🇨🇴Taking a dog or cat to Colombia: entry rules and flights

✓ Rules checked: May 31, 2026Official sources only

Preparing from scratch takes about 3 weeks, wherever you fly from.

Colombia sets its own requirements for bringing in dogs and cats. From any departure country your pet needs import permit, veterinary health certificate, parasite treatment, rabies vaccination and additional vaccination. The rules are the same for dogs and cats.

There is no quarantine if the rule's conditions are met — otherwise the pet is held. Order matters more than the list: the microchip goes in before the rabies vaccination, or the vaccination does not count. 20 carriers in our directory fly direct to Colombia, and their pet conditions differ.

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🐕 🐈 Same rules for dogs and cats

Airlines with direct flights

20 airlines in our directory fly direct to and from Colombia. Their conditions differ — the cabin weight limit, whether they carry pets in the hold, the fee and breed restrictions — so it is worth choosing the carrier before buying the ticket.

Airline	Cabin	Hold	Cabin fee	Direct flights
Avianca no snub-nosed breeds in the hold	✓ up to 10 kg	✓ on 45 of 46 routes	—	from 46 cities in 24 countries
GOL Linhas Aéreas no snub-nosed breeds in the hold	✓ up to 12 kg	no pets	45 USD per flight	from 17 cities in 5 countries
Aero República S.A., trading as Wingo	✓ up to 10 kg	no pets	70000 COP per flight	from 10 cities in 9 countries
Air Canada no snub-nosed breeds in the hold	✓	✓ up to 45 kg	50 CAD	from 9 cities in 7 countries
Turkish Airlines no snub-nosed breeds in the hold	✓ up to 8 kg	✓ up to 50 kg	70 EUR per flight	from 8 cities in 7 countries
LATAM Airlines no snub-nosed breeds in the hold	✓	✓ up to 32 kg	—	from 7 cities in 6 countries
United Airlines	✓	no pets	150 USD per flight	from 7 cities in 1 country
Emirates no snub-nosed breeds in the hold · no snub-nosed breeds in the cabin	no pets	✓	—	from 5 cities in 4 countries
Aerovías de Integración Regional no snub-nosed breeds in the hold · banned breeds: 12	✓ up to 7 kg	✓ up to 45 kg	—	from 5 cities in 4 countries
JetSMART	✓ up to 10 kg	no pets	41990 CLP per flight	from 4 cities in 3 countries

Showing the 10 carriers serving the most cities out of 20 with direct flights. Schedules: AeroDataBox, AirLabs, Travelpayouts; pet conditions come from our airline directory.

Restrictions

The limits people find out about last: how many animals one person may bring, the minimum age and which breeds are turned away at the border.

Quarantine Yes, if the conditions are not met +

What the quarantine depends on:

All documents and physical inspection satisfactory
Rabies vaccination present and valid

Banned breeds 4 breeds +

Staffordshire Bull Terrier
American Staffordshire Terrier
Pit Bull Terrier
American Pit Bull Terrier

Ley 746 de 2002, Article 108-E bans the import into Colombia of dogs of the Staffordshire terrier, American Staffordshire terrier, Pit Bull Terrier and American Pit Bull Terrier breeds and their crosses/hybrids; the law also bans breeding these breeds within the country.

Pets per person Not stated

Minimum age no limit; vaccination from 15 weeks

Points of entry Not stated

Si la inspección no es satisfactoria y de acuerdo al estado de salud de la mascota, se procederá a tomar una de las siguientes medidas sanitarias: Retención, cuarentena domiciliaria, reembarque o sacrificio sanitario humanitario.

What you need to enter Colombia

The full list of documents and procedures for entering Colombia. Every item carries its official source and last-checked date, and is marked as always required or required only from some departure countries.

Vaccination

Rabies vaccination+

Para mascotas vacunados por primera vez contra la rabia esta deberá haber sido aplicada con una antelación mínimo de 21 días a la fecha de embarque. La edad mínima para el ingreso de la mascota al país es de 15 semanas.

«Para mascotas vacunados por primera vez contra la rabia esta deberá haber sido aplicada con una antelación mínimo de 21 días a la fecha de embarque. La edad mínima para el ingreso de la mascota al país es de 15 semanas.»