Back when RIDE Adventures first did its exploration work and started offering motorcycle tours & rentals in Colombia back in 2010, we were getting comments like "are you guys crazy? Who wants to get shot or held hostage by the drug cartels?!!?"
Years have passed though, and plenty of our happy Customers have returned home from Colombia (and the rest of South America) safe and healthy with nothing but good things to say about the people and places they've encountered. As is true with riding or exploring almost any part of the world, if you don't go "looking for trouble," you'd have to be pretty unlucky to find it. This fact remains especially true in Colombia, where the proud people want to show us what they have done to forge change from what was a dark and dangerous history of cartel rule.
Remember that during cold northern winters, Colombia's position just above the equator makes for a fantastic warm-weather getaway and adventure riding opportunity. Riders must book these trips well in advance though, as the word gets out more each year: Yes, it's safe to RIDE in Colombia!
