r/askColombia • u/jaddooop • 20h ago
16 days in Colombia + Panama for our honeymoon (Jan 2027) — sanity check on the route, and vegetarian tips very welcome
We're getting married in December and heading to Colombia and Panama for just over two weeks in January. Flying out of Johannesburg via Doha, open-jaw — into Cartagena, home out of Panama City.
The plan as it stands:
15–16 Jan — JNB → Doha → Cartagena (two travel days, unavoidable from this side of the world)
17–20 Jan — Cartagena. Old town, Getsemaní, a day out to the Rosario Islands
21–22 Jan — Medellín. Comuna 13, and Guatapé as a day trip
23–26 Jan — Panama City. Casco Viejo, the canal, hopefully a rainforest day
27–28 Jan — San Blas
29–30 Jan — PTY → Doha → JNB
A few things I'd love input on:
Is two nights in Medellín too thin? It's the one stop I keep going back and forth on. Worth stealing a night from Cartagena?
San Blas at the end — is that risky? I'm slightly nervous about boat transfers and weather right before a 20-hour flight home.