Bogotá to the Caribbean in two weeks: capital culture, the coffee axis, reborn Medellín, colonial Cartagena and the beaches of Tayrona.
Arrive in Bogotá
Land, acclimatise to 2,640 m, evening walk through La Candelaria.
Bogotá — museums and Monserrate
Gold Museum, Botero, cable car up Monserrate for sunset over the savanna.
Fly to the coffee axis
Short flight to Pereira or Armenia, night on a working coffee farm near Salento.
Cocora Valley
Morning hike among the wax palms, afternoon coffee tasting and roasting.
Salento and Filandia
Slow day in the two prettiest pueblos of the Eje Cafetero. Tejo and local trout.
Medellín
Bus or flight to Medellín. Metrocable over the comunas, evening in El Poblado.
Medellín — transformation day
Comuna 13 street-art tour with a local guide, Botero plaza, museum of memory.
Guatapé day trip
Climb the 740 steps of El Peñol for the lake-maze view, lunch in the zócalo town.
Fly to Cartagena
Trade mountain air for Caribbean heat. Sunset on the city walls.
Cartagena old town
Dawn photo walk, ceviche lunch, Getsemaní street life after dark.
Rosario Islands
Boat day — snorkelling and white-sand beaches an hour offshore.
To Santa Marta / Tayrona
Coastal bus east, night near the Tayrona park gates.
Tayrona National Park
Jungle-to-beach hike to Cabo San Juan, swim, hammock afternoon.
Departure
Morning on the beach, fly home from Santa Marta or Cartagena.