Buga

Buga (full name: Guadalajara de Buga) is an old colonial town (founded 1535) in Valle del Cauca, Colombia.

Get in
There are regular buses from Cali (about an hour). Buga is also easily accessible from Buenaventura and Armenia.

From the bus station, it is walking distance to the center. There are also colectivos (COP$1400).

Get around
It is easy to get places on foot.

See
Buga has a nice historic central plaza with lots of shade trees, home to many iguanas. It's a nice place to eat an ice cream and people watch on hot days (every day).



Go next
Cali, the capital of salsa.

San Cipriano, a small Afro-Colombian town near the coast, only accessible by brujita (custom-made motorcycle trains)

Zona Cafetera, scenic coffee-growing region.