The following tips can help you determine what kind of travel coverage, if any is right for you!
Yellow fever shots : Required to have been vaccinated against yellow fever at least 15 days prior to departure if you going to visit :
The Amazon, Tayrona park, Santa Marta, Barranquilla , Cartagena , La Guajira, San Andrés y Providencia, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Llanos Orientales.
If you plan to visit jungle areas or parks as Amazonia's Amacayacu Park, is recommended in addition to the yellow fever vaccine a tetanus .
You can get your yellow fever shots "free" at the airport in Bogotá as there is an infirmary there and you can get your certificate there too.
Note, YOU must have been vaccinated against yellow fever at least 15 days prior to departure to these destinations . Must show the certificate at the Colombia's airport of yellow fever shot, just to departure to these destinations.
If you only going to visit Bogotá, Medellin, Cali, Villa de Leyva or the coffee zones of Colombia ( Caldas, Armenia , Quindio). Although it is not necessary I recommend you get your shots and carry with you your certificate. Just in case!
Medical insurance and travel
If you planning to go for short or long time will be a good idea to acquire travel insurance that provides health care coverage and hospital care.
Who NO needs a tourist Colombia Visa?
If you are a citizen from the Argentina, Austria, Barbados, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Chile, Denmark, Ecuador, El Salvador, Spain, USA, Finland, France, Great Britain, Guatemala, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Mexico, Norway, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Republic of Korea (South Korea), Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela foreign residents of Canada and the United States. If you planning on staying NO more than 90 days then you WILL NOT NEED A VISA
Pay attention...If you are planning on staying in colombia longer, investing,conducting business, or traveling to Colombia for reasons other than tourism you should get a Colombia's Visa.
Hello, friends!!
We are organizing a trip in a passengers' van around the east of Venezuela, with a time estimated of 15 days. It begins on December 25, 2009 (from the airport in Caracas) and concludes on January 8, 2010. We have a file with the foreseen itinerary and a map and are elaborating a small review with images of each and every of the places to knowing, which will be finished in a few days.
To have this transport, it offers to us safety and the flexibility of stopping where and when we want. The idea is of a trip among friends, to enjoy to the maximum the country, to share with the country people, its customs and to know the pretty geography; without hurries and with the logical freedoms between adult persons. If you have some worry or additional commentary, you can write to us to pezinho27@hotmail.com
We hope you like it and join us in this adventure!