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Check-Mig Colombia: what to file and carry before you fly to Cartagena

With a US passport you need no visa for a short visit to Cartagena, Colombia. Your stay: 90 days, extendable by 90, at most 180 days per calendar year. Check-Mig is Migración Colombia’s online pre-registration: free, and in Migración’s own words “de uso no obligatorio”, not mandatory. Migración recommends it to speed up the passport check, so file it between 72 hours and 1 hour before your flight at apps.migracioncolombia.gov.co/pre-registro. At the border, carry your passport, a ticket out of Colombia and your hotel’s address. UK, Australian, Irish and EU passports: the same. Canadians also pay an entry fee of 270,000 COP (about USD 82).

Rules as published on . Entry rules change; each rule below carries the date of its document.

Edited by Rainer LangUpdated

1The countdown

From booking to landing, and your Check-Mig window

Five points between booking and the taxi stand at the airport in Cartagena. Only one has a deadline, the Check-Mig window; the tool below the drawing turns your flight’s departure into the hour it opens and the hour it closes, in your own time.

With a connectionMigración Colombia does not say which departure counts when you change planes. File about a day before your first flight and you are inside the window either way.

Time zonesYour departure is in the time of the airport you leave from. The tool prints the window in the time zone of the device you read it on.

The countdown

From booking to landing in Cartagena, Colombia. The Check-Mig window, from 72 hours to 1 hour before departure, is drawn to scale.

Countdown to a flight to Cartagena, Colombia A horizontal line. On the left, booking, weeks ahead: check visa, passport and return ticket. Then the last three days before departure to scale, with the Check-Mig window shaded from its opening to its close one hour before departure. Then the flight, and on the right the landing at Rafael Núñez airport: immigration, customs, then the taxi stands at the exits. Booking visa · passport return ticket yellow fever, if needed 72 hours before48 h before24 h before Check-Mig opens closes 1 hour before file it here, free, at apps.migracioncolombia.gov.co departure the flight Cartagena immigration customs taxi stands Left and right of the breaks: not to scale. Between them: one tick every six hours.

Your window, in your time. Enter your flight’s departure in the local time of the airport it leaves from. With a connection, file about a day before your first flight (note beside).

Opens·

Closes·

For example, a flight leaving at 14:00 on a Saturday: the window opens at 14:00 on the Wednesday before and closes at 13:00 on the Saturday, both in the time of the airport you leave from.

  1. When you book

    Visa, passport, a ticket out

    Visa. Find your passport on the foreign ministry’s visa list (file of 1 September 2026). US, UK, Canadian, Australian, Irish and EU passports: no visa for a short visit.

    Passport. Migración Colombia: No minimum validity is required at entry; Migración recommends a passport valid for the whole stay, because a valid passport is required to leave.

    A ticket out. Every foreigner entering Colombia, even in transit, must show a ticket out of the country; without it, entry can be refused.

  2. 72 hours before

    Check-Mig opens

    File it at apps.migracioncolombia.gov.co/pre-registro, in English, Spanish or French. It is free and takes 2 to 5 minutes. Choose “I travel to Colombia”, then “Air”; the form asks for the flight number and the city that flight comes from.

  3. 1 hour before

    Check-Mig closes

    The last moment to file. Check the details before you send: The form cannot be edited once sent; a mistake means filing a new registration.

  4. At the border

    On your phone or on paper

    • The Check-Mig confirmation email
    • Your passport, and your visa if you need one
    • The ticket out of Colombia
    • Your hotel booking with its address and phone

    Source: Migración Colombia’s entry and exit requirements.

  5. Landing in Cartagena

    Rafael Núñez airport

    Immigration (Migración Colombia), customs (DIAN) and the plant and animal health check (ICA): the authorities the airport operator lists. The authorized taxi stands are at the exits; fares on the airport page.

