El Eje Cafetero

coscia16 New member

Member since 29 April 2025

coscia16New member08 June 2025 23:30:22

Hello,

Do any expats live in the coffee region...specifically the Pereira/Cartago area?聽 My wife (Colombian) and I will be relocating to Cartago.

South American Voyager Contributor

Member since 11 January 2022

South American VoyagerContributorYesterday 13:21:50

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Hi JC, welcome to the forum!

I'm responding to your post as I don't see any response, so for what it is worth here is my experience with Cartago:

Yes certainly the area has a "growing number" of expats (primarily nearby Armenia, Pereria and across Quindio region) so you should be able to find a few expats in Cartago although I don't personally know of any.

Does your Colombian wife have family there?

Now I live an hour north of Medellin (coming up to 15 years) but travel everywhere in the all Colombia, almost nonstop in my car on road trips and was just in Cartago two weeks back on a drive from Medellin to Cali then after a few days returned. I have only spent a night as I used Cartago and a stop over so have never explored it properly.

Two weeks back I did explore Roldanillo just south of Cartago and enjoyed my visit then continued down into Cali a city where I visit friends and coming to for about 9 years. This is the Valle de Cauca region, have you visited before?

To each his own but I am curios as to what is your draw to Cartago?

Lets see if any expats who live in Cartago respond and chime in.

Godspeed!