The 10 Best Travel Agencies in Colombia in 2025

Colombia: Open, Safe, and Ready for High-End Travel

Colombia is by far the most exciting destination in South America right now– authentic, luxurious, biodiverse, culturally magnetic, and with a rapidly evolving economy. 

But it is also logistically complex: distances are vast, ecosystems change by the hour, and the tourism industry is filled with uneven operations. That’s why the agency you choose is the difference between an ordinary trip and a life-changing one. After observing industry standards, speaking with operators, and analyzing traveler feedback, we curated this list so you look into the agencies that will offer the best on their own game.

Luxury, Vision & Nature

These are the market leaders quietly resetting the standard for Colombian travel, blending high-end service with serious environmental and social commitments.

1. Cielo Travel

Best For: Modern luxury travelers & tech-forward service

Cielo Travel represents the new high bar in Colombian inbound tourism. Its model consists of hospitality driven through tech and true precision on every detail of any trip. Combines the warmth of Colombian service with the frictionless American concierge services.

Their model blends AI-augmented planning paired with the human touch. Travelers communicate with real humans supported by technology that tracks flights, predicts bottlenecks, and keeps all logistics synchronized. Miscommunications, awkward delays, and “lost in translation” moments are dramatically reduced.

Trust Factors & the “Certified Best” Standard

Trust factors are built into their internal “Certified Best” standard. Every hotel, guide and transport provider is audited on safety, quality, punctuality and English proficiency. If they don’t meet the standard, they don’t make the itineraries.

Context & Impact

Cielo was born after identifying a stark gap: despite its richness, Colombia lacked agencies offering luxury-level service, reliable logistics and an integrated digital experience.

Now, sustainability is integral. Since Cielo sees itself not just as an agency, but a movement to raise Colombia’s global reputation, that includes: creating formal employment, and empowering local talent. Their digital reach (500k-plus followers) and marketing engine aim to shift the narrative of the country and its people from “worth it but risky” to “luxurious experiences and full reliability to a top service” 

Signature Experiences

2. Live Happy 

Best For: Regenerative travel & private nature reserves

If Cielo is the logistics, Live Happy is the ecological conscience of this top tier. They specialize in accessing private reserves otherwise closed to the public and turning each visit into a regenerative act—funding restoration, reforestation, and trail maintenance.

Signature Experiences

Context & Impact

Live Happy was born from a coalition of conservationists and tourism experts who saw an opportunity: instead of waiting for national parks to be properly financed, why not help private landowners convert their properties into de facto reserves?

They now operate in reserves like Sumapaz and Guataquí. A fixed portion of every booking is earmarked for reforestation, invasive-species control, and infrastructure that protects rather than scars the landscape.

3.  Galavanta

Best For: Ultra-high-net-worth experiences & private aviation

Galavanta is the agency you call when you need a helicopter to the Lost City, a private chef in Bahía Solano, or dinner in the Gold Museum once the doors have closed to the public. They operate at the intersection of discretion, logistics, and access.

Their specialty is orchestrating “ungoogleable” experiences—moments that simply don’t exist on booking platforms or public websites. That can mean chartering aircraft into remote airstrips, organizing yacht parties in protected bays, or creating itineraries that thread together private estates, islands, and lodges far from commercial routes.

Context & Impact

Founded in 2014 in Cartagena by Cristina Consuegra and Alexis Pradie, Galavanta emerged from a simple observation: Colombia’s most spectacular places—Chiribiquete, the deep Amazon, unspoiled Caribbean islets—were essentially inaccessible to luxury travelers unless you had military-grade logistics. Galavanta stepped into that vacuum and built the infrastructure to reach them safely and ethically.

As a certified B-Corp, they pair high carbon activities like private aviation with strong mitigation. Their carbon balancing program is robust, and they actively support Fundación Mejor Planeta, which trains youth as coral reef guardians in the Rosario Islands. Guests flying in helicopters and yachts are directly funding long-term marine conservation.

Boutique Luxury & Curated Styles

These agencies are ideal for travelers who value style, intimacy, and personality as much as they do logistics.

4. Amakuna 

Best For: Travelers seeking a “British concierge” feel with local flair

Amakuna’s signature is its “Bolt-Hole” philosophy—the belief that the right small property can define an entire journey. Rather than booking chains, they assemble itineraries around haciendas, casonas, and private homes that feel deeply rooted in their region.

Context & Impact

Founded in 2014 by Marc Beale (ex-military, British) and Boris Seckovic (British-Croatian, finance), Amakuna imported a precise, detail-oriented approach to what was then a relatively disorganized landscape. Their goal was to prove that Colombia could match the boutique luxury of Tuscany or Provence if it was respectfully curated.

