Bogotá guide
🇨🇴 Packing List
What to pack for Bogotá
In March, Bogotá is typically cool, expect showers (8°C - 18°C). This list adapts to those conditions; adjust for your exact travel dates.
Bogotá essentials
- Smart-casual outfits (skip gym wear for dinners)
Documents
- Photo ID
- Passport (valid 6+ months)
- Visa / e-visa printout
- Return / onward flight tickets
- Travel insurance policy
- Hotel booking confirmations
- Passport-size photographs (2-4)
- Photocopies / phone photos of passport and tickets, stored separately
Clothing
- Casual day outfits
- One smart-casual outfit for dinners
- Comfortable walking shoes
- A warm jacket or fleece
- Layers for cool evenings
- Light rain jacket or poncho
- Compact umbrella
- Undergarments and sleepwear
- Enough outfits for 7 days (6 sets)
- Layered outfits you can add or remove as the day warms
Toiletries & health
- Toothbrush, toothpaste, and toiletries
- Sunscreen (SPF 30+)
- Personal medication with prescription
- Basic first-aid: band-aids, painkillers, ORS
- Hand sanitiser and wet wipes
- Ajiaco (potato and chicken soup) and changua (milk soup) are Bogotá staples. High altitude (2,600m) means lighter meals are...
Electronics
- Phone and charger
- Power bank
- Camera (optional)
- Power adaptor: Type A/B plugs (North American), 110V.
Money
- Debit / credit cards
- Local currency: Colombian Peso (COP)
- Cards accepted in Zona Rosa and Chapinero. Cash needed in markets and transport.
Local know-how
- Local SIM: Claro, Movistar, Tigo at El Dorado airport or malls.
- Overcharging tourists
- March highlights: Holy Week preparations