San Andres Island is the largest coral isle in the middle of the Colombian islands in the Caribbean Sea. It is located about 191 miles east of Nicaragua and north-eastern Costa Rica. San Andres is the biggest island of the southern group of islands with its total lenght of 26 km. Together with the nearby island of Providencia and some smaller islands of the southern group of the Colombian archipelago, San Andrés forms the department of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina.

Commercial and tourist town, San Andres is known for its beautiful sandy beaches surrounded by coconut trees, its clear water to the 7 shades of blue, excellent hotel infrastructure and its well-stocked shops of imported products.

The island has a warm climate with average temperatures ranging from 26 °C (79 °F) to 38 °C in two periods prevailed over dry and rainy spells. The rainy season is from September to December and also from May to June, when humidity is also high here. The trade winds from the north begin to blow in late October and during November and December until mid-January, the wind usually blows from the east, when there are storms in the northeastern Caribbean.