Cheap Flights to Colombia

Useful advice for travelling to Colombia (COL)

Travel enthusiasts that love trips energetic and exciting trips will simply love flights to this South American country. Colombia’s shores are washed up by the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea waves, and the country’s landscape is full of colourful and cactus-filled deserts and vast coffee plantations by the foothills. Acquaintance with friendly and welcoming locals will help every Colombia’s guest feel the peculiar Caribbean spirit of the country.

Preparing for the trip

Before starting your journey, you should get vaccinated against yellow fever and malaria, as the risk of getting infected with both diseases is high in Colombia. It is also recommended to get usual vaccinations against hepatitis A and B, typhoid fever, and tetanus.

Colombian climate is predominantly tropical, and the period between May and October is considered the wettest. You should remember that some country areas present a high degree of seismic activity, with several active volcanoes between them. You should also try and stay away from Colombian regions with higher crime rate.

Transportation and travel charges

Unfortunately, most local roads are constantly getting flooded with rain or mudslides. Probably the best way of travelling across the country is renting a car or hailing a taxi. Public transport tickets cost approximately 0.60 euro, while a one kilometre long taxi ride will cost you approximately 1.40.

You can pay for your purchases using the official local currency, the Colombian peso (COP). One euro is equal to 3249.74 pesos. You can order a lunch meal in a cheap restaurant for 3 euros and buy a cup of coffee for about 1 euro. In a local shopping mall, a 1.5 litre water bottle will cost you 80 euro cents. You can buy one kilogram of fruit for approximately 0.60 to 1.50 euro.

Additional information:

• Colombia belongs to the UTC-5 time zone; no summer adaptations are applied.
• Official language is Spanish.
• Distance from Vilnius to Colombia’s capital Bogotá amounts to 10 186 kilometres.

Best return gifts choices

All those who love a long winter evening spent reminiscing about exotic past holiday trips will especially enjoy themselves with a cup of authentic Colombian coffee in their hand. Precious metals admirers will be pleased with return gifts of gold jewellery. Colombian gold reserves are the most plentiful in all Latin America.