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How to get to Colombia

Approximate flight time to Bogota from some world capitals:
Buenos Aires: 6 hours 10 minutes.
Mexico City: 4 hours 15 minutes.
Caracas: 1 hour 25 minutes.
Los Angeles: 8 hours 15 minutes.
New York: 4 hours 15 minutes.
Miami: 3 hours 30 minutes.
Madrid: 10 hours 30 minutes.
Paris: 12 hours.

International Airports:
Bogota – El Dorado (BOG) is located in the city. There are buses that leave every 20 minutes
for the city center (traveling time: 30 minutes).
Barranquilla – Ernesto Cortissoz (BAQ) is located 7 km from the city.
Cali – Palmaseca (CLO) is located 18 km from the city.
Cartagena – Crespo (CTG) is located in the city.
Medellín – Rionegro (MDE) is located 45 km from the city.
Departure tax: the airport tax is US $47, applicable to all international departures. There is a
tax of US$50, applicable to international departures of those travelers who have stayed for
over two months in the country and all Colombian residents. These taxes must be paid in cash.

Log on to http://www.aerocivil.gov.co/ in order to obtain further information regarding air
traffic in the country.

By land:
Railway: There is no international rail connection.
Road: The Pan American Way is interrupted at the Darien Gap, a jungle region between
Colombia and Panama. Cars are generally shipped from Panama to a Colombian port.
There are roads between Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador. Both borders are served by
several national and international bus services.
A driving license, national obligatory insurance and car ownership card is normally required at
border crossings.

By ship:
There are shipping companies that dock in Colombia, both passenger ships and cargo ships
that also take passengers. Royal Caribbean, Princess Cruise and Delta Cruise Lines ships leave
from United States ports in the Gulf of Mexico, and cruise lines of the French Line, Italian Line,
Pacific Steam Navigation and Royal Netherlands SS leave from different European ports.
Cartagena is quite an important port in the Caribbean and ships of the Sun Line, Princess
Cruises, Delta Norwegian American, Holland America, Wetours, Sitmar and Costa dock there.
There is a short sea passage between Puerto Obaldía in Panamá and Sapzurro on the
Colombian Caribbean coast that can be crossed by launch.