Travellers' reviews about Colombia

We planned a visit that was much too short and only had time to visit Bogata and Villa de Leyva. In Bogata, we loved the big attractions: Gold Museum and the Botero Museum and the smaller attractions of many local restaurants, neighborhoods and markets. We strongly recommend visiting the Salt Cathedral and Villa de Leyva and a horseback ride in the mountain foothills. As our trip was too short, we plan to visit again soon to learn about and enjoy other cities and the coffee area.

Semana Santa celebrations in Popayan. Excellent hotels throughout, particually Akawanka Lodge, Casa Lucy and Maloka Barlovento. The brief for the tour was fulfilled perfectly.

Colombia has a rich and diverse history and culture which we discovered form our travelling from Bogota and the experiencing the Amazon with a;ll its wildlife and indigenous people. We enjoyed the graffiti bike tour and markets in Bogota along with the restaurants and through the Gold Museum along with the Museum Botero truly world class experiences. We both thoroughly enjoyed Villa de Leyva and Baricharra where the hotels and the different excursions were great fun. Villa Nora near Armenia was a real delight and the hosts truly a delight - a fabulous and restful stop with wonderful bird watching in the garden. I would have much preferred 3 nights in Villa instead of doing 2 nights and then 1 night in Salento (see above comments). Barlovento was a beautiful place, despite the recent additional development there where we met some very interesting travellers. We could have done with an extra night there to enjoy the surroundings - even with Tayrona Park closed for February ! Minca was a good option and we enjoyed the waterfalls and pools for a refreshing swim and had a brilliant Paella at Antonio's restaurant. The drive to Carthagena was long - it took us 6 hours - probably because the road works around Carthagena were so bad and it was a Saturday. Ananda Hotel was a beautiful hotel with great rooms and friendly staff and well located. We enjoyed Carthagena very much - particularly the old town and Getsemani. All the internal flights worked very well and Avian in particular were great in ensuring all our luggage arrived at our final destinations.

Very professional and organised. Katherine was great and very responsive to all our requests. Very trusted and would recommend others to use Evaneos. Loved the tour in the coffee region in Salento and also the tour in Medellin both guides were very informative. The transfers arranged were always timely and professional. We had real peace of mind with the arrangements Katherine had made and we knew that we could relax and enjoy the trip. We would recommend without any hesitation.

We were picked up in Medellin, to go to the coffee region. This driver got lost and was a bit reckless. The hotel was great, relaxing and with history. The tours there where excellent. The guides full of knowledge, nice, great conversations. The guide for the Cocora Valley took us to try fruits, to a good restaurant for lunch, great person (Harol). And the coffee tour at the Hacienda was wonderful. We went to Popayan - this driver was great, careful and very nice. Maria, our guide knew a lot about the city and was very accommodating. Our driver to San Agustin was good but tried to sell us different tours which wasn't very nice. San Agustin we really liked Olga and Pacho. And the driver Orlando helped us with all our questions! All the hotels were wonderful. Katherine did the trip exactly as we wanted, with nice hotels, very good and different guides and free time! And was very good about follow up. All the professional were on time and knew we where coming. I recommend the company absolutely. Thank you.

We did a nice long trip starting in Bogota and finishing in Cartagena. I would say the highlights are many but Salento and Cocora Valley and Guatape were my favorites. Villa Leyva for my girls because they went horse back riding but we had many great excursions and were up and about all the time. There is great variations and possibilities in this country. From cooler Bogota to a hot and tropical Cartagena

Was a wonderful combination of adventure, nature, culture, and different environments. It exposed me to some of the many various sides to Colombia that I simply was not aware of, and this gave me a great insight into the country. The travel agent Sylvain was tremendous from the moment I contacted the company. He was enthusiastic, interested, and was always willing to be flexible to my many requests. He put me at ease, which in turn then allowed me to relax and enjoy the trip. Really great work - could not have asked for more from Sylvain.