Colombia: Travelling

Entry Requirements

Passport and Visa Service: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Colombian Embassies and Consulates abroad

Check IATA Travel Website for visa requirements and health advices.

Airport	Distance	Taxi	Bus	Train	Car Rental
Bogotá (BOG)	13 km / 8 miles	USD 6-10 / 30-40 min	Available	-	Available
Medellín (MDE)	30 km / 19 miles	USD 16	USD 2 / 60 min	-	-

Health Precautions: - All rural areas situated under 1,800 meters of altitude are malaria infected. The strains present in the country are resistant to chloroquine.
- Dengue fever is present in the country.
- Yellow fever is endemic in the Magdalena valley, the eastern Cordillera, the Uraba region, the Orinoco, Amazonia and the Sierra Nevada.
- People who suffer from respiratory or heart illnesses, or high blood pressure may be affected by altitude sickness.
- Tuberculosis is common in the country.
- Rabies exists in the country.
- Diarrheic illnesses are widespread.

Systematically:
- Hepatitis A: for persons born before 1945, who spent their childhood in a developing country, or who have a medical history of icterus, a prior testing for serum antibodies (Ig G) may avoid an unnecessary vaccination. Hepatitis B.
- Diphtheria, tetanus, poliomyelitis.
For Further Information on Sanitary Conditions: Health Information for Travellers to Colombia.
For Further Information on Safety Conditions: Colombia travel advice from the UK Government
Consult the travel advice from the Canadian Foreign Office

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National Red Cross	123
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Time zone

Type of Climate: Colombia only has two seasons; summer corresponds to the dry season (December - January and July - August) and winter to the rainy season (April - May and October - November). The climate varies according to region and altitude with a relative stability of temperatures all year round. From the humid tropical climate of Amazonia or the Caribbean, the desert climate of Guajira, to the glacial temperatures of the Paramos (more than 3,000 meters altitude), Colombia offers all variations of climate and temperature, to their very extremes. The average temperature is from 25°C to 35°C in the country. There are 12 hours of daylight a day.
For further information: Colombian system of environmental information

Climate

Domestic Currency: Colombian Peso
ISO Code: COP
Possible Means of Payment: In large cities, you can pay with a credit card; in rural areas and in small shops, you pay in cash.
New ways of getting cash easily and safely are used by several local banks (ex.AZIMO etc.)

Official Language: Spanish.
Other Languages Spoken: There are still approximately 60 Amerindian languages in Colombia, as well as Palenquero, which is spoken by the Afro-descendants of the Palenque region.
Business Language: Spanish, English.

To Find a Job: El empleo - The employment
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