Colombia lies in the north of South America, with the Caribbean Sea and Panama to the north and Ecuador, Peru and Brazil to the South, Venezuela to the east and the Pacific in the west.

Its varied landscape includes tropical Amazonian jungles, deserts, snow-capped Andean mountains and turquoise Caribbean coasts.

Up until recently, Colombia was famous for its drugs and violence and tourism was non existent however things are improving and it is now becoming a major, tourist destination.