Cali Reports

[BayBoy]

I've been to Cali 11 times over the years. Never been robbed or even hasseled by anyone. I've walked on the north side and the south side, mostly the greater downtown area San Antonio, Carrera 8 and around. Never been bothered. But I don't go out at night.

[Triple Darknes]

Statisically speaking Cali is more dangerous than Medellin or Bogota.

But Stats lie because in any place in the tourist zones you're not going to be targeted like you would be in Medellin or Bogota.

There's also a way lesser chance of being drugged in Cali as opposed to Medellin and Bogota.

That being said th Christmas season is when Colombia in general is the most dangerous.

Hope this Helps.

Trip.

[Elvis 2008]

I'm arriving in Cali this Saturday, staying till the 28th, and I like to walk, so I plan on walking as many of these areas as possible, to gauge how it feels in terms of personal safety. Especially as I'm considering it as a potential place to move to in the next few years, I'm very interested in seeing areas generally, not just for hobby purposes.

Nomars, Trip would know better than anyone but I walked around a lot. When I was on the roads, no one bothered me. Cali has a river that runs through it. I stayed at the Marriott and walked down to the river and then walked the river sidewalk (about 20 minutes or so) until I hit Dr. Amor. For the most part, I was not hassled. There were some homeless folks living near the river close to Dr. Amor who I avoided who may have asked for cash, but that was it. Granted, this was in early 2021. Still, the only people I heard the whole time I was there speaking English were in Dr. Amor, so maybe the people there are not that used to hitting up tourists per se. I heard English everywhere in Medellin.

FWIW, I saw a ton of people in scrubs. I am not sure if Cali is a health care or plastic surgery mecca but there were a lot of people in health care.

BTW, Trip advisor put down as #1 thing to do in Cali is the Cali Zoo. I took a life long Cali resident there who had never been, and we had a great time. I have been to a couple of zoos in South America, and this was the best one I had seen. It is really well maintained, and you will walk a lot there. It is worth seeing.

[John Clayton]

I'm arriving in Cali this Saturday, staying till the 28th, and I like to walk, so I plan on walking as many of these areas as possible, to gauge how it feels in terms of personal safety. Especially as I'm considering it as a potential place to move to in the next few years, I'm very interested in seeing areas generally, not just for hobby purposes.

I was there for a week in September and walked or bicycled everywhere. I am in my late 70's. I'm not a nightowl and didn't walk far from my apartment at night. My big fear is not getting mugged, but stepping into an uncovered manhole or tripping on bronken pavement.

[Nomars777]

Hi,

I'm planning to visit Cali this coming January and wondering if Cali is the same as Medellin and Bogota in terms of safety. It's because I heard Cali is more dangerous compared to those two cities. I've been only to Medellin once and my Spanish is a joke.

I'm arriving in Cali this Saturday, staying till the 28th, and I like to walk, so I plan on walking as many of these areas as possible, to gauge how it feels in terms of personal safety. Especially as I'm considering it as a potential place to move to in the next few years, I'm very interested in seeing areas generally, not just for hobby purposes.

[Ottotot]

Hi,

I'm planning to visit Cali this coming January and wondering if Cali is the same as Medellin and Bogota in terms of safety. It's because I heard Cali is more dangerous compared to those two cities. I've been only to Medellin once and my Spanish is a joke.

[Viajando Musico]

Wonderful trip report. Thanks Buddy! Where did you end up staying. Recommendations will be very useful.

The hotel I ended up staying for the rest of my trip was Hotel Quinta Norte Chipichape. The reason I chose this hotel was, I didn't see any review complained about the noise in a hotel, rare in Cali Norte. It's a newer hotel in a good neighborhood, 6-7 min. Walk to Chipichape Mall. I paid just a few bucks more for their bigger room option, and it was worth it. I never planned to take or invite a chica back to the hotel, so I don't know their chica policy.

[Rover2]

I just recently spent 5 days in Cali after a very long absence. It is also my first trip to Colombia since the breakout of Covid. My old memory of Cali is quiet vague, so I didn't know what to expect, and what to do in Cali either. My preparation of the trip was mostly based on the info I gather from the site doncolombia.com. This is a local forum that has more updated info about the scene in Cali. In a short conclusion, my trip was quite fun, and I enjoyed every minute of my trip. Here is my view of current situation in Cali for our hobby.

Hotel.

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In general, I enjoyed this trip a lot. There were some small drawbacks, but nothing major to spoil the trip. Changing the hotel after the first day was a good decision. Cali is different from my last trip years back, but not in a bad way. On the girl side, I found passable quality. The highest score of girls I found was 8, and there were only a couple of them, far less in # comparing to BOG or MDE. Now I relearned the lay of land here again, I shall return.

