Colombia ranks second as best destination to visit in 2017 by Lonely Planet. The top ranked nation is Canada.
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How to take kids to the Amazon … and live to tell the tale
Colombia’s Amazon region can be intimidating, but kids can have a blast if you travel with these helpful tips.
Leticia’s Ethnographic Museum is a window on Amazon culture
Colombia’s newly re-opened Ethnographic Museum in Leticia takes visitors on a journey through the Amazon past and present.
Reclaiming past and future in Colombia’s Amazon
A document drafted by 500 indigenous groups in Colombia’s Caquetá department demands a role in policy decision-making.
The Enduring Language of Amazonian Body Art in Colombia’s Vaupés
The hauntingly-beautiful ceremonial attire of the Yucuna tribe in the Vaupés department captured by photographer Piers Calvert.
Resilient rubber could save the Amazon
Colombia’s rubber tree farmers are rescuing a rural lifestyle – and helping the Amazon bounce back from deforestation.
Bogotá’s esoteric temples and stranger cures
A stygian temple of kitch which guarantees a cure for everything is one of the bizarre landmarks of the Caracas Avenue in Bogotá.
Waterways of Mavecure
Looming over the eastern frontier of Colombia, the Mavecure hills are one of nature’s most unique masterpieces.
Yajé: A dangerous “trip”
The death of British student Henry Miller in the Putumayo highlights the dangers of consuming the natural hallucinogenic ‘yagé.’
Amazon: Into the jungle. Into the night
Colombia’s Amazon captivates with its unchartered waterways, nationals and opportunity to observe species in the wild.
Bogotá museums expand their food offerings
Cultural foods: Two restaurants in Bogotá turn tables in landmark spaces thanks to their take on Colombian cooking.
The Huitoto child
Big Picture. The Huitoto inhabit the jungles of the eastern departments of Putumayo and Caqueta.
Defending the ‘Anaconda’
Wade Davis has a long involvement with Colombia’s Amazon, and this respected anthropologist believes the survival of ‘Peoples of the Anaconda’ is at stake.
Fishermen of the forest
Huitoto fishermen use traditional techniques and simple tools to capture large fish in raging rivers.
Climate change racer
Gustavo Yacamán races the Indy circuits and contributes to greater climate change awareness in his native Colombia.
Rockets and the damned
French Guyane is an outpost of European civility in South America, home to rocket scientists and a notorious prison colony.