UK4X4
Expedition Leader
"Fantastic trip, can you recommend any moderate off-road trails in Colombia or know anyone we could tag along with?
Ps we are from the Dorset area too, just one town along from you
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Actually I finished 3 years in Colombia back last jan and am currently working for our Aberdeen office
Most if not all of the trails near Bogota are pretty bad, if not when you enter, then after it rains the conditions change really quickly in the mountains
high angles rock ledges and mud mud mud, black organic sludge.
If you hit Los Llanos in the dry season almost all the roads are dirt tracks, intersperced with challanas for river crossings (ferry's) the odd mud hole would be still there, its red mud..in the most.....people help each other in those areas
Villavicencio is the gateway to los LLanos a 3hour down hill from the BOG and has quite a large selection of places to stay and lots of trips routes can be taken from here.
Yopal a bit further along was the start point of the Llanos trip, but we took a back route not commonaly used in the rainy season....hence the conditions...there are dirt roads from there heading towards the orinoco, tourism is a bit far and between but many places let you camp or sling a hammock, there are some haciendas that do 3-4 days llanos trips for animal spotting anacondas etc
Farc issues come and go, its a risk, but was acceptable for me, I think most of the 4x4 community in the BOG have come across them at some point or another, they usually just take money and the odd GPS.
Military will often shut down entry to areas where they've been seen, so you just follow their advice.
If you need a Toyo mechanic in the BOG I can recomend one ! his truck was the large blue LC on 36" tyres
Ps we are from the Dorset area too, just one town along from you
"Actually I finished 3 years in Colombia back last jan and am currently working for our Aberdeen office
Most if not all of the trails near Bogota are pretty bad, if not when you enter, then after it rains the conditions change really quickly in the mountains
high angles rock ledges and mud mud mud, black organic sludge.
If you hit Los Llanos in the dry season almost all the roads are dirt tracks, intersperced with challanas for river crossings (ferry's) the odd mud hole would be still there, its red mud..in the most.....people help each other in those areas
Villavicencio is the gateway to los LLanos a 3hour down hill from the BOG and has quite a large selection of places to stay and lots of trips routes can be taken from here.
Yopal a bit further along was the start point of the Llanos trip, but we took a back route not commonaly used in the rainy season....hence the conditions...there are dirt roads from there heading towards the orinoco, tourism is a bit far and between but many places let you camp or sling a hammock, there are some haciendas that do 3-4 days llanos trips for animal spotting anacondas etc
Farc issues come and go, its a risk, but was acceptable for me, I think most of the 4x4 community in the BOG have come across them at some point or another, they usually just take money and the odd GPS.
Military will often shut down entry to areas where they've been seen, so you just follow their advice.
If you need a Toyo mechanic in the BOG I can recomend one ! his truck was the large blue LC on 36" tyres
