We passed 2 months in Colombia, travelling from the ecuadorian border to the caribeen coast, from April 17th to June 19th.
Note: We are a couple travelling for 1 year and we’ve already spent half of our time and budget and time (20000€ total). The prices mentioned in this post are PER PERSON, except for the taxis and accommodation (usually private double rooms).
Food
We’ve found meals for 15 soles (starter/main course/drink included).
- Pizza: between 20 and 35K
- Full breakfast: between 5K and 10K per person
Drinks
- Water: Around 3K
- Beer: Between 6 and 8K
- Juice: 8K
- Coffee: between 1000 and 3000
Transportation
Bus:
- Pastos – Popayan 50K, to San Augustin 30K, Bogota to Medellin 87K, Medellin – Guatape 17K… For the rest please read the dedicated post.
- City bus:
– In Bogota they have a special bus way through the city (2800 one way and you need to pass with somebody),
– In Cartagena called TransCaribe will transport you from the airport to the city center, and from the city center to the bus terminal only for 2700pesos (ask again to somebody to use their card).
Colectivo:
The best experience we had is to take the Escolera bus from Jerico to Andes (15K)
Taxi:
Do not hesitate to use Uber, or even better Cabify in the main cities as Bogota and Medellin. The drive is about 20K.
Tramway/Funicular: in Medellin you need to buy 6K a card and each way is 3K (one way works for the tram + the funicular).
Accommodation
| Country | Minimum | Maximum | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 30K | 95K | 55K |
| € | 7€ | 22€ | 12€60 |
Activities
We paid the entrance of San Augustin archeological parc 25K, el Purital 7K, National museum of Bogota 4K, golden museum 2K, and the most expensive was Tayrona 67,5K. For the rest please read the dedicated post.
Extras
- Phone: With Claro there was an offer for 20 soles 4Gb with Facebook and WhatsApp unlimited for 30 days (we used a chip a traveler gave us in Bolivia)
- Laundry: around 5s per kg
- Cigarets: 5soles a pack, 27soles 10packs (they call it “brazo”)
- Guarda Maleta: 3800 for 24h
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