South America on a Shoestring - Colombia (Chapter)

This is the Colombia chapter from Lonely Planet's South America on a Shoestring guidebook.

Forget everything you've ever heard about Colombia - especially when the people telling you have never been here. Demonized for decades, today Colombia is a safe, affordable, accessible and utterly thrilling destination. What are you waiting for?

• Cartagena: get infatuated with Colombia's most romantic and perfectly preserved colonial city
• maps
• Bogotá: hit the great restaurants, clubs and art galleries in this kicking capital
• transport & directory
• The Amazon: paddle through flooded rainforests to Zacambú
• restaurants & accommodation

Coverage includes: Bogotá, Zipaquirá, Suesca, Guatavita, North of Bogotá, Tunja, Villa de Leyv, Parque Nacional El Cocuy, San Gil, Barichara, Parque Nacional del Chicamocha, Bucaramanga, Girón, Pamplona, Cúcuta, The Caribbean Coast, Santa Marta, Ciudad Perdida, La Guajira, Barranquilla, Cartagena, Mompós, Turbo, Capurganá, Sapzurro, Bahía El Aguacate, Northwest Colombia, Medellín, Zona Cafetera, Southwest Colombia, Desierto de la Tatacoa, Cali, Popayán, Silvia, Parque Nacional Puracé, Pance, San Agustín, Tierradentro, Amazon Basin, Leticia, Parque Nacional Amacayacu, Puerto Nariño.