Colombia, thanks to its location near the equator, two different oceans and an extreme topography, has to offer a variety of different destinations, which, together with various cultural traditions, make up the quintessence of the subcontinent. From the legendary port city of Cartagena on the Caribbean coast to the enigmatic statues of San Agustín or the shaft tombs of the Tierradentro culture in the mountainous south, from the white sandy beaches of the Tayrona National Park against the majestic backdrop of the world’s highest coastal mountains to the literarily immortalized river port of Mompox on the River Magdalena. read more…