San Andres, Colombia

Write a review | Edit place information | Add a hostel

San Andres and Providencia are 2 Caribbean islands that are part of Colombia. The islands are somewhat expensive (everything has to be imported), but still affordable and worth it. Providencia is very family-friendly and has great atmosphere.

The culture is a mix of Caribbean (the islanders speak Creole English natively, and some Spanish with an English accent) and Colombian (Colombians came here to do business, and as tourists). Most tourists here are Colombians who can afford the trip to the island. It gets very busy in the Colombian high season (December mainly).

| Editing history.

Getting around & transportation:

The only way to get here is by plane (US$ 140). From San Andres, you'll have to take another plane to Providencia (US$ 125), or if you're adventurous, you can get a ride on a boat (US$20). There are plenty of buses and taxis on the islands, they're small and easy to get around.

Getting around

Getting around on the island is easy - there are plenty of buses, taxis and motorbikes to take you where you need to go. Since life (and gasoline) isn't cheap on the islands, taxis are usually 10,000 pesos (US$ 4). Compared to a 6 dollar New York taxi that seems expensive, but you get used to it. When the taxi takes other people on the same trip, it's called a collectivo and it's 2500 per person. Taxis from the airports have fixed (but higher than regular trips) prices to anywhere on the islands.

You can also rent bicycles or motorcycles at various places on the island. Renting a motorcycle is a great way to get to know the island. There are some gas stations, filling up costs about US$ 4.

 

Reviews

Write a review

---

Comments

sbf says on Aug 3, 2009, 09:32: SCT-"Safe Colombian Tours" Inexpensive English speaking guides and interpeters starting from 3 usd per hour (groups can share the cost, i.e. a group a 4 people will pay less than one dollar per traveler!!!!!!!!) We can find you the cheaper option available in road and air tickets (clearing out the always present tentation of overpricing goods and services to foregin looking visitors) only paying a very small fee Low Cost Travel Agency but with a very warm an personal touch. contact: cafemaya at telefonica.net 0 funny, 0 helpful.

What's this? A free and open travel guide, written by all of us together. Feel free to print it out, photocopy it and share it with your friends. If you're travelling while you're reading this, don't forget to make notes on these pages and add them to the site when you're online. This content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.