Great reporting covered everything needed to lay a foundation for a fellowship members first trip. Thank you.

[SankarShetty]

I just recently spent 5 days in Cali after a very long absence. It is also my first trip to Colombia since the breakout of Covid. My old memory of Cali is quiet vague, so I didn't know what to expect, and what to do in Cali either. My preparation of the trip was mostly based on the info I gather from the site doncolombia.com. This is a local forum that has more updated info about the scene in Cali. In a short conclusion, my trip was quite fun, and I enjoyed every minute of my trip. Here is my view of current situation in Cali for our hobby.

Wonderful trip report. Thanks Buddy! Where did you end up staying. Recommendations will be very useful.

[Triple Darknes]

I would like to have such an information too.

Next year, I will be in this area.

Hope this Helps.

Trip.

[Triple Darknes]

What's a relatively safe city I could go to in Colombia where there's a lot of big curvy black women, because I don't see many in Medellin, Pereira, Armenia, Bogota etc. Maybe the Carribbean coast but not going back there at the moment. At the local Medellin airport there's often many like that cueing for flights to Quibdo, but that's pretty far off the beaten track. How about Cali, or anywhere else you could recommend? Thanks in advance for any ideas 🙂.

Hope this Helps.

Trip.

[TedDimo]

Any body living in Cali or visiting there recently? Any information on the quality and friendliness of the girls(both working and regular girls)would be appreciated.
Also appreciate any info regarding the city itself, especially with regards to safety.
Thanks. J.G.

I would like to have such an information too.

Next year, I will be in this area.

[Viajando Musico]

I just recently spent 5 days in Cali after a very long absence. It is also my first trip to Colombia since the breakout of Covid. My old memory of Cali is quiet vague, so I didn't know what to expect, and what to do in Cali either. My preparation of the trip was mostly based on the info I gather from the site doncolombia.com. This is a local forum that has more updated info about the scene in Cali. In a short conclusion, my trip was quite fun, and I enjoyed every minute of my trip. Here is my view of current situation in Cali for our hobby.

Hotel.

To me, accommodation matters a lot to a pleasant trip experience. Without much updated info, I took the suggestion of previous post, and booked my first night with Gran Hotel Cali. I booked only one day to maintain the flexibility in case I didn't like the hotel. This turned out to be a good decision. The Gran Hotel is quite outdated and is very basic. It is located close to Avenida Sexta where you have all the restaurants that blasted loud music every night till 1-2 AM. I did what the previous posts suggested and asked for a room in the backside, but there was another bar in the back side. Not as bad as the front side, it was still unbearable for me. I am sensitive to noise, and always travel with a pair of ear plugs. Those plugs basically got me through the first night. Although I will not return to this hotel, I have to give the staffs, the cleanness applause besides granting me a very early check-in. With its low price, I am not complaining about my stay, it's a good value if you don't mind the noise, and want to be in the center.

Avenida Sexta.

In the old days, this is where the whole City gathered and enjoyed their night out, a very different scene now. Maybe due to Covid, I saw most business was striving to survive. All people I talked to here complained about the slow business. I did see some newer, hip restaurants in Barrio Granada which take the old glory from La Sexta. I tried a couple of them, good quality food at very reasonable prices.

Weather.

I was told after my arrival that Oct. And November is the raining season in Cali. Out of my 5 day stay, it rained almost all days in 4 days. This greatly impacted my movability around the City. I was having my dinner in a restaurant on Avenida Ocho, and the thunder storm started pouring heavy rain right at the moment I finished my dinner. I had to wait for almost an hour and a half before I could find a ride back to my hotel just a few hundred meters away. Other times I also had to delay my schedule for the rain.

Chicas.

I hit Dr. Amor on the day of my arrival. I was in this place many years ago, and met one of the most beautiful working girls I have encountered. Place and room have been updated. Unfortunately I can't say the same good thing about the girls. Maybe I was early, there were about 8 girls on site, and one by one, they presented themselves. I rate them in the range of 6. 5-7. 5. I went with a beautiful 7. 5 named Lucero. She has a very beautiful face, but small chichis. I would have given her an 8 if she had bigger chichis. She provided very good service.

As I said, I relied on doncolombia to guide me in this trip. After Dr. Amor, I went to La chica de Mayi, not mentioned in this forum. It is about a 20 min. Taxi ride from Granada. They are running a promotion of 100 mil for 2 hours. I was presented with 4 girls, all in 5-6. 5 range, not a range that I would engage myself with normally, but with an open mind, I went with a tall Venezolana with nice body. I would have rated her 7. 5 if she had a better face. I rate the service 8. 5 out of 10 with the rating scale I just adopted from doncolombia.

