To Villa de Leyva for a few days where Oscar Gilede of Colombian Highlands Ecotours -www.colombianhighlands.com
took me on an amazing hike through jungle to see where the indigenous people, the Muiscas, used to live and to experience some of their untouched, ancient lands . What this man does not know about the region's history, culture and environment is not worth knowing. Oscar has also been instrumental in promoting the high quality hostels which are springing up all over Colombia, many of them as good as hotels, including his own Renacer guesthouse in Villa de Leyva.
www.colombianhostels.co is the website. If you are on a budget ,the mix of quality hostels, cheap internal flights, the efficient - if slightly scary - bus network and the cheap food and drink make you realise why Colombia - with it's diverse country and hospitable people - is growing so fast as a tourist destination.