Boisterous San Pacho festival set to kick-off in western Colombia
The western Colombian city of Quibdo is set to celebrate the San Pacho festival, a 32-day rip-roaring party that culminates in a parade in honor of their patron saint Saint Francis of Assissi. The San...
View ArticleA reinvented train journey transforms tourism in Colombia’s tiny San Cipriano
San Cipriano, a tiny village in west Colombia, has reinvented the wheel, or at least the train track, to boost tourism. The jungle is a blur. The motorcycle-powered cart shoots along the railway...
View ArticleColombia’s largest tourism operator abandons Pacific island after FARC attack
Colombia’s largest tourism operator, Aviatur, has suspended all operations on the Pacific island of Gorgona after a FARC attack over the weekend killed one policeman and injured six others. Gorgona was...
View ArticleColombia’s Los Katios Park no longer in danger: UNESCO
Due to “significant improvements” against human destruction, UNESCO removed Colombia’s Katios National Park from its list of World Heritage in Danger. This decision was made on Tuesday in the 39th...
View ArticleThousands of humpback whales to converge on Colombia’s Pacific Coast
This week marks the beginning of Colombia’s annual whale watching season with up to 3,000 humpback whales expected to descend on the nation’s Pacific Coast. The annual pilgrimage of 8,000 kilometers...
View Article
