Bogotá Travel Forum

Hi, I will go with my husband and my kids to Bogota. I just start to worry a bit much about the fact that so many tourists are being kidnapped on a regular base in the country. Is the city itself safe or is the farc also very present in the city? Is it very dangerous to be there with 2 small kids?
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How many tourist have been kidnapped? I ask because the only people that I know of being kidnapped are public officials or people working for outside govt. agencies and big companies. There is a difference between that, and a family visiting the country. Maybe there have been some recent kidnappings that I don't know about.
We loved Colombia, 4 year old daughter included, but we weren't too impressed with Bogota. Just another big city. There are, although, a number of great smaller towns to visit around Colombia's larger cities. We also haven't found nicer people than the Colombians, especially in the smaller towns.

From what I heard, Bogota is somewhat safe compared with other parts of the country. In addition I've read somewhere the criminality rate decreased a lot in the past 10 years and is now lower than in Caracas, Lima or Rio.

Don´t worry too much.
Bogota (and all other larger cities) are perfectly safe if you take normal precautions.
The FARC or ELN are not present in the cities.
I am in Colombia-again-at this moment.

Hi Fans. I have been living in Colmbia for 14 years now and am married here, It is a great place and has no dangers what so ever. Please contact me on my e-mail teatom22@hotmail.com