{"id":10066,"date":"2019-03-20T22:23:07","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T21:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldmoments.org\/?p=10066"},"modified":"2020-03-04T20:28:54","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T19:28:54","slug":"travel-to-san-andres-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldmoments.org\/en\/colombia\/travel-to-san-andres-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel to San Andr\u00e9s Island"},"content":{"rendered":"B<\/span>efore preparing your travel to San Andr\u00e9s, you should keep in mind that to enter the island, you must present an OCCRE card (Office of Control, Circulation and Residence) in the Gustavo Rojas Pinilla airport of San Andr\u00e9s. <\/p>\n

You can buy this card in the airport of whichever city you are coming from for around 35 USD (this price checked in 2018).<\/p>\n

The typical cities with flights to San Andr\u00e9s are Bogot\u00e1, Cartagena, Medell\u00edn and Cali. Read how to get to San Andr\u00e9s.<\/a>
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Planning to travel with a package deal or by yourself as a backpacker?<\/h3>\n

In Colombia there are lots of travel agencies that offer economical trips to San Andr\u00e9s. I’ll outline some of the pros and cons of choosing a travel package like this so that you can decide if this idea is for you, or if you might prefer to travel on your own to this gorgeous island. For this comparison, let’s assume you will be leaving from Bogot\u00e1. <\/p>\n

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Travelling with package deals to San Andr\u00e9s Island from Bogot\u00e1 2018\/2019<\/h4>\n

In the all-inclusive plans to San Andr\u00e9s, the following is included:<\/p>\n

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Air-fare (return ticket), hotel for 4 nights, breakfast\/lunch\/dinner in a buffet style, a liquor bar and a short tour in the bay. Also, some packages include a trip to Jonny Cay Island. (You can read here what we suggest to do in San Andr\u00e9s<\/a>). There are three things to keep in mind, here. First, the restaurants and bars of these travel agencies operate on a fixed schedule, meaning you may be “tied” to their schedule. Second, other tourists who have chosen to travel to San Andr\u00e9s on package tours have noted that the liquor and beer that are provided aren’t good quality (at least in the cheapest package deals). Third, it should be noted that the hotels are 3-star hotels. <\/p>\n

This kind of plan costs between 350 and 500 USD, approximately, and there are several agencies that offer such a plan, like Decameron, On Vacation, Falabella, \u00c9xito etc.<\/p>\n

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What are the advantages of travelling to San Andr\u00e9s Island with a tourism agency? <\/h4>\n