2The form

Check-Mig, step by step

What it is. A pre-registration for Colombians and foreigners entering or leaving Colombia through an immigration checkpoint. You type in your trip before you travel, so the interview with the immigration officer goes faster. Migración Colombia describes it on its Check-Mig page as a free online service “de uso no obligatorio”. Its entry and exit requirements say the same in other words: Not mandatory; recommended to speed up entering and leaving the country.

Who says you must. Not every official text agrees. The Government of Canada, in its advice of 2 November 2026: You must complete it within 72 hours to 1 hour before your flight in or out of Colombia. The UK advice of 30 October 2026: Not mandatory; it can speed up entry, and the confirmation email is shown to immigration officials on arrival. Airlines can set their own boarding checks. Frontier Airlines opens its help page of 15 September 2026 with “If you are traveling to or from Colombia, you are required to complete Colombia's Check-Mig registration before your flight”, and adds that Colombian authorities and airlines may request proof that you completed the Check-Mig form before allowing you to travel (Frontier). Filing costs nothing, and with the confirmation email on your phone you can show it if anyone asks.

The form, screen by screen

  1. Start at apps.migracioncolombia.gov.co/pre-registro and pick English, Spanish or French. Frequent travelers can create an account to skip retyping next time.
  2. Type of journey: “I travel to Colombia”, then “Air”.
  3. Travel information: commercial flight, the immigration checkpoint where you land, the travel date, the flight number without letters, the airline and the city the flight comes from.
  4. Personal data as in your passport, and an email address you can open on your phone.
  5. Where you stay: the address of your hotel or host in Colombia.
  6. Questions, then send. What the form asks for overall: Flight details, personal details, contact details and where you will stay in Colombia.

After you send it. Sent by email almost at once; if it does not arrive, it can be downloaded again from the form site ('Check and download'). The form cannot be edited once sent; a mistake means filing a new registration.

Only changing planes? Migración Colombia, April 2026: Not available to passengers in transit who do not enter Colombia.

What it costsNothing, on the official form, at any time in the window.

How long it takesMigración Colombia: 2 to 5 minutes.

Web, not an appThe form is a web page in your browser; there is nothing to install.

3Free

The official form costs nothing

Read the address bar

apps.migracioncolombia.gov.co/pre-registro

That is the only Check-Mig form, run by Migración Colombia, and it is free. A site that asks you to pay to process, check or speed up your Check-Mig is not Migración Colombia, whatever its name, logo or flag. The government address ends in .gov.co.

Migración Colombia warns that other websites can charge you or take your data. If someone charges you for the form, Migración’s answer of June 2026 says what to do: Report it to the coordinator at any immigration checkpoint or through the complaints form (PQRS) on Migración Colombia's website. Its main site is migracioncolombia.gov.co.

Your confirmationMigración Colombia: Sent by email almost at once; if it does not arrive, it can be downloaded again from the form site ('Check and download').

4Your passport

Visa and length of stay, passport by passport

Who needs a visa for Colombia is set by the foreign ministry, the Cancillería, in its list of nationalities (file of 1 September 2026). Its column for short visits reads no for the passports below. How long you may stay is Migración Colombia’s entry and stay permit, the PIP: 90 days, extendable by 90, at most 180 days per calendar year. Migración Colombia issues the permit at passport control.

Short visits by passportCancillería visa list, file of 1 September 2026; each government’s own advice with its date
PassportVisaWhat else applies
United StatesNoneNothing beyond the countdown above.
United KingdomNoneUK advice, 30 October 2026: Up to 90 days for business or tourism, at the immigration officer's discretion, with an onward or return ticket valid within the 90 days. It adds that Colombian immigration recommends a passport with an expiry date at least 6 months after the date you plan to leave.
CanadaNoneAn entry fee of 270,000 COP (about USD 82), set by Migración Colombia’s Resolution 0599 of 2026. Canada says to complete Check-Mig.
AustraliaNoneSmartraveller, 6 October 2026: Tourist stays of 90 days or less generally need no visa.
Ireland and the EU statesNoneEvery EU state’s row on the list reads no visa.

