The World’s Longest Climb?
This amazing and demanding route takes you on a loop from Bogotá, past the Guavio reservoir, down to the eastern plains of Meta and Casanare, up one of […]
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San Agustin – Melgar
For years I’d been meaning to map a route north towards Bogotá from one of my favourite places in Colombia, San Agustin, using mostly gravel and b-roads, and
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Pueblo Nuevo – Silvania
If you’re heading up to Bogota from southern Colombia the most direct route is through the town of Melgar. However, just after leaving the town there is a
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Pueblo Nuevo – Muna
If you’re heading up to Bogotá from southern Colombia, the most direct route is through the town of Melgar. However, just after leaving the town there is a
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Serranías Loop
I rode this route in late 2022, after dreaming about it for almost two decades, and wrote an article about the trip for Deriva, a Colombian gravel cycling
San Agustín – Naranjos Loop
This picturesque loop takes you through the verdant coffee plantations to the south of San Agustin and returns along the edge of the archeological park. The first part
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San Agustín – Isnos Loop
This route takes you on a loop through some lovely southern Colombian scenery on a mostly paved b-road that descends down to the River Magdalena past the iconic
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Desierto de La Tatacoa
Desierto de La Tatacoa is technically a tropical dry forest rather than a desert. But it sure feels like a desert when you’re riding the hot, dusty, sandy
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Tierradentro – Neiva
This is the second part of the route across the Central Cordillera; a great way of avoiding the busy Panamericana Highway if you’re riding north (or south). It
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Popayán – Tierradentro
This route is a great way to cross the Central Cordillera. It rises up from Popayan on a picturesque paved road to the village of Gabriel Lopez at
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El Calvario – Fómeque
This rollercoaster route goes from El Calvario to Fomeque through the rugged mountains of the Eastern Cordillera, and it’s just as stunning and demanding as the route to
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Fómeque – El Calvario
I rode this crazy route from Fómeque to El Calvario in the rugged mountains of the Eastern Cordillera with a group of friends in late-2022. The first part
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Sueva – Junín
This short but challenging route takes you through some incredible mountain scenery to the east of Bogotá. The route starts about 80km outside the city, but it’s worth