Colombia 2019 – Day 02

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Woke up late and had a delicious Colombian breakfast. Arepas with shredded beef and fresh papaya.

Cousins ready for a fun day

The plan for the day was to go to the Parque del Café.

The park is 20 km from Circacia or about 35 min drive toward Montenegro. Once you get there is small free parking on the facility. During high season you will have to park in the nearby paid parking lots.

There are many shops outside the park for other souvenirs.

Don’t forget the sunblock since you will be walking from ride to ride under the hot sun.

We purchased the Pasaporte Multiple ($63,000 pesos – $20 US) which includes unlimited rides to most attractions, it is limited to one ride on some of the attractions. Once you enter the park there is a fantastic view of the park and the Colombian landscape.

From the scenic view point, you can take the cable car to the main plaza. Here you can find more shops and food spots. The snacks like ice cream, water sodas are reasonably priced for a park.

We started the day with one of their roller coasters.

Since today is a regular weekday there was barely any line at any of the attractions. We got to go multiple times back to back.

100 cm is a good height for the little ones since they will be able to ride most things with an adult.

We got to ride the go-carts, but are not as fun since the park controls/limits the speed remotely.

The new Yipee ride was the favorite of the group.

The adults took turns watching over the kids to go on the Krater. This will take you straight up and drop you down in a second.

Krater

We got to enjoy other more gentle rides with the kids including the bumper boats.

You will get wet even if you don’t go under the water fountains shooting water in the center and side of the area.

The kids were tired by this point. We spent six hours from ride to ride and snacking along the way.

Heading back from the park we got caught in a crazy strong rain once we were in Armenia. Once things calmed down a bit we got some well-deserved food. We had some Colombian burgers and Hotdogs with all the toppings and salsas.

Colombia 2019 – Day 01

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Got the convenient red-eye from Spirit leaving Denver at midnight. The flight is 3.5 hours to Fort Lauderdale with a 5-hour layover and one more flight to Armenia Colombia. This saves you from spending an extra night in Bogota to reach Armenia and the same on the way back.

Landing in Armenia you get to go into the runway and then walk inside the building to go through customs and get your bags.

From the airport, we took the scenic route through downtown Armenia and made it to the house in Circacia for a fantastic Colombian homemade meal.

  • Going through Armenia
  • Avocado and Fried Yuca
  • Shredded Beef

We had a relaxing afternoon. The kids played outside while I was enjoying the magnificent view.

Later that day we went to downtown Circacia and stopped by the grocery store to get Colombian candies and snacks.

On the way back to the house we stopped to pick up some empanadas for dinner and outside the vendor, we found some goats. Sofi was not afraid to pet the goats.

We finished the day with too many empanadas.