Tips for traveling Colombia ✈️ Foro The Independent Traveller (English) ✈️

Tips for traveling Colombia

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[/u]

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?[u]

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.