The Canadian fee

Who does not pay, under the same resolution: Canadians under 14 or over 79, holders of a valid Colombian visa, passengers in airport transit who do not enter Colombia, and travellers whose final destination is San Andrés, Providencia or Santa Catalina. How to pay, from Canada’s advice of 2 November 2026: Online before travel through Migración's single procedures form, or by credit card at immigration on arrival, which can mean long delays. Canada adds that the fee is updated every year.

Other passports

The Cancillería list has 91 nationalities that need a visa for a short visit. Some need one unless they hold a valid US or Schengen visa: China, India, Thailand, Vietnam, Taiwan, Myanmar, Cambodia; Nicaragua with extra conditions. Find your own row in the list itself.

Canadian entry fee, 2026270,000 COPabout USD 82 at the official rate. Free under 14 and over 79.

Staying longerExtensions are Migración Colombia’s decision. You leave within the stay you were granted: Show the same travel document you entered with and be within the stay you were granted.

CashThe UK advice: up to 10,000 USD in any currency without declaring it; above that, declare it to DIAN, the tax and customs office.

5Health papers

Yellow fever: what Colombia, the parks and other governments say

The park authority. Parques Nacionales, in a bulletin of 2 May 2025 issued during Colombia’s yellow fever emergency: vaccination at least 10 days before entry is obligatory for the protected areas of the national parks system, for nationals and foreigners, and visitors are to show a valid vaccination card. The bulletin names no park and gives no list, so it does not name PNN Corales del Rosario y San Bernardo, the park of the Rosario Islands, the sea off Playa Blanca and San Bernardo. The health ministry rule it cites, Resolución 691 of 16 April 2025, asks for a yellow fever certificate at least 10 days old only in parks in very high and high risk zones, and leaves the list of those zones to the ministry’s website. The park’s own page, updated 20 May 2026, says vaccination is recommended.

Cartagena. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on the vaccine for travel limited to the city of Cartagena: Generally not recommended (CDC Colombia page). The page does not mention the islands; outside its exceptions it recommends the vaccine for all travelers 9 months or older. CDC’s notice of 16 October 2026 reports rising yellow fever cases in Colombia, most of them in the department of Tolima.

Entering Colombia. Migración Colombia, June 2026: No negative PCR test and no vaccination card are required to enter Colombia (answer of 2 June 2026). The entry line on CDC’s Colombia page, updated 9 July 2025, reads otherwise: Vaccine required for all arriving travelers 1 year old or older. Canada (2 November 2026) and Australia (6 October 2026) ask for proof only from travelers who arrive from, or pass through, Angola, Brazil, the Democratic Republic of Congo or Uganda; the UK (30 October 2026) asks for it from travelers arriving from certain countries with transmission risk, and says it may be asked for in high-risk areas of Colombia.

At the dock. None of these sources says whether, or where, proof of vaccination is checked on a boat day to the Rosario Islands.

What you can do. If you have a yellow fever certificate, carry it on an island day. Whether your route calls for the vaccine is a question for a travel clinic.

Your own caseAsk a travel clinic about vaccines for your whole route. The rest of the health advice for a stay in the city: is Cartagena safe.

6Arrival

Landing at Rafael Núñez airport

Cartagena’s airport, Rafael Núñez (CTG), lists the authorities that work there: Migración Colombia (immigration control), DIAN (customs), ICA (plant and animal health control), Invima, the district health department (Dadis) and the airport police. Migración Colombia’s officers run the passport check and grant your stay; DIAN handles customs and ICA the plant and animal health control.

What Migración Colombia lists for a foreigner’s entry: A valid passport; a visa if your nationality or activity needs one; an onward or return ticket; and proof of means, as applicable. On where you will stay, its June 2026 answer asks for A hotel booking or an invitation letter giving the address and contact phone numbers of where you will stay. Have them where you can open them without a signal: the Check-Mig email, the return ticket, the hotel booking.

