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Villavicencio
Municipality and city in Orinoquía, Colombia

Villavicencio

Villavicencio is a city and municipality in Colombia.

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The capital of Meta Department, it was founded on April 6, 1840. The municipality had a population of 531,275 in 2018. The city is located at 4°08'N, 73°40'W, 75 km southeast of the Colombian capital city of Bogotá (DC) by the Guatiquía River. It is the most important commercial center in the Llanos Orientales of Colombia.

Get in

Getting to Villavicencio

Buses depart frequently from the Terminal Salitre in Bogotá. A ticket costs COP$27,000-40,000 (July 2021). COP$45000-60000 ( July 2023 ) The travel time is 3-4 hours, but traffic jams in Bogota can increase it. Many bus operators covers this route.

  1. 01
    La Vanguardia Airport
See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Bioparque Los
  2. 02
    Parque Los
  3. 03
    Cerro Cristo Rey
  4. 04
    Parque Las Malokas
Do

Things to do

Dancing:There is a town called "7 de Agosto", famous for the variety of dancing clubs along its main street. Also, the club "Capachos" known to be one of the best dancing clubs for people in their 20s to late 30s.

Eat

Where to eat

Along the Calle 15 in the west of the intercity bus station "Terminal de Transporte" there is street-food in the evening.

How locals move

Getting around Villavicencio the local way

  • Get aroundFrequent minibuses go through the city for COP$2.400 (July 2023).
  • Get aroundAsk the minibus driver for the specific time.
  • Get aroundAfter sunset some of the minibuses are fancy illuminated.

From Wikivoyage: Villavicencio, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-06.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Diego Delso (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons.