Things To Do in Leticia

This 29-hectare private reserve is like a mini-Amazon theme park. If you just have a couple of days in Leticia and don’t have time to really get out in the jungle, this might quench your needs. The park offers four tours (short walks really) that take less than an hour each and are…

Part of the Banco de la República’s museum network, which includes Bogotá’s Museo de Oro, this small yet good collection is made up of more than 200 objects collected by Father Antonio Jover Lamaña. The collection includes tools, masks, weapons, and various ritual artifacts from the…

To experience the real Amazon rainforest, you need to get well out of the towns and villages, to a place untouched by man—a place with primary forests that hide more than 500 species of birds, more than 100 species of mammals, dozens of snakes and reptiles, and more types of insects…

More than 200 live species of reptiles are on display at this fairly well known sanctuary at kilometer 11 in the Tanimboca indigenous reserve. Operated by Nativa, a non-profit organization, the center helps support important research on the region’s venomous snakes, including a study…