Well yes it seams like a good deal to skip the border hassle in Central America and come straight here to beautiful Colombia and do a SA adventure. I ended up flying Miami to Cali.
But yes I got a quote which in total ended up at about U$500 for a crated bike in a shared container on a boat that is supposed to leave Miami port once a week directly to Cartagena.
But since I flew I never actually got the contact info in the port and do not know who to contact. This is 2 years ago now.
I'd go to the port in Miami and ask around and definitely post what ever you find out here as I've gotten the same question 20 times or more now!
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Originally Posted by Mickey D
Martin or Mike, Greetings!
Hope all is well down Colombia way!
I'm researching shipping a bike into Colombia (Cartagena) from Miami.
I saw Mike's post about this long while back. No updates and no reports from travelers who have actually done this.
Mike mentioned a company that sails once a week from Miami. Quoted at $400 plus port fees. Do you have any direct info or advice about shipping my bike over?
Seems this could be valuable to many US based travelers, especially those on a time limit, or those who've already spent time in Cent. Am.
I'm kind of astonished no one has followed this up and done this.
Could we be seeing some special interest/conflict of interest here?
Lets do the math:
Option One:
Ride from East coast a thousand miles to Mexico (or whatever), then another 2500 miles South through Mex. and Cent. America, crossing endless borders from Hell, then pay $1500 to fly for 10 minutes from Panama to Colombia. Such a Deal!
Option Two:
Ride to Miami, ship bike for $400 (plus port fees) Fly yourself for another $200 or $300. (or less).
Option two looks pretty good to me. Saves a ton of time and money.
Any help on this much appreciated!
McD
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