Colombia’s government is trying to promote responsible tourism on the “Rosario Islands” national park after 500 years of colonial and illegal occupation. The country’s National Parks authority is carefully trying…
Parque Tayrona, one of Colombia’s most popular beach destinations, will be closed for three periods a year to allow its protected ecosystem to recover from damage caused by tourism. Until…
Three beaches on Colombia’s Caribbean coast were closed on Sunday as their popularity overwhelmed local authorities. Authorities in the Bolivar and Magdalena provinces decided to restrict access to the popular…
La Guajira is the driest and hottest place you will find in Colombia and the home of the legendary Wayuu people. The Wayuu are particularly legendary because the Spanish were…
The Caribbean town of Taganga has become a reference of how Colombia should not develop its tourism potential. Every vice under the sun has turned this fishing village into a…
Ex-combatants from the Colombia’s demobilized FARC group are recreating a guerrilla jungle camp to show tourists what their life during the conflict was like. According to newspaper El Espectador, the former…
A judge in Cartagena on Tuesday overruled a government resolution that sought to close a popular beach in an attempt to preserve a threatened sea turtle. The Environment Ministry ordered…
Colombia’s Lost City, or “Ciudad Perdida,” is the extraordinary archaeological site of a city lost for generations, only rediscovered in the 1970s by local looters. A 44km hike through Indiana…
Costeño Beach is Colombia’s slice of tranquility for those keen to avoid the swaths of travelers that make their way to nearby tourist hubs on the Caribbean coast. Located just…