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97 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Colombia

Updated July 14, 2026
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  9. Santa Marta
  10. Villa De Leyva
  11. Villavieja

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GPS-tagging whimbrels on Chiloé Island in southern Chile.

Wings of Survival

A world-first race with nature
by Timm Döbert, Community Contributor
Burros Alfa and Beto, seen here with Luis Soriano in 2008, have been helping the teacher deliver books for more than 20 years.

How One Man and His ‘Biblioburro’ Spreads Literacy in Rural Colombia

Luis Sorriano straps his books to two trusted donkeys and brings the classroom to children in hard-to-reach towns.
by The Podcast Team, Atlas Obscura
Loud traffic bows down to a silent savior.

Mimes Directing Traffic in Bogotá Had Surprisingly Loud Impacts

Behavioral scientists applaud a quiet yet theatrical shift in societal thinking.
by Abi Cole, Atlas Obscura

The Secrets of the Sea Hidden High in the Andes

Colombia's paleontologists uncover rich fossil deposits that could change what we know about ancient oceans.
by Santiago Flórez, Atlas Obscura
Of the 151 species they studied, all of them, including this tree frog, Dendropsophus rhodopeplus (shown under blue light), displayed some level of fluorescence.

Biologists Threw a Fluorescent Frog Rave in the Amazon, for Science

Turns out many of the frogs glow, maybe to communicate.
by Roxanne Hoorn, Atlas Obscura
The rugged and infamous terrain of the Darién Gap as seen from the Pacific, off the coast of Panama.

Podcast: Darién Gap

An infamous break in the Pan-American Highway has been in and out the news for more than 100 years.
by The Podcast Team, Atlas Obscura
This tribute to Manuela Beltrán stands in Socorro. It has long been believed that Beltrán, a town merchant, tore up a Spanish edict in the town square, sparking the Colombian Comuneros Revolt of 1781.

Manuela Beltrán Is a Colombian Hero. What If She Never Existed?

Historians have found little evidence of the revolutionary icon.
by Juliana Castro Varón, Atlas Obscura

Podcast: Hacienda Nápoles

Medellín cartel founder Pablo Escobar built himself a sort of Jurassic Park-meets-Disney World resort. Now it’s overrun by hippos.
by The Podcast Team, Atlas Obscura

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