ABOUT THE TOUR
Join Chris Caldicott on a tour of one of Latin America’s most alluring destinations and discover a rich cultural heritage, grandiose colonial churches, verdant coffee plantations, atmospheric villages and unspoiled natural landscapes.
Our tour starts in the thriving modern and affluent city of Bogota, where we explore the historic centre known as La Candelaria with its old casonas or grand colonial Spanish houses with iron windows, thick wooden doors and balconies.
From here we travel, via the impressive salt cathedral at Zipaquira, to the village of Villa de Leyva, one of the most beautiful colonial towns in the area which was founded in 1572 and declared a national monument in 1954.
We continue to Pereira in the Coffee Region, where enjoy excursions to the Valle de Cocora to see the amazing wax palm trees that can reach a height of 60m and the neighbouring town of Salento. We also visit one of the coffee plantations set on the steep hills which are typical of this area.
We then travel to Medellin, in the central Andean highlands which, for many years had a bad reputation due to Pablo Escobar’s drug cartel. However the city has gone through a major transformation and regeneration over the last few years and was recently awarded the title of the most innovative city in the world.
Our journey ends in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Cartagena de las Indias, built within the largest fortifications in the Americas to protect it from the constant attack of pirates and buccaneers, and wander through the city’s picturesque streets, plazas and wealth of 16th- and 17th-century buildings and churches.
TOUR LEADER
Chris Caldicott
Since travelling to some of the most remote parts of the world as Photographer-in-Residence to the Royal Geographical Society, Chris Caldicott has continued his globetrotting lifestyle as a freelance photographer, writer and lecturer specialising in food and travel. He has had several books published about food, travel and the spice trade and visited 118 countries on assignments to capture evocative images and write about memorable experiences for publications such as Vanity Fair, Condé Nast Traveller, The Sunday Times, Harpers Bazaar, Tatler, House and Garden and The Telegraph.
16 days from £5,980 per person
Price Includes
- Accommodation throughout as shown in the itinerary
- Breakfast daily; 9 lunches; 10 dinners
- Group airport transfers and transportation as per the itinerary
- All entrance fees, visits and excursions
- Gratuities in restaurants for included meals; gratuities to driver/s; porterage
- Gratuities to guide/s
- Local English-speaking guide/s
- The services of your tour leader throughout
Price Excludes
- International flights
- Travel insurance
- Items of personal expenditure (e.g. telephone calls / laundry etc.)
- Government levies or taxes introduced after costing and publication of this programme on 31/12/2025
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