Out of the terminal. The airport operator: Two stations, at the domestic and the international exits; the airport recommends always using them. Fares by zone, the bus and booked transfers: Cartagena airport. Routes and airlines into the city: getting to Cartagena.

Keep your proof of entry. A hotel room can be exempt from VAT for a visitor who lives abroad, under conditions that include proof of entry: Cartagena prices.

Which monthHeat, rain and crowds on the day you land: best time to visit Cartagena.

Brick walkway on top of the city walls, with the Caribbean on the left
The wide brick walkway on top of the old city walls, with the Caribbean on one side and apartment towers in the distance.Photo: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

First nightAreas of the city compared: where to stay.

7Leaving

Flying home: the form again, and the taxes already in your fare

Check-Mig on the way out. Migración Colombia lists it under its requirements to leave as suggested, with the same window, 72 hours to 1 hour before: Not mandatory; recommended to speed up entering and leaving the country. On the form choose “I travel from Colombia”. Canada’s advice and Frontier’s help page apply their wording to departures too.

At the passport check. Show the same travel document you entered with and be within the stay you were granted. Migración Colombia’s automatic gates, Biomig, are on its list for Rafael Núñez airport, and on who may use them it says: Adult foreigners can use it only to leave Colombia, without registering first.

Taxes. Three taxes apply to an international air ticket. By law the airline puts the tourism tax in the ticket price, and the exit tax is charged when you buy the ticket. The UK on the departure tax: Usually included in the price of the airline ticket; check with your airline. The exit tax is new, in force since 23 September 2026: Due when the ticket is bought; airlines, agencies and booking sites charge it and must show it at the sale; passengers in transit to a third country are exempt.

On the ticket Taxes on an international ticket to and from Cartagena, Colombia
Tourism tax
15 USD
Flying in: on an international ticket that includes Colombia and starts abroad. Not charged on a transit or international connection. Ley 1101 de 2006, art. 4.
Exit tax
1 USD
Flying out: every international departure, Colombians and foreigners. Due when the ticket is bought, shown at the sale. Decreto 0625 de 2026.
Airport tax, international
54 USD
Flying out of Rafael Núñez airport in Cartagena, per passenger, for the 2026 calendar year. Airport operator’s tariff page.

Airport tax at CTG, 202654 USDPer passenger, international departures, valid from 1 January to 31 December 2026.

Exit tax1 USDPer international departure by air, at the official rate on the day you buy the ticket.

Everything else that costsOfficial prices in the city, from the fort to the bus: Cartagena prices.

8Short answers

Check-Mig and entry questions

Is Check-Mig mandatory for Colombia?

Migración Colombia, which runs it, calls Check-Mig a free online service “de uso no obligatorio”, not mandatory, and recommends it to speed up the passport check. The Government of Canada tells Canadians they must complete it, and Frontier Airlines tells its passengers they are required to complete it before the flight. Filing it is free and takes a few minutes.

When can I fill out Check-Mig?

From 72 hours until 1 hour before your trip, according to Migración Colombia. With a connection, file about a day before your first flight; that falls inside the window whichever departure is counted. The form cannot be edited once sent; a mistake means filing a new one, inside the same window.

Does Check-Mig cost anything?

No. Migración Colombia says the service is completely free, on its own form at apps.migracioncolombia.gov.co/pre-registro. Websites that charge a fee for it are not Migración Colombia. If someone charges you, Migración asks you to report it to the coordinator at any immigration checkpoint or through the complaints form (PQRS) on its website.

Do I need a visa for Colombia with a US passport?

No, not for a short visit. The foreign ministry’s visa list (file of 1 September 2026) shows no visa for US citizens. Migración Colombia grants an entry and stay permit at the border: 90 days, extendable by 90, at most 180 days per calendar year. It asks foreigners to show a ticket out of the country and where they will stay.