On the sustainability front, Amakuna prioritizes small hotels that employ single mothers, train local youth, and buy from artisans. Their model ensures that high-spend travelers are fueling local, not corporate, economies.

The Reliable Giants & Generalists

These agencies are ideal for travelers who prize coverage, reputation, and robust safety protocols—families, older travelers, and multi-country visitors especially.

5. Metropolitan Touring Colombia 

Best For: Multi-country trips (Galapagos + Colombia) & corporate-level reliability

Metropolitan Touring is one of South America’s oldest and most respected operators, originally founded in Ecuador in 1953. Their presence in Colombia gives travelers access to an integrated Andean network.

Context & Impact

Metropolitan brought their large-scale logistics engine—vehicles, guides, operations teams—to Colombia in order to service travelers who wanted Andean-wide experiences without juggling multiple agencies.

They have been carbon neutral since 2017, and their foundation, Fundación Futuro, purchases and protects endangered forest in the Chocó bioregion, one of the world’s richest biodiversity hotspots.

6. Gran Colombia Tours 

Best For: DIY travelers needing reliable day trips and transfers

Gran Colombia Tours is the go-to choice for travelers who like to book their own hotels but want trusted, English-speaking guides and safe transfers in each city.

Context & Impact

Managed by Juan Franco, Gran Colombia Tours began with walking tours built around accurate, nuanced storytelling of Colombia’s turbulent history. Positive word of mouth allowed them to expand into multiple cities and product lines.

Their model keeps as much money as possible in the hands of local guides and small operators, rather than funneling it to international platforms.

Meaning, Culture & Smart Planning

If you want your trip to change the way you see Colombia—and perhaps the world—these are the agencies that prioritize narrative, ethics, and intelligent routing.

7. Impulse Travel

Best For: Travelers seeking social transformation and peace-building narratives

Impulse Travel pioneered social-impact tourism in Colombia. Their tours are built around people and their stories: former gang members, community leaders, artisans, ex-combatants, and activists.

Context & Impact

Founded by Rodrigo Atuesta, Impulse operated as a conventional tour company until the 2016 Peace Accord. Seeing the opportunity for tourism to support reconciliation, Rodrigo pivoted the company and developed experiences that would later win a €400k innovation grant from Booking.com.

Revenue from these tours flows into community projects: libraries, music schools, art workshops, and social enterprises turning ex-combatants into entrepreneurs.

8. Tomplanmytrip 

Best For: “Slow travel” advocates who hate rushed itineraries

Tomplanmytrip is part travel agency, part myth-busting consultancy. Their core mission is to protect travelers from bad planning—rushed routes, unrealistic schedules, and copy-paste itineraries.

Context & Impact

Founded by Tom and Adrien, French childhood friends turned Colombia specialists, the company grew out of a blog dedicated to honest, detail-rich information. Readers kept asking, “Can you just organize this for us?”—and the agency was born.

Their philosophy of slow travel favors longer stays in fewer places, which naturally lowers carbon emissions and supports deeper, more lucrative relationships with local hosts.

Deep Nature & Hard Adventure

These agencies cater to travelers who want to get far from the beaten path—without gambling on safety or logistics.

9. DE UNA Colombia Tours 

Best For: European-style trekking & deep Amazon/Pacific expeditions

DE UNA specializes in routes most agencies won’t touch: remote Amazon tributaries, Guainía’s white-sand forests, Vaupés’ indigenous territories, and Colombia’s raw Pacific.

Context & Impact

Founded in 2004 and shaped by Dutch and German influences, DE UNA became the “ground team” for European adventure brands needing dependable local partners. Their operations are known for discipline, redundancy plans, and clear risk management.

They hold TourCert certification for Corporate Social Responsibility—one of the strictest sustainability seals in the European market.

10. Manakin Nature Tours 

Best For: Serious birdwatchers & wildlife photographers

Colombia is the world’s #1 birding country, and Manakin is one of its most respected bird-tour operators. Their guides are often biologists or field researchers, not generic nature guides.

Context & Impact

Founded by Luis Eduardo Urueña and Andrea Borras, both biologists, Manakin built infrastructure and local capacity for serious ornithologists: pre-dawn starts, access to private feeders, and careful coordination with landowners.

They use bird tourism to demonstrate that conservation generates more income than wildlife trade. By the way, were you aware that Colombia holds the record for the most bird species in the world, with over 1,900 species?

Final Thoughts

Colombia’s tourism scene is no longer a wild frontier of improvisation. It is maturing into a sophisticated ecosystem where visionary agencies, local communities, and conservation projects are aligned. 

Choose wisely, and Colombia won’t just be another stamp in your passport. With the right agency, it can be one of those rare trips that reshapes how you travel—and how you see the world, forever.