For you who are thinking about travelling to Colombia, consider visit
Leticia and the Amazon region. Leticia is easy to get around and it is a very
calm and safe city. Leticia is really a good place to study Spanish.
I studied Spanish at a Spanish Language School, The Amazon Spanish College, and
had a great time in Leticia. I made many new friends both other international
students and locals.
Leticia is the capital of the department of Amazonas in Colombia and is located
in the most Southern part of the country where Colombia, Brazil and Peru meet
on the Amazon river. The unique setting of the city makes it a direct neighbor
with the Brazilian city of Tabatinga and with the island of Santa Rosa, Peru.
Leticia has approximately 55 000 inhabitants.
Year round, there's lots of wildlife to be seen in the Amazon region, including
monkeys, ocelots and dolphins, and array of birdlife and there are also
indigenous villages that can be visited. You might also go fishing or Caiman
spotting. The School arranges day tours and rainforests excursions in and
around Leticia, as well as lodgment in natural reserves by the Amazon
River.
Popular are
jungle trips to the nearby Amazon jungle, the natural reserve Marasha in Peru,
the national park Amacayacu, the Ticuna settlement Puerto Nariño, Isla de los
Micos (Monkey Island) and the visit of communities of the Ticuna, Yagua,
Huitoto and Bora tribes. It is also nice to hire a Bicycle or go on a
night time safari.
Interesting tours:
Puerto Nariño & Tarapoto Lakes (see the pink dolphins)
Monkey Island
Walk through Leticia
Bicycle trip to Tabatinga (Brazil)
Nighttime Safari
Bird Watching
Kayaking in the Yahuarcaca Lakes
Useful websites:
http://www.visitleticia.com/
Review added 19 February 2010