Do I need a yellow fever vaccine for Cartagena?

CDC says the vaccine is generally not recommended for travel limited to the city of Cartagena, and Migración Colombia says no vaccination card is required to enter Colombia. For the islands, a Parques Nacionales bulletin of May 2025 made vaccination obligatory for its protected areas without naming a park; the Rosario park’s own page says it is recommended. Carry your certificate if you have one, and ask a travel clinic about your route.

Do I need Check-Mig to leave Colombia?

Migración Colombia suggests it for leaving too, but says it is not mandatory. The window is the same, counted from your flight out. Choose “I travel from Colombia” on the form. At the passport check you show the passport you entered with and must be within the stay you were granted.

Back to the startThe whole trip, day by day: itinerary. The city and its month: Cartagena, by the hour.

Sources
  1. Rafael Núñez airport (CTG), Cartagena, Colombia: authorised taxi stations: Two stations, at the domestic and the international exits; the airport recommends always using them. OINAC: Transporte.
  2. Rafael Núñez airport (CTG), Cartagena, Colombia: international airport tax (TAI) per passenger, valid 01/01/2026 to 31/12/2026: 54 USD. OINAC: Tarifas aeroportuarias (basis: Resolución 01169 of 21 June 2021 and concession contract 001 of 2023).
  3. Authorities at Rafael Núñez airport, Cartagena, Colombia, listed by the operator: Migración Colombia (immigration control), DIAN (customs), ICA (plant and animal health control), Invima, the district health department (Dadis) and the airport police. OINAC (airport operator): Entidades aeroportuarias.
  4. Check-Mig time to complete: 2-5 minutes. Migración Colombia: Check-Mig.
  5. Colombia short-visit visa: number of visa-required entries on the list: 91. Cancillería de Colombia: Lista de países que exigen visa de turismo (Lista-Paises-exigen-visa-mayo-2026.pdf), 2026-09-01.
  6. Colombia short-visit visa: nationalities needing a visa unless holding a valid US or Schengen visa (>180 days validity): China, India, Thailand, Vietnam, Taiwan, Myanmar, Cambodia; Nicaragua with extra conditions. Cancillería de Colombia: Lista de países que exigen visa de turismo (Lista-Paises-exigen-visa-mayo-2026.pdf), 2026-09-01.
  7. Australian Smartraveller on visas for Colombia: Tourist stays of 90 days or less generally need no visa. Australian Government Smartraveller: Colombia (updated 6 Oct 2026), 2026-10-06.
  8. Biomig (Migración Colombia's automated gates) for foreigners: Adult foreigners can use it only to leave Colombia, without registering first. Migración Colombia: Biomig service page, 2025-12-10.
  9. Biomig airports: available at Rafael Núñez airport, Cartagena, Colombia: Rafael Núñez, Cartagena, is on Migración's list. Migración Colombia: Biomig service page, 2025-12-10.
  10. Migración Colombia fee for Canadian citizens entering Colombia (control y verificación migratoria a ciudadanos canadienses), Resolution 0599 of 10 February 2026: 270,000 COP. Migración Colombia: Resolución 0599 de 2026 (Diario Oficial 53.402, 18 Feb 2026), via the Cancillería normograma, 2026-02-10.
  11. Canadian entry fee: who does not pay: Canadians under 14 or over 79, holders of a valid Colombian visa, passengers in airport transit who do not enter Colombia, and travellers whose final destination is San Andrés, Providencia or Santa Catalina. Migración Colombia: Resolución 0599 de 2026, art. 2, 2026-02-10.
  12. Government of Canada on paying the Colombian entry fee: Online before travel through Migración's single procedures form, or by credit card at immigration on arrival, which can mean long delays. Government of Canada: Travel advice and advisories, Colombia (Entry and exit requirements), 2026-11-02.
  13. Check-Mig (Migración Colombia): who it is for: Colombians and foreigners entering or leaving Colombia through an immigration checkpoint. Migración Colombia: CheckMig service page, 2025-01-02.
