A 19th Century German explorer and endangered songbird have one place in common: the central mountains of Santander.
Colombia has plenty of pristine forest to conjure one’s imagination. Several of them, even have mythical beasts.
The Rupicola inhabits the rainforests and caves of Vaupés. An elusive species to even the most tested birders, the cock-of-the-rock was first spotted in British Guiana.
Some towns in the Oriente Antioqueño are sweeter than others, such as San Antonio de Pereira with its culture of everything “dulce”
The Colombian genus of this revered tree is under threat from loggers in Antioquia, but one organization is trying to save the magnolia from extinction.
Inírida in the heart of the Guainía department is a colourful town and gateway to an Amazonian adventure with dolphin spotting and pristine rainforest.
With Semana Santa around the corner, Colombians head to the coast. When in Cartagena, visit a gold museum dedicated to the lost Zenu? culture
Once a corridor used for moving hostages from the interior to the eastern plains, peace and tranquility have returned to the Páramo de Sumapaz, an outing close to the capital.
Colombia is parrot paradise, but many are hard to spot because their green matches their leafy homes. Ongoing threats to their habitats is endangering this rather feisty species.
At the tip of Barranquilla the Magdalena River crashes into the Caribbean creating a maelstrom of current, spray and exacerbated by relentless wind. Welcome to the “ash mouth” of Colombia.
In many regions of Colombia, the process of panela-making has remained unchanged since the days of the Spanish conquest.
From the battleground of Iraq to the Texas outback, Ann Bush thought she had lived it all, until hitting the streets of Medellín.
Once the scene of a fierce battle, Cerro Tokio (Tokio Hill) is now part of the tourist circuit in Valle del Cauca.
Trade in the daily grind for the daily grit of birdwatching in a country – Colombia – that prides itself on having more species than any other in the world.