Colombia Motorcycle Tour: Caribbean & Andes

The Colombia motorcycle tour begins with arrival in Santa Marta on the Caribbean coast. After the transfer from the airport to the hotel, there is time to explore the old town and take in first impressions of the coastal city before the motorcycles are handed over the following day.

After the motorcycle handover, this Caribbean and Andes motorcycle tour starts with the first stage up to Minca in the Sierra Nevada. Offroad tracks lead to Finca La Victoria, where you experience the processing of Colombian coffee first-hand.

On this Andes motorcycle tour stage, a hidden offroad track leads to the mountain village of San Javier, which lives off coffee farming. After lunch with local farming families, you ride down to Aracataca and stay overnight in the neighbouring town of Fundacion.

Via tarmac roads and hot sand tracks, this Colombia coffee region motorcycle tour reaches the colonial city of Mompox. Crossing the Rio Magdalena is one of the most memorable moments of this stage before the small island city comes into view.

This long Colombia enduro stage follows the bank of the Rio Magdalena, dusty and hot like a Western film. Via the main road at El Banco, the route continues to Aguachica, then climbs into the shaded hills around Playa de Belen.

A relaxed day around Playa de Belen adds an excursion to the Parque de Estoraques with its striking rock formations. A waterfall with a natural pool and a traditional barbecue round off the day.

Winding mountain roads to 2,400 metres define this Boyaca region motorcycle tour stage before the route passes through the busy border city of Cucuta and continues to Pamplona, where temperatures average around 16 degrees.

This South America adventure motorcycle tour stage climbs through gentle curves ever higher until, just past Chitaga, the tarmac ends and gravel continues above 4,000 metres. On a clear day, a wide mountain panorama opens up before a warm descent to Capitanejo.

Offroad tracks climb to El Cocuy National Park, whose snow-capped peaks above 5,000 metres are visible from afar. This Santa Marta to Andes motorcycle tour passes villages that live off onion farming, before a ride out to 3,800 metres crowns the day.

A long riding day through the extraordinary mountain scenery of the Andes is one of the highlights of this Boyaca motorcycle tour. Remote villages like Chita and Jerico lie along the way before you arrive in Mongui, famous for its footballs.

Via Duitama and Gambita, this South America adventure motorcycle tour crosses another mountain pass before rocky and partly muddy tracks descend to San Gil and finally to the colonial town of Barichara.

A free day in Barichara rounds off this Santa Marta to Andes motorcycle tour section: time for local crafts, good food and the famous roasted ants, or activities like rafting, bungee jumping and horse riding around the town.

A long offroad section to Zapatoca opens this Boyaca region motorcycle tour stage, with a traditional Santander lunch and a visit to the Don Quijote Museum. A winding mountain road continues into the historic old town of Giron.

On this South America adventure motorcycle tour stage, you leave Colombia's mountain world heading for the coast: banana plantations and small villages line the Ruta del Sol as the landscape becomes increasingly flat and warm.

Continuing north, this Santa Marta motorcycle tour stage runs via Bosconia to Valledupar, the birthplace of Vallenato – the accordion-driven music that fills the entire Caribbean coast.

In the land of cattle herds and cowboys, this Boyaca to La Guajira motorcycle tour stage crosses offroad tracks with exciting river fords to reach Riohacha, the gateway to the desert region and home of the Wayuu people.

This coastal South America adventure motorcycle tour stage ends in Palomino between two rivers descending from the Sierra Nevada, where palm-lined beaches invite you to hike, ride horses and go watertubing on the river.

A scenic coastal road brings this Colombia motorcycle tour full circle back to the starting point. The turquoise Caribbean coast accompanies you almost all the way before you arrive in the heart of the historic old town.

To round off this Boyaca to Caribbean motorcycle tour, the transfer takes you to Santa Marta airport. Carrying many new impressions from the Andes and the Caribbean, you head home as this tour comes to a close.