Location/Getting There

Isla Providencia is an island of Colombia, small and mountainous, in the Western Caribbean's Sea of Seven Colors, located about 500 miles north of Cartagena, Colombia, and 150 miles east of Nicaragua's Caribbean coast.

The island is 6.6 square miles in size and has an approximate circumference of about ten miles. The population estimate in 2023 was 6,000 people.

All trips to Providencia must go through the larger, sister island San Andres. Satena, a Colombian airline makes 3 trips between Providencia and San Andres daily. Getting to San Andres is simple enough, with multiple North and South American carriers flying to and from daily.