ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT OUR 16-DAY ANDES EXPEDITION COLOMBIA
The 16-Day Andes Expedition Colombia tour will take you to the most remote areas of Colombia where few, if any tourists go. The huge loop include stops at the laguna La Cocha, Easter Island type sculptures in San Agustin, the Tatacoa desert, an intense ride on the trampoline of death road to Mocoa, the bustling capital city Bogota, El Cocuy snow capped peaks at 5,000 meters altitude, the eastern plains – Llanos Orientales, the village of Barichara, the Magdalena River, Guatape and the El Penol monolith rock, party friendly collage town Manizales, the spectacular coffee region and it of course all starts and ends in the laidback Salsa capital of world, the year around tropical warm city – Cali.
75%
DIFFICULTY
40%
OFF-ROAD
50%
COMFORT
100%
FUN FACTOR
POI: EL COCUY
Snow capped peaks and spectacular views near Colombia’s highest Andes peaks at close to 5000 meters altitude.
POI: BARICHARA
Wonderful tiny colonial era village at the edge of the enormous Chicamocha Canyon. Super off-road trails in and out of town.
POI: THE TRAMPOLINE
The trampoline of death road is a gnarly piece of road engineering the connects Pasto with Mocoa across the central Andes range.
16-DAY ANDES EXPEDITION COLOMBIA TOUR DETAILS
INCLUDED
✓ Price Match Guarantee
✓ Small group sizes (Min 5 / Max 10)
✓ Professional Multilingual Tour Leader
✓ Local Guide and Support Vehicle
✓ 15 Nights accommodation in shared room (Upgrades available)
✓ All Breakfasts
✓ Base model Motorcycle Rental (Upgrades available)
✓ Fuel and Road Tolls
✓ Mandatory 3rd Party Liability Insurance
✓ Motorcycle Damage and Theft Liability Reduction Insurance
✓ Group Activities and Entry Fees
✓ Pre-tour Preparation Guide and Briefing
✓ Transfers to/from Cali International Airport (CLO)
✓ Up to 25% discount on riding gear and accessories from our partners Klim, Giant Loop and Mosko Moto
✓ MotoDreamer Apparel Gift
✓ All taxes
NOT INCLUDED
✗ Airfare
✗ Upgrades
✗ Lunches, Dinners and Drinks
✗ Personal paperwork, permits and visas
✗ Travel and evacuation insurance with cancellation coverage (Available from Global Rescue)
✗ Tips to staff
✗ Any inclusion not specified
The 16-day Andes Expedition Colombia tour is 60% paved roads 40% gravel, dirt, mud and varied with good highways to small sealed back roads with potholes. Many curves, Andean Mountain passes and extreme scenic routes. For riders with off-road and touring skills, good curving skills, ability to stay calm in hectic traffic and the ability to ride longer sections of gravel and dirt roads, and parts on muddy tracks. We stay in mid-range hotels. We always opt for the best option available – clean, safe and practical location. Temperatures can vary between 12 to 40°C (53.6 F to 104°F). Temperatures can drop for a short period going over the mountains passes. It is recommended to ride with ventilated riding gear.
16-DAY ANDES EXPEDITION COLOMBIA ITINERARY
Fly-in to Cali (CLO)
Motolombia will pick you up in airport and bring you to the hotel. Depending on what time in the day you arrive, we will meet to sort out paperwork and prep the bikes. A tour briefing will be arranged once the last rider has arrived.
Cali to Pasto
Motolombia will pick you up at the hotel at 8 am and about 9 am we are ready to hit the road. The first day of riding will present thousands of curves as we make our way south toward Pasto. The route is all paved first day but we will have stay on our best game as we snake through the narrow section of the PanAmerican Mountain “highway”.
Pasto to Mocoa
From Pasto we make our way up over a high pass to the laguna La Cocha before the dirt starts. The famous “Trampoline of Death” road will take us through breathtaking mountain scenery on a ultra narrow cliff hanger road with sheer drops several hundreds meter down on one side. We spend the night in the all green Mocoa on the edge of the Amazon basin.
Mocoa to San Agustin
The road from Mocoa to San Agustin is all paved and continues to curve through incredible scenery.Arriving into San Agustin early afternoon there is time to check out some of the local sites in this traditional Colombian village.
Rest-day: San Agustin
The options are many for non-riding activities in San Agustin. We can arrange a trip to Colombia’s most important archeological find – the more than 500 Easter Island type sculptures left by an old ancient Indian tribe well before the Spanish arrived on the continent or we can horseback ride, hike or do an awesome rafting trip on the wild Magdalena River.
San Agustin to Tatacoa
Riding from San Agustin to the Tatacoa desert will be all types of terrain as we make our way north. We will spend the night in South America’s second most important location for fossils the Tatacoa desert. We will also visit natural springs and an Alien landing site?
Tatacoa to Bogota
As we make our way north through the Magdalena River Valley it will be hot and dry and there will be both dirt, rocks and paved roads to manage. At the end of the day we will engage in “urban enduro” as we fight our way through the hectic traffic of Bogota. A good diner in the fashionable Zona T will be a well deserved reward.
Bogota to Yopal
We get out of town quickly in the morning and straight into the mountains on Colombia’s eastern Andes Mountain range. After a few hours of intense curves we’ll arrive on the totally flat Eastern Plains that is the start of the Amazon basin (Llanos Orientales). We spend the night in frontier mining town Yopal. Expect hot and humid climate!
Yopal to El Cocuy
Day 9 will have it all. Flat plains, high mountains, paved sections, dirt sections from super hot to quite cold weather as we make our way up to almost 5000 meters altitude. The scenery is outer worldly as we approach the snow capped peaks at El Cocuy.
Rest-day: El Cocuy
On this “rest” day we will have the option of taking the bikes up to the snow capped glaciers at El Cocuy national park or we can arrange alternative transportation including horseback riding. Some riders might wish to spend the day relaxing in the colonial village of El Cocuy and surroundings.
El Cocuy to Barichara
This is another fantastic day of riding as the route takes us up and down high mountains on a mix of paved and dirt roads and tracks. We pass through San Gil before arriving in the beautiful Barichara colonial village on the edge of the Chicamocha canyon.
Barichara to Puerto Berrio
From Barichara we head down the mountains to the Magdalena River Valley. This time we connect with the river a lot further north. The river is now huge and wide at this point and we’ll stay in the river town of Puerto Berrio in cattle and oil exploration country.
Puerto Berrio to Guatape
Hopefully every rider is still as excited as we are with getting back into more curves as we make our way into the Central Andes Mountain range (Cordilleras Central). We end the day in Guatape, a wonderful little vacation town for locals from Medellin. We’ll visit the El Peñol monolith rock for a breathtaking view of the Lake District.
Guatape to Manizales
We continue in the central Andean Mountain range south to the interesting collage town of Manizales. The night life is usually pretty good for those who still have energy to go out.
Manizales to Cali
Last day of riding brings us down through the coffee region and into the Cauca River Valley. The roads flatten out coming into towards Cali and we reach “civilisation” again late afternoon in time to return bikes and get cleaned up for a last night out in the Salsa Capital of the World – Cali.
Fly-out Cali (CLO)
Motolombia will make sure to transport you to the airport in time for your return flight.
OBS
Itinerary may change without further notice due to weather, road- or any other condition that the operator or its guides feel will jeopardize the safety of the group or material.
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