Day-by-day plans for 3, 5, and 7 days — organised to make the most of your time.
Three days covering the historic centre, the city's best museums, and a day trip to the Salt Cathedral.
Start at the Gold Museum (arrive at 9am opening for the vault ceremony). Walk to Plaza Bolívar — the presidential palace, the Cathedral, the Capitolio Nacional. Botero Museum (free, same block as the Gold Museum). Lunch in La Candelaria. Afternoon: Cerro de Monserrate cable car for the city panorama. Evening: dinner in La Macarena neighbourhood.
Full day. Take the bus from Portal del Norte or arrange a tour (1.5h). The underground cathedral tour takes 2 hours. Have lunch in the colonial town of Zipaquirá above. Return to Bogotá by late afternoon. Evening: dinner in Usaquén.
Morning: walk the Chapinero neighbourhood, coffee in a Bogotá specialty café. Afternoon: Usaquén village — browse the antique and craft shops around the colonial plaza. If a Sunday, the street market runs all day. Evening: dinner in Usaquén — the best restaurant concentration in the city.
Adds the UNESCO Coffee Region (Eje Cafetero) to the Bogotá visit for a complete Colombia experience.
Gold Museum, Botero Museum, Cerro Monserrate. Dinner in La Macarena.
Full day high-altitude páramo hike — glacial lakes, cloud forest, and Andean wildlife. Return to Bogotá for dinner.
Day trip to the Salt Cathedral. Zipaquirá town colonial centre. Return for dinner in Usaquén.
Short domestic flight (1h) or bus (8h) to the Eje Cafetero. Check into a coffee farm finca. Afternoon tour of the farm and coffee processing. Traditional Colombian dinner.
Morning: Salento — Colombia's most beautiful coffee town, colonial architecture in vivid colours. Afternoon: Cocora Valley — a hike through cloud forest to the extraordinary wax palm forest (tallest palms on earth, 60m+). Return to Bogotá overnight.