My Road-Trip in Colombia - Organisational part

Bèr420 wrote:

According to the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs pretty much all Colombia is not recommended...

I want to go pretty much everywhere in Colombia.

Welcome to the Colombia forum, Anthony.

The French ministry is correct -- intercity driving/moto-riding in most areas of Colombia is a dubious proposition... especially at night, especially in unpatrolled areas.

I found out personally the hard way .. when the moto night riders pursued me south of Popayán in December....

https://www.expat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=634337

Absolutely avoid the border areas and nighttime riding in southern Colombia.  If you can ride with a partner or a group, that would be safer.

I'd stick to the safest region, the Coffee Zone .. or the beach highway from Cartagena to Santa Marta.

Better yet, do this road trip in Ecuador.  But again, not in the border areas such as northern Ecuador.

And for G*d's sake, Anthony, don't joy-ride in rural areas of South America after dark.

cccmedia in Medellín

The only way to do a road trip to the big river, is to drive down through Colombia, following close to the coast, into Ecuador, continue south into Peru, and keep heading south til you are about the latitude of Lima. Then head East and you'll find roads going across Brasil, and up to Manaus, on the Amazon.  A total trip of many thousands of miles. Then you have to do the same journey back again. You will find cart tracks in various places, but most of them lead nowhere, and your car will probably sink in the bogs and marshes. I dread to think how many thousands of bucks in gasoline, and if you have a problem, you're done.

You could also do a similar thing, via Venezuela, crossing almost to the Guyanas / the Atlantic, and head south to the river, but Venezuela is not recommended at the moment, in view of all the violence and troubles there. But even if it were safe, its still a similar mileage.

Other things to take into account, are the Pacific coast of Colombia, the main town/city is Buenaventura, which is home to the infamous "casas de pique", or "chop houses". Google it, and you'll see what you will meet up with.

Far better to take a plane to Leticia for a few dozen euros.

Hahaha. """It's all about us, the people right?"""  Hell no, its all about stupidity or survival.

There's a great book I read many years ago. Try and get hold of a copy, its called Exploration Fawcett, the true story of a British army colonel who was sent to delineate the borders of the South American countries.  You'll learn so much about South America and the Amazonas. I heartily recommend it. You won't want to put it down.