  14. Check-Mig: earliest filing before the trip: 72 hours. Migración Colombia: CheckMig service page, 2025-01-02.
  15. Check-Mig: latest filing before the trip: 1 hour. Migración Colombia: CheckMig service page, 2025-01-02.
  16. Check-Mig: cost: free. Migración Colombia: CheckMig service page, 2025-01-02.
  17. Check-Mig: status in Migración Colombia's own words: de uso no obligatorio (not mandatory). Migración Colombia: CheckMig service page, 2025-01-02.
  18. Migración Colombia entry and exit requirements page on Check-Mig: Not mandatory; recommended to speed up entering and leaving the country. Migración Colombia: Requisitos de entrada y salida del país.
  19. Check-Mig: official form address: apps.migracioncolombia.gov.co/pre-registro. Migración Colombia: CheckMig service page (link 'Aplicativo CheckMig').
  20. Check-Mig: correcting a mistake: The form cannot be edited once sent; a mistake means filing a new registration. Migración Colombia: CheckMig service page.
  21. Check-Mig: confirmation: Sent by email almost at once; if it does not arrive, it can be downloaded again from the form site ('Check and download'). Migración Colombia: CheckMig service page and the form's start page.
  22. Check-Mig: what the form asks for: Flight details, personal details, contact details and where you will stay in Colombia. Migración Colombia: CheckMig service page.
  23. Check-Mig and airport transit: Not available to passengers in transit who do not enter Colombia. Migración Colombia: answer to PQRSDF 172669 (April 2026), 2026-04-13.
  24. Check-Mig: if someone charges you for it: Report it to the coordinator at any immigration checkpoint or through the complaints form (PQRS) on Migración Colombia's website. Migración Colombia: answer to PQRSDF 199211 (June 2026), 2026-06-02.
  25. Frontier Airlines FAQ on Check-Mig: Colombian authorities and airlines may request proof that you completed the Check-Mig form before allowing you to travel. Frontier Airlines: What is Colombia's Check-Mig requirement (FAQ), 2026-09-15.
  26. Government of Canada travel advice for Colombia on Check-Mig: You must complete it within 72 hours to 1 hour before your flight in or out of Colombia. Government of Canada: Travel advice and advisories, Colombia (Entry and exit requirements), 2026-11-02.
  27. UK FCDO travel advice for Colombia on Check-Mig: Not mandatory; it can speed up entry, and the confirmation email is shown to immigration officials on arrival. UK FCDO: Colombia travel advice, entry requirements, 2026-10-30.
  28. Frontier Airlines FAQ on Check-Mig, first sentence: travellers to or from Colombia are required to complete Check-Mig before the flight: you are required to complete Colombia's Check-Mig registration before your flight. Frontier Airlines: What is Colombia's Check-Mig requirement (FAQ), 2026-09-15.
  29. Check-Mig (Migración Colombia): time to fill in the form: 2 to 5 minutes. Migración Colombia: Check-Mig page, 2025-01-02.
  30. UK travel advice for Colombia (FCDO), passport validity: what Colombian immigration recommends: a passport with an expiry date at least 6 months after the date you plan to leave. FCDO: Colombia travel advice, entry requirements, 2026-10-30.
  31. Migración Colombia on passport validity: No minimum validity is required at entry; Migración recommends a passport valid for the whole stay, because a valid passport is required to leave. Migración Colombia: answer to PQRSDF 199211 (June 2026), 2026-06-02.
  32. Migración Colombia: documents for a foreigner entering Colombia: A valid passport; a visa if your nationality or activity needs one; an onward or return ticket; and proof of means, as applicable. Migración Colombia: Requisitos de entrada y salida del país.