I hit Bar la 20 during my stay. There were about 25 girls on Wed Evening and 45 girls on Friday Evening, all in the 5-7 range, and about the same amount of patrons. I never visited a bar in Cali in my previous visit years back, so again, didn't know how it works and what to expect. It worked just like bars in BOG or MED, but in a more relax way. Drinks are cheap and no pressure to buy them. It costs the same to buy chicas drinks. To bring a girl to the room, 90 mil for media hora, and double that for 1 hour. Here you will find most of the girls are on the heavy side, and many with.

Enhancements, the favorite taste of local hombres I was told, but unfortunely contrary to mine. Here I found a recent arrival from the east side of Colombia close to Venezuelan border, 24 yrs old with a 9 yrs old daughter. She confessed that she gave birth to her baby girl at 15 years old, not all uncommon in Colombia. She is a 7 in my scale, again would have given her an 8 if her face was a bit better looking. Her service was an 8. 5 as well.

On the second day, I went to elitalianoescorte.com, a casa operation that has a few locations in Cali. All girls on their website also do home service for 30 mil mas although I was told by the girls they prefer to do service on site. Trusted a good review on doncolombia, I went with Victoria in their Calima location. The review was spot on. This was the steamiest experience of this trip. Besides, Victoria was also an 8 on my book. I ended up extending my section to 2 hours.

I also hit Caras Lindas. It is conveniently located the center of Barrio Granada. The address is a bit confusing, but I figured it out finally. There were about 6 girls on site, 5-7. 5. Picked the 7. 5. Section was good, and the doorman / manager, Pacho made sure I had a good time when I left.

With good experience I had with elialianoescorte.com, I went to their location in Santa Anita on my 3rd day here. I wanted to see all the girls, so I didn't arrange a cita in advance. I was not sure if I was going to be let in without a cita. Rang the door bell, let in and got an presentation. I picked a 7. 5 Venezolana, Angela. She gave a very good service that I rated a 9. A warning, all the photos on their website appeared to be photo-touched. I noticed in reality, they are a bit lower in my rating. Went to Bar la 20 again in the evening.

The best experience of this trip was actually a tantra massage section. If you choose the body to body option, the girl got completely naked, she then slides her body all over you. They don't do full service, but a happy ending is included. I found this type of service is quite stimulating. I am sure if you live here, you can strike some of deal with the girls and see her outside.

I went back to Dr. Amor on my forth day. I went there early around 12:30 both times, I found girl quality was lacking, unlike I visited the place years back. This time I chose the only 8 out of the 10 girls presented to me, and also chose the jaccucci option. I didn't regret a bit with the picking of the girl and the service option. The only drawback was that the Jaccucci rooms are facing the street with big windows, so it was both noisy and very bright. A bit awful with 2 necked bodies in very bright lighting room, LOL.

On my last day, I wanted to enjoy one more section before my flight out in the afternoon. Since Caras Lindas was close by, and I had a good section previously, so I went back there. Picked another young girl, a 7. 5, and I got an 8. 5 service.

In general, I enjoyed this trip a lot. There were some small drawbacks, but nothing major to spoil the trip. Changing the hotel after the first day was a good decision. Cali is different from my last trip years back, but not in a bad way. On the girl side, I found passable quality. The highest score of girls I found was 8, and there were only a couple of them, far less in # comparing to BOG or MDE. Now I relearned the lay of land here again, I shall return.

[SankarShetty]

Cali doesn't really get the volume of tourists to make any place you're likely to stay better than anyplace else.

I prefer the south but if you plan to chase SW's and hit the casas by day then the Grenada / Versiallies neighborhood is best for that.

I guess if you really wanted to cheap out you could get a hotel in centro and be in the heart of the action.

Hope this Helps.

Trip.

This is helpful.

Will start asking ab&be hosts about getting some chicas back to the place. Hope its not too difficult to find a nice apartment that is girl friendly. I plan to leave via bus to Pereira and spend a few days there before flying back to MDE from there. Journey indicates 3 and half hours? I saw someone post in the other areas forum about his bus journeys so hopefully its pretty straightforward plan.

[Triple Darknes]

I am aware, context is to suggest that I do not want poblado-like suggestions.

Cali doesn't really get the volume of tourists to make any place you're likely to stay better than anyplace else.

I prefer the south but if you plan to chase SW's and hit the casas by day then the Grenada / Versiallies neighborhood is best for that.

I guess if you really wanted to cheap out you could get a hotel in centro and be in the heart of the action.

Hope this Helps.

Trip.