🇮🇸 Iceland or 🇨🇴 Colombia
Which one, honestly
Iceland leads on getting around. Colombia leads on value for money, the sea and cities.
A normal day costs about $190 in Iceland and $75 in Colombia.
Side by side
- 🇮🇸 Iceland🇨🇴 Colombia
- Jun, Jul, Aug, SepBest monthsJan, Feb, Jul, Aug, Dec
- $190A normal day$75
- 5h 40m to ReykjavikNonstop from New York5h 40m to Bogota
- Not the drawBeaches and seaVery good
- GoodCities and cultureVery good
- GoodFoodGood
- ExceptionalNature and hikingExceptional
- Not the drawValue for moneyExceptional
- Very goodEasy to get aroundGood
- A hire car on the ring road, and a four wheel drive for the interiorGetting aroundCheap domestic flights, because the Andes make every bus ride long
- Nothing seasonally, but the highland roads are shut from roughly October to JuneWhen to avoidApril, May, October and November, the two rainy stretches
Pick by what you want
🇮🇸 Choose Iceland if
you want landscape above everything else, and you have accepted in advance that it costs more than anywhere else here.
🇨🇴 Choose Colombia if
you want coffee mountains, Caribbean coast and one of the great party cities, on a budget that goes a long way.
Full Iceland guide →Full Colombia guide →
And what the world thinks
Dead even. The next vote breaks the tie.
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Written and checked by hand. Nothing here about visas or entry rules: those change often and depend on your passport, so check an official source.