First, great thanks to Andres ! We contacted him from Canada 4 months in advance and asked to arrange our visit, including hotel, airport transportation, tours. He recommended us Hotel Bicentenario and it was a good choice.
We had tours:
1. Villa de Leyva, full day tour. It's about 5 hours one way, but we had a great guide Rodolfo, former English teacher. We got a lot information about all the aspects of life in Colombia, he answered for all our questions about education, medical system, history, agriculture etc. We made a few stops on the way and bought some local fruits - in Canada same fruits are not even close so delicious ! We visited village of RAQUIRA - with a lot of local handicrafts for sale extremely cheap ( nice ponchos for $20 ). The highlight of the day was visiting TERRACOTA HOUSE ( you have to pay minimal fees ) - please do not miss it.
2. GUATAVITA and ZIPAQUIRA, next full day tour. Our driver was Alex. Alex is a nice person and very knowledgeable guy ! Town of Guatavita was built from scratch in 1960-s to accomodate local people who need to leave their homes because of the construction of the dam. What a nice place ! There is even a arena Plaza de Toros ! There is no corrida in Colombia any more so this arena is used for concerts and events. Then we visited national park and a lake in the mountains ( about two hours with a local guide ). Salt caves and a church were not a highlights of the day for us.
3. Bogota City Tour, 4 hours. Our guide was Marcel, very enthusiastic and knowledgeable guy too. We visited local market - so colorful because of HUNDREDS of different fruit types, thousands of flowers... We visited north of the city ( area #5 ), rich neighborhood with interesting architecture and well dresses people...
Actually, ALL our guides had a mission to promote Colombia, to explain, that it is not the country of Pablo Escobar, it's a country of great people, interesting history and amazing nature !!!
After that - without guides - we visited Museum Botero - very good. The other two museums are real disappointments: there is no gold in Gold Museum, the Emerald Museum is really a kind of shop on the 22nd floor, where after 20 min of a movie and a tour they want to sell you emerald jewellery for exorbitant prices. In the little shops on the same street you can buy the same three times cheaper.
General impression: government makes a lot to attract tourists, there are policemen and army on each corner, we feel ourselves safe. We would gladly to come to Colombia again to visit other places.
Grata experiencia, puntualidad, organización, nuestra guía Claudia estuvo excelente, súper profesional con una actitud de 10, nos encanto son muy profesionales.