| FREQUENTLY
ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT TRAVEL IN COLOMBIA |
1) HOW
LONG DOES IT TAKE TO GET TO COLOMBIA?
| To Bogota on a one-stop flight: |
| From Miami |
From New York |
From Los Angeles |
| ___3.1/2 hours |
5 1/2 hours |
7 1/2 hours |
2) HOW DO
I GET AROUND BOGOTA ONCE I'M THERE?
| By air from Bogota to the
major destinations. |
3) WHAT ARE
THE MOST IMPORTANT PLACES TO VISIT ONCE THERE?
| Bogota deserves 2 to 3 days to have time to
visit the main sites and excellent museums and take day excursions. |
| After Bogota, the most important places to visit and
average stay are: |
Cartagena |
The Amazon |
San Andres Island |
3days-2nights |
3days-2nights |
3days-2nights |
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4) WHEN IS THE BEST TIME TO VISIT COLOMBIA?
Bogota is said to experience the four seasons
in a single day: night is cold, morning cool, the day can be warm and the evenings
autumn-like. Cartagena and San Andres are both tropical.
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| For more specific weather information on
selected cities, click here. |
5) IS IT SAFE TO
TRAVEL IN COLOMBIA?
| As long as you stay in the normal tourist
areas, the answer is basically "yes" but you should always follow normal
precautions for travel. |
6) WHAT ENTRY
DOCUMENTS DO I NEED?
| U.S. citizens need a valid passport and an
entry form-tourist card which is provided by your air carrier either at the ticket counter
when checking in for your flight to Colombia or once on-board. (NOTE: Other nationalities
should check with the nearest Colombian Consulate to determine correct entry
requirements.) |
7) WHAT OTHER
COUNTRIES CAN I VISIT AT THE SAME TIME?
| Traditionally Colombia was paired with Panama
for a two country program, but it also combines well with Venezuela and Ecuador. |
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