  33. Migración Colombia on the onward ticket: Every foreigner entering Colombia, even in transit, must show a ticket out of the country; without it, entry can be refused. Migración Colombia: answer to PQRSDF 199211 (June 2026), 2026-06-02.
  34. Migración Colombia on where you stay: A hotel booking or an invitation letter giving the address and contact phone numbers of where you will stay. Migración Colombia: answer to PQRSDF 199211 (June 2026), 2026-06-02.
  35. Migración Colombia: requirements to leave Colombia: Show the same travel document you entered with and be within the stay you were granted. Migración Colombia: Requisitos de entrada y salida del país.
  36. Migración Colombia on health documents at entry: No negative PCR test and no vaccination card are required to enter Colombia. Migración Colombia: answer to PQRSDF 199211 (June 2026), 2026-06-02.
  37. Colombia entry and stay permit (PIP) for visitors: 90 days, extendable by 90, at most 180 days per calendar year. Migración Colombia: answer to PQRSDF 199211 (June 2026), 2026-06-02.
  38. UK FCDO on visiting Colombia without a visa: Up to 90 days for business or tourism, at the immigration officer's discretion, with an onward or return ticket valid within the 90 days. UK FCDO: Colombia travel advice, entry requirements, 2026-10-30.
  39. UK FCDO on cash brought into Colombia: up to USD 10,000 in any currency; above that, declare it to DIAN, the tax and customs office: 10,000 USD. UK FCDO: Colombia travel advice, entry requirements, 2026-10-30.
  40. Cancillería visa list (PDF of 1 Sep 2026), column 'does Colombia require a visa for short visits': United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Ireland and every EU member state: no. Cancillería de Colombia: Lista de países que exigen visa de turismo a colombianos y nacionalidades a las que Colombia les exige visa de turismo, 2026-09-01.
  41. Colombia national parks in very high and high yellow-fever risk zones: entry requirement: Yellow fever vaccination certificate at least 10 days old. MinSalud: Resolución 00000691 of 16 April 2025 (copy via Parques Nacionales), 2025-04-16.
  42. Parques Nacionales Naturales bulletin 2 May 2025: yellow fever vaccination for protected areas: vaccination at least 10 days before entry is obligatory for the protected areas of the national parks system, for nationals and foreigners. Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia: bulletin 'Nuevo requisito para visitar nuestros parques', 2025-05-02.
  43. CDC on yellow fever vaccine for travel limited to Cartagena, Colombia (and Barranquilla, Cali, Medellín): Generally not recommended. CDC Travelers' Health: Colombia, 2025-07-09.
  44. CDC Level 2 notice 'Yellow Fever in Colombia': Last reviewed 2026-10-16; mostly cases in Tolima. CDC Travelers' Health: Level 2 notice Yellow Fever in Colombia, 2026-10-16.
  45. Government of Canada on yellow fever proof for Colombia: Proof of vaccination required only if arriving from Angola, Brazil, DR Congo or Uganda, or after transiting their airports; yellow fever travel health notice removed 2 Nov 2026. Government of Canada: Travel advice Colombia, 2026-11-02.
  46. UK FCDO on yellow fever certificate for Colombia: Certificate needed if arriving from certain countries with transmission risk; may be asked for when travelling to high-risk areas in Colombia. UK FCDO: Colombia travel advice, 2026-10-30.
  47. PNN Corales del Rosario y de San Bernardo (Rosario and San Bernardo islands, near Cartagena, Colombia): the park's own visitor page on yellow fever (page updated 20 May 2026): vaccination is recommended. Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia: park page 'PNN Corales del Rosario y de San Bernardo', visitor rules, 2026-05-20.
  48. Parques Nacionales Naturales bulletin of 2 May 2025 on yellow fever vaccination for its protected areas: which parks it names: none; it speaks of the protected areas of the national parks system in general and gives no list. Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia: bulletin 'Nuevo requisito para visitar nuestros parques', 2025-05-02.
