Six Colombian environmental experts are hosting a one-day conference with students to share research on climate climate and eco-sustainability issues.
Ayahuasca ceremonies are performed by many indigenous groups in Colombia’s Amazon region. But, how safe is yagé for foreigners? We asked an expert.
The online retail giant, Amazon, has announced the launch of a customer service center in Bogotá, scheduled for October.
The Humboldt Institute has announced that a peculiar frog has been discovered in the humid forests of the Magdalena River valley: the goat sounding Scinax Caprarius.
A new tourism route looks to connect visitors with unique arts and crafts while at the same time promoting stunning destinations in Colombia.
A mega highway project designed to unite Venezuela with Ecuador through the Colombian Amazon has been scrapped to save threatened biodiversity.
The Tarapoto lakes and swamps in the Colombian Amazon have been declared “a wetland of international importance” to be protected under the Ramsar Convention.
From a canopy adventure high above the Amazon to discovering hidden Andean waterfalls, Colombia has no shortage of adrenaline adventures.
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.
At the crossroads of the Amazon, Colombia’s port town of Leticia offers visitors riverine adven- tures and a local fish delicacy called pirarucu?.
Director Clare Weiskopf takes on motherhood in a debut feature film titled “Amazona” and a river movie that traces the life of her mother Valerie Meikle.
The Marginal de la Selva is a mega road project to unite Venezuela with Ecuador. The environmental impact could be devastating to Colombia’s Amazonia.
Valerie Meikle paddled 1,500 kms down the Putumayo. A story of endurance, personal loss and life in the Amazon rainforest is the subject of a poignant film.
Photographer Gabriel Eisenband captured this impressive picture of the Maypures rapids in the Tuparro National Park.
Despite advanced monitoring systems and global initiatives and policies aimed at preserving the world’s rainforests, controversy remains over whether deforestation rates are, in fact, declining.
Think you’ve seen it all? Colombia’s post-conflict is opening up travel destinations unseen until now by the outside world.