Road trip diaries: Colombia

During our endless search for Colombian artisan goods, we’ve gone on many long road trips visiting gorgeous pueblos and hotelitos along the way. Some of our favorite stops are just a few hours from Bogotá and others, a bit more remote. Colombia is a huge country with one of the most diverse ecosystems in the world - driving a few hours in any direction can feel like entering an entirely different country. We like to travel slowly; we try to spend at least 3-4 days in each place and we usually take long meandering walks, asking locals what to do, see or eat, if there are any regionally specific crafts, and generally just take in as much as we can. Over the course of 3 years we have travelled to 14 of Colombia’s 32 different departments and still have only scratched the surface. If you have a couple of weeks you can have a beach vacation, jungle adventure, and charming-colonial-town getaway all in the same trip. At the risk of sounding like a commercial tagline: Colombia really does have it all.