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Far below the cloud bolls, a textured green carpet embroidered with pales brown rivers stretches from horizon to horizon. Or perhaps you will be arriving to this city on the slow currents of the great Amazon River, your boat cutting a wake through the silted waters, passing by families in peque-peques. Welcome to the last outpost of Colombia, on the far south-eastern corner of the country. Leticia forms part of the triple frontier, along with Tabatinga, Brazil, and Santa Rosa, Peru. Twenty-five

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Far below the cloud bolls, a textured green carpet embroidered with pales brown rivers stretches from horizon to horizon. Or perhaps you will be arriving to this city on the slow currents of the great Amazon River, your boat cutting a wake through the silted waters, passing by families in peque-peques. Welcome to the last outpost of Colombia, on the far south-eastern corner of the country.

Leticia forms part of the triple frontier, along with Tabatinga, Brazil, and Santa Rosa, Peru. Twenty-five kilometers (15 miles) downstream is Benjamin Constant, a major Brazilian port on the river and alternative point for hopping a boat to Manaus. This is the point where some travelers first step foot into Colombia. Others say their last good-bye before hopping a boat upstream to Iquitos, Peru, or downstream to Manaus, Brazil.

Although the most developed of the three border cities, it is still a small town. Everything is within walking distance. Parque Santander is the hub of social life. Dawns and dusks the tree are a riot of pericos (small green parrots). In this park is a pool with Victoria Regia Amazonica, the largest water lilies in the world. Nearby are two wonderful sculptures: Alegoria Cómica del Amazona by Aida Orrego, and one of leaping pink dolphins.

Upon arriving in Leticia, you’ll have to pay an entry tax of $8 and show you international yellow fever vaccination certificate.

(Altitude: 95 meters / 312 feet, Population: 37,000, City Code: 8)


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Best Restaurants in Leticia

Restaurante Sancho Panza

On Leticia’s main drag is Restaurante Sancho Panza, a favorites eatery for villagers of more modest means. The front veranda has a few tables and inside this faded red wood building is a long ...
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Restaurante El Sabor

Restaurante El Sabor is one of the old standbys for visitors to Leticia and for locals, too. It offers no comida corriente—just foods straight off the barbecue grill. Pull up a table on the ...
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Restaurante Tropical

The décor of Restaurante Tropical is just as delightful as the food it serves. Jungle kitsch abounds amongst the plants and aquariums. The jaguar with the safari helmet is a kick. The tables out on ...
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Cozinha Fazenda

Cozinha da Fazenda is a truly international restaurant here at the triple border. With a Portuguese name in Spanish-speaking Leticia, its menu offers French toast and pancakes for breakfast ($1.60 ...
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Mimo’s

Need to cool down on a sultry day? Mimo’s is the place to go for any kind of ice cream treat, from simple soft-freeze cones ($1.05-2.10) to gourmet sundaes ($2.25-4.45). There are even special ...
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Tierras Amazónicas

The menu is a plank of wood befitting for the jungle artifact space that is Tragadero y Beberdero Tierras Amazónicas. Its full bar offers such regional drinks as caipirinha cocktails ($2.65) and ...
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Things to See and Do

Isla de los Micos

Isla de los Micos (Island of the Monkeys) is a standard stop on tours of the Amazon. Thirty-five kilometers (21 miles) upstream from Leticia, this 450-hectare island is home to our distant primate ...
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Parque Nacional Natural Amacayacu

Parque Nacional Natural Amacayacu is one of the most easily (and safely) accessible jungle national parks. Its 293,500 hectares on the banks of the Amazon and Amacayacu Rivers is home to over 150 ...
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Serpentario Armero-Guayabal

Slinking through the dense underbrush, coiling around the boughs of trees, slithering through the rivers bathing roots are creatures whose eyes are watching you explore the Amazon. Some are venomous, ...
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Reserva Tanimboca

Dosel is the term used for the highest part of the tree canopy, usually about 35-40 meters (115-130 feet). At Reserva Tanimboca, you can climb up to those heights and explore an 80-meter (300-foot) ...
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