Is Balboa safe? Colombia travel risk

Regional advisory: The US State Department rates Cauca, where Balboa is, Level 4: Do Not Travel, higher than Colombia overall (Level 3).

Is Balboa safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026

Balboa scores 71/100 on our travel risk index (Extreme). The US State Department rates Colombia Level 3 (Reconsider Travel, updated 31 Mar 2026); the UK FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of the country (updated 15 Oct 2026); Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories). The US State Department rates Cauca, where Balboa is, Level 4: Do Not Travel, higher than Colombia overall (Level 3). No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. CDC travel health notice: Level 2, Yellow Fever in Colombia (18 Sep 2026). No change in government advice in the last 7 days.

Balboa scores 71/100 (Extreme). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Colombia (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Balboa: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.

Driven by: security (84/100) and crime and scams (79/100).

A score of 71 is higher than the scores of 91% of the 241 countries we cover.

Consult the Colombia travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.