  49. MinSalud Resolución 691 of 16 April 2025 (Colombia's yellow fever emergency): where the list of very high and high risk municipalities is kept: on the health ministry's website, updated periodically; the resolution itself names no national park. Ministerio de Salud: Resolución 00000691 de 2025 (copy published by Parques Nacionales), 2025-04-16.
  50. CDC Colombia destination page, yellow fever vaccine recommendation (updated 9 July 2025): who it is recommended for: all travelers 9 months or older, except travel limited to Barranquilla, Cali, Cartagena or Medellín (generally not recommended) and to areas above 2,300 m, San Andrés and Providencia, or Bogotá (not recommended); the islands off Cartagena are not mentioned. US CDC: Travelers' Health, Colombia, 2025-07-09.
  51. CDC travel health notice for Colombia, 16 October 2026: Level 2, Practice Enhanced Precautions: an increased number of cases of yellow fever have been reported in Colombia. CDC Travelers' Health: Level 2 notice Yellow Fever in Colombia, 2026-10-16.
  52. CDC Colombia destination page, country entry requirements for yellow fever (section updated 9 July 2025): Vaccine required for all arriving travelers 1 year old or older. US CDC: Travelers' Health, Colombia, 2025-07-09.
  53. Australian Smartraveller on yellow fever and Colombia: A certificate is required to enter Colombia if you arrive from, or transited through, Angola, Brazil, the Democratic Republic of Congo or Uganda; some national parks require one. Australian Government Smartraveller: Colombia (updated 6 Oct 2026), 2026-10-06.
  54. IVA exemption for foreign tourists in Colombia: proof of non-residence: Original passport with valid entry stamp/PIP or suitable temporary visa; with automatic Biomig gates (no stamp), passport plus a Migración Colombia migratory-movements certificate or other proof of entry/exit dates (DIAN Concepto 3522 of 25 Mar 2025). DIAN: Concepto 14767 de 2025 (Estatuto Tributario art. 481 lit. d; Decreto 1625 de 2016 art. 1.3.1.11.1).
  55. Colombia national tourism tax on international air tickets: 15 USD. Ley 1101 de 2006 art. 4 as modified by art. 128 Ley 2010 de 2019 (Senado basedoc).
  56. Colombia exit tax per international air departure, nationals and foreigners: 1 USD. Decreto 0625 of 19 June 2026 (Ministerio de Igualdad y Equidad), Diario Oficial 53.530 of 22 June 2026, 2026-06-19.
  57. Colombian peso exchange rate (TRM) valid 2026-11-11: 3297.07 COP per USD. Superintendencia Financiera de Colombia: TRM, open dataset on datos.gov.co, 2026-11-11.
  58. Colombia exit tax (Decreto 0625 de 2026): in force from: 23 September 2026. Ministerio de Igualdad y Equidad: Decreto 0625 de 2026 (Diario Oficial 53.530), via the Cancillería normograma, 2026-06-19.
  59. Colombia exit tax: how it is charged: Due when the ticket is bought; airlines, agencies and booking sites charge it and must show it at the sale; passengers in transit to a third country are exempt. Ministerio de Igualdad y Equidad: Decreto 0625 de 2026, art. 5, 2026-06-19.
  60. Colombia tourism tax on international air tickets (Ley 1101 de 2006 art. 4, as modified by Ley 2010 de 2019 art. 128): who pays and how: Passengers whose international ticket includes Colombia and starts abroad; airlines include it in the ticket price; passengers in transit or on an international connection do not pay it. Ley 1101 de 2006, art. 4 (Secretaría del Senado), 2019-12-27.
  61. UK FCDO on Colombia's departure tax: Usually included in the price of the airline ticket; check with your airline. UK FCDO: Colombia travel advice, entry requirements, 2026-10-30.

Photographs

  1. Brick walkway on top of the city walls, with the Caribbean on the left. Photo: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons