
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Guide structure
1. Introduction
2. Basic Colombia tips
- money
- language
- food
- visa
- safety
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Margherita Cara
Available for hire
Ciao! 😊 my name is Margherita, I'm a 27yo psychologist & solo traveler from Milan, Italy. In January 2023 I hopped on a one-way flight to Havana, backpack on my shoulders and lots of fear in my heart, and 20 months later I'm still out here - and not ready to quit yet!
Things I love: slow traveling, connecting to people and places, eating good veggie food, people watching, collecting stories, water sports, black cats (all cats really) 😊
Things I don't love: ticking places off a "must visit" list for the sake of it, not engaging with local communities, believing negative stereotypes about certain countries. And spiders I also dislike 😔
Get in touch if you'd like to get my tips & tricks on traveling Latin America, South East Asia and Europe on a budget, from a solo girlie traveler perspective 🥰
What's included
Digital Map
Fully interactive, digital map for finding places nearby
91 places
91 hand-picked places with notes from the creator
25 photos
Beautiful, hi-res photos from the creator
21 links
21 links from the creator to go even deeper with more info
DESTINATION(S) COVERED
Cocora, Salento, Dipartimento di Quindío, Colombia
Bogotá, Colombia
Cali, Dipartimento di Valle del Cauca, Colombia
Isla Baru, Cartagena Province, Dipartimento di Bolívar, Colombia
San Gil, Dipartimento di Santander, Colombia
Colombia
Amazonas, Colombia
Tatacoa Desert, Villavieja, Dipartimento di Huila, Colombia
Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena Province, Dipartimento di Bolívar, Colombia
Medellín, Dipartimento di Antioquia, Colombia
Jardín, Dipartimento di Antioquia, Colombia
Tayrona National Park, Dipartimento di Magdalena, Colombia
Finlandia, Ituango, Dipartimento di Antioquia, Colombia
Minca, Santa Marta, Dipartimento di Magdalena, Colombia
Santa Marta, Dipartimento di Magdalena, Colombia
Islas del Rosario, Dipartimento di Bolívar, Colombia
Salento, Dipartimento di Quindío, Colombia
Leticia, Dipartimento di Amazonas, Colombia
Palomino, Santa Marta, Dipartimento di Magdalena, Colombia
FOCUSES AND THEMES
Backpacker
Female Solo
Vegetarian
Adventure
Art
Budget
Coffee
Foodie
Outdoors
People & Culture
Relaxation
Road Trip
Slow Travel
Sustainable/Eco
Format
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