Colombia Complete Guide 2026: Cartagena Walled City, Medellín Reinvention, Coffee Triangle Wax Palms, Tayrona Caribbean and the Lost City Trek
Browse more guides: Colombia travel | South America destinations Colombia Complete Guide 2026: Cartagena Walled City, Medellín Reinvention, Coffee Triangle Wax Palms, Tayrona Caribbean and the Lost City Trek I had been warned about Colombia for years, mostly by people who had never been. When I finally booked the ticket, I expected to feel braced and watchful for the entire trip. Instead, two days into Cartagena, I was eating chilled mango with lime and salt from a fruit cart on Plaza San Pedro Claver, watching kids play soccer under a 17th century church, and wondering why I had waited so long. Over three weeks I crossed the country from the Caribbean walls of Cartagena to the cable cars climbing Medellín's slopes, from the wax palm cathedrals of Cocora Valley to the Andean cold of Bogotá and the jungle ridges leading to a thousand year old city the Spanish never found. TL;DR - Colombia in 2026 at a Glance Colombia in 2026 is one of the most rewarding countries to visit in t...