Bogotá

I had to kill a few days on my own before Laura, Maarten & Laura arrived, but there are worse places to do so. Bogotá has a bad reputation but is colourful, dynamic, authentic and surrounded byLes mer
Salento

This colorful colonial town in the Zona Cafetera was the perfect reason to start drinking coffee ☕. We hiked the Coffee Route and learned a lot during an interesting tour at one of the many coffeeLes mer
Medellín

We visited busy La Candelería, drank cocktails in El Poblado and strolled around in Laureles, but were not impressed. The city and its many districts are hard to get a grip on. On a day trip toLes mer
Tintipan

You're obliged to relax on this island: you pick a hostel, get dropped off by a boat and can't leave the premises (which are surrounded by mangroves) unless you book a tour or are checking out. SoLes mer
Rincón del Mar

A short boat trip took us from Tintipan Island to this little paradise on the Colombian coast 🌴.
Apart from enjoying a beautiful sunset and spotting cool animals in the mangrove (sloths, aLes mer
Cartagena

There's not much to do in Colombia's most touristy and expensive city so we only stayed around for two days. However, it can't be denied that it's a beautiful place! There's color everywhere; be it onLes mer
Minca

This cute town is nestled in the foothills of the beautiful Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. We ignored the heat and the sandflies and explored the numerous hiking trails in the mountains whileLes mer
Palomino

We hiked through the jungle on our own, up to an indigenous Kogi village. These people don't interact with the outside world, so we kept our distance (but ended up playing with some kids in theLes mer
Camarones

The coastal town of Camarones (= 🦐) lies one hour north of Palomino, but couldn't be more different. We were virtually the only tourists and there was not much to do but (trying to) escape theLes mer
Cabo de la Vela

It wasn't easy to get to this remote desert village on Colombia’s northern tip, but it was worth it. We experienced what life must be like for the indigenous Wayuu that live here; we slept inLes mer
Back in Palomino

After visiting some locations with less facilities (vegan food, electricity, internet and drinking water were hard to come by), we decided to go back to a familiar and comfortable environment. WeLes mer
Guachaca

We stayed in a cheap room in Guachaca on the busy Ruta Nacional that runs along the Caribbean coast. It was the perfect base for our new favorite activity: exploring fancy hotels! First day: CosteñoLes mer
Tayrona NP

This national park is one of the most visited places in Colombia and our last stop on the Carribbean Coast.
We tried to evade the day trippers going to the overcrowded Playa Cabo de San Juan byLes mer
San Gil

Name any adventure sport and there's probably some travel agency in San Gil offering it. All of them are reasonably priced too, so we went wild!
We went paragliding 🪂 and caving and Miel alsoLes mer
Villa de Leyva

Villa de Leyva is known as one of the most beautiful and well-preserved colonial towns in Colombia. As we were quite impressed with the colonial architecture, the pretty cobblestone streets, the hugeLes mer
Tatacoa Desert

As usual, we were too stubborn to use the convenient tourist tours and decided to explore Tatacoa (which is actually not a desert but a dry tropical forest) on our own 🌵. The 'desert' consists ofLes mer
San Augustín

The Andes town of San Augustín is surrounded by steep river canyons and archaeological sites that contain prehispanic carved volcanic stone figures 🗿. It's also in this region that the mightyLes mer
Popayán

Maybe it was the rain, or the fact that the Puracé Volcano was closed due to elevated seismic activity, but 'The White City' didn't appeal to us that much. The typical food on the other hand ... 🤤
Ipiales

Another long (but very scenic) bus ride brought us to this ugly border town. We had just enough time left to hop in a shared taxi and visit the popular cathedral Las Lajas. Despite having ignored theLes mer
Colombia

20 typical pictures of our two months in Colombia!
Quito

We ended up staying longer than expected because we needed to slow down a bit after all those Colombian buses. Our week in Quito provided the structure we've missed for a while now. Even the weatherLes mer
Cuyabeno

The Ecuadorian Amazon is only reachable by organized tours but our 4-day trip to Cuyabeno Reserve was worth every penny! We went looking for animals by boat or on foot, during the day or during theLes mer
Galapagos - Isla Santa Cruz 🐢

Being so close, knowing the already steep entrance fee is going to double this August and realizing the amount of tourists in Ecuador is lower than usual due to the current crisis, made the GalapagosLes mer
Galapagos - Isla Isabela 🐧

Isabela is the largest and one of the youngest of the Galapagos islands. Being here felt like being in a Planet Earth episode. We were greeted by penguins & sea lions upon our arrival and had a viewLes mer
Galapagos - Isla San Cristóbal 🦭

San Cristobal's colony of Galapagos sea lions is the largest in the archipelago and they are our new favourite animals. They are so playful and we often found ourselves surrounded by them whileLes mer