Leticia, Colombia Travel Blogs

Oh mighty river (oh bloody mosquitoes).
Feb 18, 2005 (20 photos)

... looked around for other Gringos, but only spotted locals. Well this is just great! According to my Lonely Planet guide book, Leticia is an easygoing Colombian border town along the Rio Amazonas on the tri-border with Brazil and Peru. But you know what ...

How Hertz felt?
Jan 7, 2008 (10 photos)

... tangerines, and holiday salted almonds, we borded the dodgy vessel that woud carry us from Iquitos Peru all the way to Leticia Colombia. As Westerners we thought it would be prudent to bord the boat early, beating the masses and setting our hammocks up in ...

Welcome to the Jungle
Feb 17, 2006 (47 photos)

After a 12 hour speed boat journey down the Amazon, I arrived in Santa Rosa, Peru where Tabatinga Brazil and Leticia Colombia make up the tri-border region. I received my exit stamp from Peru immigration and headed over to Leticia where the best hotels, ...

Halloween
Oct 31, 2004

... there as he helped us arrange our flight and passport logistics. It is a strange place -- three countries all come together. Colombia, Peru, and Brazil. No formal borders, just a street...but when you leave and head out into the country, you must have ...

Arrival in Letecia, Colombia
Oct 30, 2004

Letecia, Colombia Spent 11 hours on a fast boat going full speed down the Amazon. Left Iquitos at 6am and arrived at about 530pm. And keep in mind we were going between 80 and 100km/hr. It was a sit down boat...not a get up and walk around boat ... ...

Vive Colombia!
Apr 18, 2004 (5 photos)

... delayed another 3 hours, but we finally got onto the 30 seater, with a souvenir keyring as compensation for the delay. What I learned * I want to go to Colombia again * Monkeys are thieving creatures * Border guards aren´t as scary as I had imagined

Amazon Adventure Part II
Feb 5, 2009 (6 photos)

Due to my lack of time we decided to combine what would be two days on the tour into one day so I could get a taste for all there was on offer in the Amazon. But it meant a long day. We started early and headed into the Amazon again. This time Abelardo's ...

Catching a flight to Bogota (take 2)
Oct 8, 2009

... time zones! So good to finally hear Spanish! Some info I found on the internet states that if you want to travel to Colombia from Brazil, you´ll need some kind of a tourist card from the Colombian Consulate in Tabatinga. You don´t. Just get an exit stamp at ...

Rio Amazon
May 11, 2008

... 2 days. All food is included etc but it is not the most luxurious mode of transport. Obviously we choose option 2. Before you leave Colombia you have to return to the airport and get your passport stamped out. You then have to make you way to what the ...

Dont tell mom
Apr 20, 2008 (37 photos)

to be done

From Peru to Colombia on the Amazon
May 23, 2009 (6 photos)

... took us 400 km on the Amazon river - it actually feels more like a big lake - from Iquitos in Peru to Leticia in Colombia. 400km sounds quite a big distance but really mingy compared to a total river length of 6500km. We accepted our human limitations and ...

Cafe in Columbia
Sep 27, 2005 (4 photos)

Am Flughafen in Tabtinga (Brasilien) will mich gleich ein Guide zu einer Dschungeltour verhaften- da er der einzige ist, der englisch spricht und versteht, wird er erstmal selbst verhaftet, um mein Hotel klar zu machen um dann danach mit mir nach ...

Aarrived in Leticia
Feb 9, 2007

... a striving economy based on tourism. During the 1980´s though this was one of the key drug trafficking hubs between Brazil,Colombia and Peru. During the 1990´s the drug traffickers were replaced by the gorillas and finally in 1999 demilitarized zone was ...

Amazon adventure
May 10, 2008

... no roads leading out of the town so the only way to get there is by air, it is in the Amazon on the cusp of Colombia, Brazil and Peru. We were greeted at the airport by Gustavo, the owner of Mahatu Guesthouse, whom I had very proudly been in contact with ...

