River channels threading through Amazonian forest

Country guide

Colombia

7 places across the five collections. Start with what draws you here, then build a journey that gives each place enough time.

PhotographCIAT · CC BY-SA 2.0

Find your way through Colombia.

The country guide gathers The Original 100 and every alternative included elsewhere on the site. A shared regional wonder may appear in more than one country.

Country orientation

Find the shape of your journey.

See how the 7 entries are distributed, then choose a cluster that suits the journey you want. Numbers on this map refer to the list alongside it.

Representative points, including broad regions and shared-border entries. A pin is not a visitor entrance or evidence of a direct travel connection.

  1. Amazon Rainforest

    The Original 100 · An immense forest experienced through rivers, sounds and small discoveries.

  2. Cartagena

    Honourable Mentions · A Caribbean port whose walls contain a complicated history.

  3. Ciudad Perdida

    Extraordinary Discoveries · An ancient settlement reached through a demanding living landscape.

  4. San Agustín

    Extraordinary Discoveries · A sculptural landscape whose figures invite questions without easy answers.

  5. Tayrona National Park

    Extraordinary Discoveries · A Caribbean coast where forest, rock and sea meet closely.

  6. Mompox

    Further Horizons · A historic river town reveals a different Colombia through its waterfront, churches, courtyards and relationship with the Magdalena.

  7. Tatacoa Desert

    Further Horizons · Eroded red and grey landforms create intricate small-scale landscapes within an unusually dry part of Colombia.

The Original 100

1–100 · 1 place in this country

River channels threading through Amazonian forest

25 · South America

Amazon Rainforest

An immense forest experienced through rivers, sounds and small discoveries.

Honourable Mentions

101–200 · 1 place in this country

Sunset over Cartagena

186 · Colombia

Cartagena

A Caribbean port whose walls contain a complicated history.

Extraordinary Discoveries

201–300 · 3 places in this country

The Mesita A archaeological area at San Agustín

220 · Colombia

San Agustín

A sculptural landscape whose figures invite questions without easy answers.

The ruins of Ciudad Perdida

218 · Colombia

Ciudad Perdida

An ancient settlement reached through a demanding living landscape.

Further Horizons

301–400 · 2 places in this country

The market buildings of Mompox

323 · Colombia

Mompox

A historic river town reveals a different Colombia through its waterfront, churches, courtyards and relationship with the Magdalena.

The Tatacoa Desert near Neiva in Colombia

331 · Colombia

Tatacoa Desert

Eroded red and grey landforms create intricate small-scale landscapes within an unusually dry part of Colombia.

Turn the collection into a journey.

Begin with an anchor place and its suggested base. Compare the guides’ seasonal notes and allow separately for time spent travelling. A collection of places in one country is not automatically a sensible route, particularly where islands, mountains or remote regions are involved.

Use the travel workbench to record your chosen overnight stops and the transport information you have checked. It keeps unresearched connections visible and produces a day-by-day outline you can print or export.

For international travel, check current entry requirements, regional advice and the operating details of the actual transport and visitor authorities. Country and territory labels here organise the guides; broad shared landscapes do not imply unrestricted border crossings.