The best packing lists for Colombia

In Colombia altitude sets the weather, not the calendar. Bogota at 2,600 metres is cool and often wet all year, Medellin stays spring-like, and Cartagena and the Caribbean coast are hot and humid. A trip across three altitude bands needs a sweater and shorts in the same bag.

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Good to know for Colombia

The heaviest rain usually falls from April to May and from October to November. In the coffee region and the cloud forest it is routine anyway, which argues for a light rain jacket and spare socks.

Unlike its neighbours the country runs on just 110 volts, through flat-pin outlets. The currency is the Colombian peso; cards work in cities, while the countryside and buses need small notes. Tap water is drinkable in Bogota and Medellin, but not on the coast.

Cartagena's old-town lanes mean uneven paving in high humidity, where a light, airy shoe beats any strappy sandal.

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