• Museo del Oro, Calle 7 No. 4-69. Small collection of pottery and gold. There is also a small art exhibitions. The entrance is free and it's open Monday till Saturday.

• Museo Arqueologico La Merced, Located in the downtown, shows pre-Hispanic exhibits and religious art.

• Cristo Rey A statue located in the top of a hill, similar to Cristo de Corcovado in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. offers a great city view and a good exercise climb the mountain. Do not walk alone. It's not a real safe place.

• Estatua de Belalcazar, Like the city of Popayan to it's south, Cali was founded by a Spaniard named Sebastian de Belalcazar. There is a statue in Belalcazar's honor in a nice residential area of Cali, where you can look out over the whole city. It's much safer than Cristo Rey.

• Zoologico de Cali, This is an excellent zoo with many animals from around the world. The premises are very well kept and, surprisingly, it is located in an up-scale side of town. The animals generally have lots of space for themselves. Do not miss: the Bengal tigers, the butterflies, and the birds.

• Culture Cali had may of cultural offers, like the Teatro Municipal Enrique Buenaventura, Centro Cultural Comfandi, Teatro Jorge Isaacs, etc.

• Nice places: Lake Calima (one and a half hour drive from city) nice place to stay for about 30 dollars night also one of the best places for windsurf in south America

By bus

From the Terminal de transportes you have the choice of many different regional, national and domestic destinations.

From the Alfonso Bonilla Aragon International airport, about 20 minutes from the city, the taxi trip costs 10 dollars. or just 2 dollars Bus drive. Recommendation: Travel only by certified transport companies, like Expreso Palmira, Bolivariano o Expreso Brasilia. This companies bring you safety and comfort for you and your luggage. You may bargain with other companies, but the trip may be very uncomfortable.

A modern bus system similar to Bogota's famous Transmilenio is currently under construction; for this reason many streets are now blocked or closed.

By plane

Cali's International Airport is settled 16km north of the city an can be reached by Bus or Taxi. All domestic and some international destinations can be reached.

By taxi

Taxis are a fast and affordable way to get trough the city. Only use official cars and try to call for one if possible (your may call the local numbers 444 44 44, 555 55 55 and ask for one, your name and destination will be registered in the head office). Make sure the meter runs. The meters counts by units, not for Money. i.e: A trip that the meter marks 48 Units, you pay around USD1. Recommendations: Do not leave your luggage inside the taxi while you are not. Sometimes happens that drivers get off as soon as you are out the taxi and your luggage is still in the trunk. Anyway, many of the taxi drivers are nice and gentle people and have some good story to tell, so make sure you speak or understand Spanish anyway.

By bus

There are 23 urban transport companies to travel around the city. You may ask someone for a route, People are very gentle to help. the regular trip costs $1.400 local currency, close to USD.80

Masivo Integrado de Occidente - MIO: The city is building a massive transport solution who will brings a better and safer transport conditions. Their operations estimated to start in the first semester of 2009.

• Parque Artesanal: A place to buy artesanal figures and other stuff

• Shopping Centers: See 'Do' Section above.

• Cholados- a delicious mix of shaved ice and exotic fruit with rasberry and sweet condensed milk sauces and a wafer cookie. Often sold from vendors that have stands that display fruit and shaved ice, and best found in Jamundi, about a 15 min drive from the southern neighborhoods of Cali.

• Pandebono - baked rings of cheese bread which is quite typical of Cali

• Buñuelos - sweet fried doughnut balls

• Sancocho de gallina - a very popular chicken soup, best found in a town called Ginebra, about one hour drive from Cali

• Manjar blanco - a candy made from cooked sugar and milk, similar to dulce de leche (Milk candy)

• Chontaduro or peach palm fruit - a local delicacy that is sold on the street, topped with salt or honey

• Mango viche - green unripened mango, which is sold on the street and eaten with salt and lemon juice

• Guarapo - a deliciously refreshing drink of freshly pressed sugar cane juice (usually the seller has a machine and extracts the juice right in front of you) served with ice and a squirt of lemon juice

• Grosellas - small sour fruits which are sold on the street in bags and are eaten with salt

• Arroz atoyado - one of Valle del Cauca's most delicious dishes, almost like a risotto with chicken, sausages and potatoes

• Empanadas - corn pastries filled with meat or chicken and eaten with hot sauce (aji)

• Jugo de lulo or lulo juice - the most delicious of all local fruit juices

• Aborrajados - fried cheese-filled plantains

• Dulce de Guayaba con queso - a delicious dollop of guava paste on top of a fresh slice of local 'cuajada' cheese
• Marranitasis a delicious mix of plantain with "chicharrón" (pork`s skin fried)(The best ones are in "El champus de Lola" in San Antonio hill.

• Cali Plaza Hotel Restaurant & Bar A favorite hang-out for International Tourists. Located at Calle 15N. 6N-33. Cali, Colombia

• Guarapo - the juice of sugar cane which grows in the Cauca river valley

• Aguardiente - one of the favorite alcoholic beverage in Colombia, with each region has its preferred brand - the local brand is Aguardiente Blanco del Valle and is sweet and licorice-flavored

• Chicha - slightly-alcoholic beverage made of fermented pineapples

Cali's nightlife is on Thursday, Friday and Saturday night. There are some good clubs and bars to go out.

Visit Avenida Sexta Cali's Broadway at day- & nighttimes. some low level Cali's discos are located there, some bars and banks are settled here closed at night and so crowded that is not safe.

• Alterno Bar is more like a crossover type of bar, its pretty good and you can meet a lot of people there.

• Blue Amigos Cafe & Bar [2] at Cali Plaza Hotel has free wi-fi.

• Chango is a popular salsa club in the famous Juanchito sector in the other side of the Cauca River. Best salsa party in town.

• Cucaramacara is a great local club with excellent mix of Latin music and good looking locals. Get a bottle and a table and enjoy.

• El Faro is the place to go if you like classic rock/heavy metal. Located in "El Limonar" A "Jirafa" (Lot of beer) is about USD3.

• Eliptica is an outside bar settled on a hill at the outskirts of Cali. The views are beautiful and this is a good place for an after party. Open till six or till the police shuts it down.

• Fanaticos Sport's Bar is the IN place @ Palmetto Plaza Shopping center, where college guys and young professionals meet to watch their favourite sports games. Great beer and good prices, open every day until 3AM.

• Flores Frescas is a renowned cabaret just off Avenida Sexta, with lots of good looking local girls. 15,000 COP entry, beers 5,000 COP a can.

• Forum is a popular club for electronic music with an energetic atmosphere.

• London Bar is busy only on a Thursday night when there is a live salsa band playing.

• Praga is a popular club which plays mix of all types of music called crossover.

• Tin Tin Deo is a very comfortable and almost magic place where people can enjoy the classic salsa music and other Caribbean rhythms.

• Blues Brothers Bar Av.6AN No 21-40 is a big and popular bar, live music at the weekend