Difficult river crossing

After all the heavy rains we had to swim across the Rio Grande, and hold on to the rope. Let go off the rope and you'd probably end up somewhere in Tayrona National Park!

A lost city deep in the Colombian Jungle

June 26th 2008
Finding our way to the Lost City There are many great treks in South America, but certainly nothing quite like the Ciudad Perdida trek, a 6 day round trip which takes you to the heart of the Colombian jungle and back, where seeing lost cities, fording rivers, walking in tropical downpours and learning how to make cocaine are just some of the activities covered. Though locate ... read more

South America » Colombia » Santa Marta » Ciudad Perdida

Colombia was one of the three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Ecuador and Venezuela). A 40-year insurgent campaign to overthrow the Colombian Government escalated during the 1990s, undergirded in part... ... read more

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