Travelogues Huila

22.1. Ankommen im Cali. Außer Giovanni erwarten mich noch seine Freundin Caroline und Maria Isabel. Wir trinken Wein und unterhalten uns angeregt über meine Reise, aber auch...

Our journey takes us to Campoalegre, a small town in the province of Huila in Colombia. Here, we will spend almost a month as volunteer helpers in a foundation named...

Today marks my first trip - it's needless to say that my friend here knows almost everything already 😂 We headed to Rivera, specifi

Why Neiva of all places? Simple: My friend Erhard has traveled to South America several times, and his best friend lives here in Neiva. So it was quickly clear that our adventure...

Hello hello hello again, it's been a while! I would have LOVED to write a blog entry earlier but wifi was not just bad, it was simply non existent. Traffic lights here are...

The archaeological/tourist site of La Chaquira is located about three kilometers outside of San Agustín - high above the deep-cut gorge of the Río Magdalena (Colombia's l

We continued from the mountains to the Tatacoa Desert. There are two stone deserts, a red one and a gray one, and it is pretty much the hottest place in Colombia. After an...

What to do in the last days in Colombia? There is still so much to see, but we have to decide. From Salento we take a bus to Armenia, from there to the next bus to Neiva, where...

After our short stop in Neiva, we continued south to San Agustin, Colombia. The bus from Neiva to San Agustin was supposed to pick us up at 06:15 AM. At 06:10 AM, Gerda and I...

In Medellin, we made a little detour to Tatacoa Desert before heading back to Bogota. To save time, we took an overnight bus. Since the route goes over 7 mountains, we booked...

After returning from La Macarena to Bogota, we took the night bus to San Agustin on the same evening. We arrived early in the morning after the long journey and were relieved to...

The journey then continued by car to “El Estrecho” down in the valley. Here, the Rio Magdalena literally squeezes through its narrowest point, which is only about 1.5 met

Today's destination is San Augustin and the archaeological park there. This very small town is located ab

The next morning, we were awakened at 6 o'clock by very loud church bells. 🥴😫😴 After a modified Colombian breakfast with arepas, coffee,

Rio Magdalena, view to the north

Archaeological ParkAlto de los Ídolos

The night in the hammock was surprisingly pleasant. In the morning, we went for a little hike through the red desert, as we were advised against the gray one. And we spent the...

In San Augustin, I didn't spend much time and only wanted to use it as a stopover to Ecuador. There wasn't really much to experience. However, the hostel was great, the owner...