Gallery

Aerial view of Bogota's La Candelaria historic district with colonial architecture and the Andes mountains as backdrop.

Coffee farm in Quindio's coffee cultural landscape showing ripe red coffee cherries ready for hand-picking at 1,800 meters elevation.

Cartagena's colorful walled city (Ciudad Amurallada) at sunset with bougainvillea-draped colonial buildings.

The cable car (Metrocable) system rising above the hillside comunas of Medellin connecting neighborhoods to the metro below.

Cocora Valley near Salento showing towering wax palm trees (the national tree of Colombia) in the misty Andean fog.

Barranquilla's Carnival festivities with performers in elaborate feathered costumes during the world's second largest carnival celebration.

The Lost City (Ciudad Perdida) archaeological site in the Sierra Nevada mountains, predating Machu Picchu by roughly 650 years.

Traditional Colombian bandeja paisa platter with red beans, white rice, ground beef, chicharron, arepa, fried egg, and plantain.

Pacific coast rainforest near Nuqui with pristine jungle meeting the sea, a prime destination for humpback whale watching from July to October.