End of Amazon Tour
Aug 22, 2002 (9 photos)

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Amazonas!
Apr 27, 2009 (13 photos)

... everywhere!   I was met at the airport by a lady who brought me to the Hotel Anaconda in downtown Leticia. The town is not large with 35,000 inhabitants and the first thing I noticed is how slowly everyone drives!  ...

Leticia, Gateway to the Amazon
Feb 2, 2009

... a small boat, and possibly camping out one night in the jungle, weather permitting. I am really looking forward to it. Tonight Colombia play Venezuela in a key football match so I have found out where the action is at and will be heading out to cheer ...

Amazon Adventure Part I
Feb 4, 2009 (2 photos)

I was picked up from my hotel at 7am, and brought on the back of a motorbike down to the port, where myself and Wilson took the fast boat for about an hour to a Yaguas village (Yaguas are one of the tribes that live in the Amazon). From there we got in a ...

Amazon Adventure Part III
Feb 7, 2009 (3 photos)

... were playing games with me! We arrived back at the Yaguas village, transferred to the fast boat and found ourselves back in Leticia. My three and a half days in the Amazon was thoroughly enjoyable and not another tourist in sight! Fantastic! - David

Leticia
Mar 14, 2009 (2 photos)

... get to relive the pros and cons of the Lisbon Treaty with the hostel owner who spent twenty years in Brussels. Leticia shares a border with Tabatinga, Brazil and its curious seeing and hearing Portuguese after being surrounded by Spanish for so long.  ...

Warm rain and cold showers
Nov 3, 2005

... nothing but the same food day after day is just not on ! We longed for a good curry! :) although Manaus was hotter than hell, Leticia is hotter than Manaus! Were having a great time. The company on the boat was worth its weight in gold ! cant wait to get ...

triple frontier
Nov 4, 2005 (3 photos)

... and giggles! we clearly have huge dollar signs on our heads. More assertive avoidance tactics have been employed today : ) Leticia is a pretty place, just how youd imagine a jungle town. Palm thatched roofs and little scooters running everywhere. Every ...

Open borders and three countries
Aug 15, 2009

... town in peru where you have to take care of immigrations, and then from there you take a tiny little boat to either leticia, colombia, or tabatinga brazil. its crazy because its all open boarders and people just jump around from each city to do what ever ...

Palmarí
Jan 11, 2008

... -both Mum and I find it awesome to finallybe standing on the banks of the world´s greatest river. We spend a night in Leticia, a hot, humid little jungle town with enough shops to keep us busy and good, cheap caipirinhas to keep us happy despite the lack of ...

The Triple Frontier
Dec 10, 2006 (27 photos)

... middle of the jungle is sort of shallow.  Nonetheless, it was a good way to spend an evening in Colombia. Travelling back and forth between Brazil and Colombia during the day required the use of mototaxis.  A fun and cheap way ...

Jungle Cruisin'
Sep 10, 2008 (1 photos)

... , we arrived in Santa Rosa, where we boarded a smaller boat for the brief trip to Tabatinga. I walked across the border to Leticia, Colombia and went straight to the airport to buy my ticket to Bogota. A few hours later I was in the air. Photos from ...

fun in the jungle
Jul 18, 2004 (4 photos)

off and running....or on a boat down the amazon to be exact....great to be travelling again.......enjoyed everything about leaving bogota and loved lettica. met that israeli boy with the big rucksac and the german economic student who i was to meet ...

Leticia, deep in the jungle... not quite
Dec 2, 2008 (40 photos)

... is, never watched animal wildlife on TV, have very low expectations and want to spend a lot of money just to arrive, GO to Leticia. If not, chose another spot! 2nd Dec: Back to Popayan for a couple of days (via Bogota and Cali) before going to drive ...

Culture fusion
Aug 27, 2007

... is a mere collection of huts, so after passing through emigration formalities I hopped in a canoe and headed over to Leticia, Colombia: the largest town in the frontier region. When the canoe pulled in, I walked along the precarious wooden planks placed ...

Boat to Colombia
Jun 15, 2005

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