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Leticia (Amazon)

Colombia's Amazon gateway on the great river — pink river dolphins, monkeys, macaws and rainforest, at the triple frontier.

Getting there

By air from Bogotá to Leticia, on the Amazon at the triple frontier

Best for

Amazon rainforest, pink river dolphins, monkeys, macaws, river lodges, indigenous culture

The land

Lowland Amazon rainforest on the great river, where three countries meet

Good to know

Leticia sits at the meeting of Colombia, Peru and Brazil on the Amazon

What it is

Leticia is Colombia's Amazon gateway on the great river — pink river dolphins, monkeys, macaws and rainforest, where three countries meet.

On the banks of the Amazon at the triple frontier of Colombia, Peru and Brazil, Leticia is the gateway to the Colombian Amazon. River lodges upstream offer pink river dolphins, troops of monkeys, macaws and caiman, canopy walkways, night safaris and visits to indigenous communities — classic Amazon wildlife on one of the river's most accessible reaches.

PhotoLeticia (Amazon) — colombian amazon.

The reason to come

The great river

Leticia opens the Colombian Amazon, rich in river and forest wildlife.

River dolphins

Pink and grey river dolphins on the Amazon.

Rainforest wildlife

Monkeys, macaws, caiman and a canopy walkway.

River lodges

Amazon ecolodges and indigenous communities upstream.

Worth knowing

The triple-frontier Amazon

At Leticia, the Amazon brings together three countries and some of the river's most accessible wildlife.

PhotoThe Amazon river at Leticia.

When to come — honestly

A year-round Amazon.

June – November

Best

Lower water — more beaches, trails and easier walking.

December – May

Good

High water — flooded forest explored by canoe.

Year-round

Good

An Amazon destination in every season; the river level sets the experience.

The Amazon's water level swings hugely between seasons, changing how the forest is explored.

Context

The Amazon gateway

Leticia is Colombia's Amazon gateway, rich in river and rainforest wildlife.

It adds the Amazon to a Colombia trip.

We base the Colombian Amazon at river lodges upstream of Leticia, for dolphins, monkeys and forest.

Beyond the obvious

More to Leticia (Amazon).

PhotoRiver dolphins

River dolphins

On the Amazon.

PhotoCanopy & trails

Canopy & trails

Monkeys and macaws.

PhotoIndigenous communities

Indigenous communities

Along the river.

Why Wild Voyager

We turn the world's #1 bird country into a smooth trip.

Colombia has more birds than any nation, but the sites are scattered across ranges and coasts. We sequence the Andes, Santa Marta, Llanos and Amazon to maximise the wildlife with minimal backtracking.