Facts

Entry/Visa Requirments:
You must send a request in advance by 6 months and then pending request you can enter.

Travel Warnings/U.S. Embasst Information:
There has been massive drug violence in Colombia and to becareful of drug violence. Massive kid napping isn't un common and to travel in large groups. It is one of the leading countries of Narco - Terrorism.

Calle 77B, No. 57-141, Piso 5, Centro Empresarial Las Americas, Barranquilla, Atlantico, Colombia; telephone (575) 353-2001; fax (011-57-5) 353-5216. The Consular Agency is not staffed to respond to after-hours emergencies; in case of an emergency in the Barranquilla/north coast area, please contact the Embassy in Bogota at (571) 315-0811.

Money/Currency:
The Currency is Peso (colombian) and the exhange rate is 1 dollar is 2304.64 colombian Peso

Capital city:
Bogota, Colombia

Language:
Spanish

Vaccine Recommendations:
Routine, Yellow Fever, Hepatitis A and B, Typhoid, and Rabies

Work Cited:
Bureau of Consular Affairs. 2009. United States federal government. 17 May 2009 <http://www.travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_941.html>.

Center for Disease Control and Prevention. 2009. 17 May 2009 <http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/destinations/Colombia.aspx>.

World Factbook. 2009. CIA. 18 May 2009 <https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/co.html>.

GreenwichMeanTime.com . 2009. 17 May 2009 <http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/south-america/colombia/currency.htm>.