It will be several months at least before I can go, but what would be an ideal itinerary for 10 days? I was thinking half the time around Medellin and the rest on the Caribbean coast. Any other recommendations? It seems like a long bus ride between the two. Any good places to stop along the way. And finally, Is winter the dry season as it is in Central America?
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tombo
there are some flights from medellin to capurgana a small resort town at the panamian border, which is quite nice, or the busride of course
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peejee
agree with bickerss - unless you have the money to take several flights, stay around the carribean. Otherwise the combination of that with medellin is very nice, but in such a short amount of time, you ll have to fly to cartagena and back to bogota, at least.
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justonetaste2003
Just did 10 days in Colombia w/ my gf, too..
*We found having A/C in hotels was required for us to sleep nicely.
*I wasn't impressed with lodging in Taganga...stay in Santa Marta instead. better value. Taganga doesn't have much going on besides diving..so you may not need to stay there.
*Mini-bus transportation between Cartengena andTaganga/Santa Marta should cost $40.000 per person. Count on 5 hours of travel between 2 cities.
Add in a visit to Tayrona National Park and you'll get the whole package.
Days 1-5: Hike Cuidad Perdida (we did it in 4 days.. 5 is fine, too)
Days 6,7: scuba dive in Taganga, visit Bolivar's house in Santa Marta
Days 8,9,10: Cartengena... enjoy the sites.
Santa Marta - Hotel Nueva Granada
Cartengena - Hotel 3 Bandaras
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