http://www.backpackdiary.com/south-america/how-to-get-from-bogota-to-villa-de-leyva-by-bus Sarah and Paddy's Trip Across the World Thu, 27 Feb 2020 15:30:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.25 http://www.backpackdiary.com/south-america/how-to-get-from-bogota-to-villa-de-leyva-by-bus#comment-46132 Sat, 07 Dec 2019 13:28:50 +0000 http://www.backpackdiary.com/?p=1936#comment-46132 Just in case anyone goes to Villa de Levya 4 hrs away from Bogota, Colombia..
Yesterday, we took the bus to Tunja at 1515 from salitre thinking we would take the connection like a lot of blogs were instructed. There was so much traffic and a lot of accidents that we ended up getting to Tunja at 2130 instead of a 3 hr ride. When we got there, there were no more buses heading to Villa de Levya. Taxis don’t go there because of restrictions with their papers. We were about to stay at the hotel in Tunja. This guy came up and said they had an espreso. We finally took the expreso for 120k that happened to show up out of nowhere. It was kind of scary because they had to switch cars in the middle of the mountain in the dark to get a car that wouldn’t get stopped by the police. If anyone goes and decides to connect in Tunja to double check when the buses stop running to go to Villa de Levya before embarking on it vs taking a direct bus later.

]]> http://www.backpackdiary.com/south-america/how-to-get-from-bogota-to-villa-de-leyva-by-bus#comment-21562 Tue, 07 Mar 2017 00:49:31 +0000 http://www.backpackdiary.com/?p=1936#comment-21562 Thank you verry much for this nice posts. Will help me a lot for my next trip.

]]> http://www.backpackdiary.com/south-america/how-to-get-from-bogota-to-villa-de-leyva-by-bus#comment-20734 Sat, 03 Dec 2016 23:16:33 +0000 http://www.backpackdiary.com/?p=1936#comment-20734 Hi Jonathan, Thank you for your helpful post. Do you happen to know if busses are still leaving every 10-15 minutes from Bogota to Tunja later in the day? We are landing in Bogota at 5:30pm and would like to catch a bus around 7 or so to get to Tunja by 9:30ish. Is this realistic?

]]> http://www.backpackdiary.com/south-america/how-to-get-from-bogota-to-villa-de-leyva-by-bus#comment-8357 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 18:47:20 +0000 http://www.backpackdiary.com/?p=1936#comment-8357 Hey Paddy, sure no problem!

]]> http://www.backpackdiary.com/south-america/how-to-get-from-bogota-to-villa-de-leyva-by-bus#comment-8305 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 05:32:16 +0000 http://www.backpackdiary.com/?p=1936#comment-8305 Thanks, Jonathan. I remember at the time we discussed the Tunja option but we didn’t need it. If it’s OK with you I may actually at this info to the post.

]]> http://www.backpackdiary.com/south-america/how-to-get-from-bogota-to-villa-de-leyva-by-bus#comment-8249 Tue, 10 Feb 2015 14:37:18 +0000 http://www.backpackdiary.com/?p=1936#comment-8249 You can also go via Tunja. Buses from Bogotá to Tunja leave every 10-15 minutes so if you miss one of the direct buses to Villa de Leyva, I would recommend this option. Tunja is only 2 hours from Portal Norte (buses stop outside Éxito), and then from Tunja you can easily catch a minibus to Villa de Leyva (~1 hour), they leave every 30 minutes or so.

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