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With an influx of visitors comes social and environmental risks, but there are ways to visit this incredible country while mitigating your impact, starting with a few examples below.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The secret has long been out: Colombia is booming as a travel destination, and a visit now will reveal far more gringos visiting than what could be seen only\u00a0a few short weeks<\/a>\u00a0before the global pandemic shut everything down. But now, travelers are back, and popular hotels, guesthouses and hostels are booking up fast. With an influx of visitors comes social and environmental risks, but there are ways to visit this incredible country while mitigating your impact, starting with a few examples below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vegan restaurants are easy to find and widely available<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Colombian food is often brilliant in its simplicity: a protein with sides of starches such as rice, plantains, yucca and potatoes (usually fried) as well as a salad or vegetables. But for those visitors who prefer to avoid any animal products, vegan eateries are increasingly are becoming an option \u2014 and while Happy Cow<\/a> is always a reliable source for locating these places, walking around any neighborhood to find a vegan place should be a matter of minutes, not hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take Medell\u00edn, for example. As in many Colombian cities, Mexican food has long become a thing. Walking around El Poblado, a neighborhood long popular with visitors for its forested landscape, range of accommodation and nightlife, it\u2019s easy to find vegetarian and vegan options: and requesting a dish to be vegano is often accommodated. El Pablado itself has at least a couple places offering vegan tacos: Other popular eateries, such as Criminal Taquer\u00eda<\/a>, will tweak their menu items if requested. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even smaller towns, such as the lakeside resort of Guatap\u00e9, has vibrant vegan options \u2013 and the chances are high that you\u2019ll see locals dining in restaurants as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More responsible options for transport<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Public transport is always the best option to get around, especially in Colombia, were traipsing within the city centers of Medell\u00edn, Bogot\u00e1 and Cali will nudge you to wear a mask, even if COVID isn\u2019t a concern of yours. Diesel emissions from old vehicles, paired with the fact many of Colombia\u2019s larger cities are wedged between mountains, means dubious levels of emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Uber says it is doing its part to take on this challenge. You won\u2019t be able to book an electric car in Colombia yet, but the company is offering riders in big cities an \u201cUber Planet<\/a>\u201d option: a 2 percent increase in fees that Uber says will fund Anaconda Carbon, a non-profit partner that issues carbon bonds. These bonds will fund programs that will take on local climate action projects, boost biodiversity protection and reduce the environmental impact of illegal activities such as informal gold mining.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you use Uber, keep in mind the fraught relationship the company as with the Colombian government. For a while, Uber was outright banned, but now the service is currently available. But depending on who you talk to, however, Uber is \u201cillegal.\u201d Drivers often keep their phones on their leg or close to the stick shift to avoid any attention from the police \u2014 they\u2019ll also often ask you to sit in the front, so they don\u2019t score any attention from police officers or any taxi drivers who resent the service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other options to Uber include DiDi and Cabify, which allow you to book through a smartphone app but give you the option to pay the driver in cash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Medell\u00edn\u2019s metro is a gem \u2014 fast, efficient and clean and about 3,000 pesos ($0.75) a ride, and they include transfers to most cable cars (gondola lines), which allow you to snap breathtaking views of the city.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cycling offers a great path toward learning more about Colombia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

While we\u2019re on the subject of transportation, no trip to Colombia is complete without experiencing its cities and land from two wheels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Part of cycling\u2019s popularity stems from that fact that Colombians were besides themselves when one of their own, Egan Bernal<\/a>, won 2019\u2019s Tour de France. In a race dominated for decades by the Belgians, Spanish, Italians and yes, the French, Bernal was the first Latin American to win the 2,200-mile (3,500 kilometers) race. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The surge in the popularity of cycling is seen in cities such as Bogot\u00e1<\/a>, which has opened up new lanes in order to help citizens move more freely across the city. Bogot\u00e1, which years ago launched its ciclov\u00eda<\/em> program on Sundays to encourage residents to walk or cycle on roads that ordinarily would be choking with cars and trucks, has expanded the program so that it\u2019s now occurring daily. Depending on the day of the week<\/a>, the length of streets closed to cars and opened to cyclists have expanded as much as five-fold. This is on top of the 300-plus miles (500 km) of permanent bicycle lanes that crisscross Colombia\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Medell\u00edn and Cali are among other Colombian cities that have closed major roads on Sundays for years,\u00a0in part to combat<\/a>\u00a0those urban areas\u2019 stubborn air pollution. The success of those car-free days, or\u00a0ciclov\u00eda<\/em>, have led cities worldwide like\u00a0Los Angeles<\/a>\u00a0to launch their own version of open street days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Continue reading\u2026<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is an excerpt from an article by Leon Kaye published earlier by\u00a0Triple Pundit<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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