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Cali to Popayan

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Recorded distance
142 km
Riding-time estimate
2 h 49
Journey
Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis

The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.

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Why this ride

A highland corridor with elevation, open views and lower-density roads. It links naturally to Cauca Valley and colonial Popayan.

Editorial context

Coordinates are curated start-via-end route seeds. They are not a surveyed centreline or navigation geometry. Run road snapping, topology checks, access checks and a live-status review before publication.

Access context

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Seasonal context

Dec-Mar

Waypoint introductions and full write-ups

  1. 1. Cali

    Cali is the capital of salsa and the city does not let you forget it. Bars and dance schools fill the evenings with brass and congas, and by weekend nights even the taxi radios seem to be playing the same tune. It is a large city of over two million people in the Cauca valley, about 1,000 metres above sea level, with sugar-cane fields spreading out in every direction and the Western Cordillera standing as a blue wall to the west.

    Read the complete Cali write-up.

    Recorded stop-planning note

    May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

    Planning note

    Cali sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Popayan.

  2. 2. Popayan

    Popayan is known as the White City, because the colonial buildings in its centre are whitewashed, with tiled roofs, arched cloisters, balconies and quiet courtyards, and it feels like a different century. About 258,000 people live here, at around 1,700 metres in the Cauca valley, and the city is one of the best-preserved colonial towns in Colombia. Cajibio is a small town nearby, and the road to the south climbs toward the high mountains of the south.

    Read the complete Popayan write-up.

    Recorded stop-planning note

    May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

    Planning note

    Popayan comes up 142 km in.

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