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National Natural

Park El Cocuy Chingaza National Park Parque Nacional Natural Corales del Rosario and San Bernardo

Natural Cueva de

los Guácharos

National Park

Below we will show you various

places of our country that you can visit and know I assure you they liked.

The Sierra is the cradle of the Tayrona, the monumental and unique indigenous civilization of the country. There live around 30,000 indigenous Kogui, Kankuamo, Arhuaco and Wiwa (Arsarios) ethnicities. It is the highest mountain in the world on the seafront and has the two highest mountains of Colombia, the Colon and Bolivar peaks. Within this mountainous massif is located Park archaeological Teyuna "Lost city", carried out by the Colombian Institute of anthropology e Historia.La sierra was declared by Unesco as a biosphere reserve, of man and humanity in the year 1979. Sites of interest: Height of sight and Teyuna (lost city) Cerro Simón Bolívar Christopher Columbus Hill Cerro Simmons San Lorenzo station Activities permitted in the area: Recovery, research and conservation activities are developed in the Park. The main ecotourism activity are walks the various stations and cultural and historical trails. Ecotourism: In San Lorenzo and edge Cartagena there are cabins where visitors can stay. In sights high you can stay overnight in hammocks in the malocas.

Farallones, protected area larger in the Valle del Cauca with an extension of 206.770.63 hectares and where are preserved more than 300 species of birds and more than 30 rivers supplying the Colombian Southwest. Sites of interest: Quebradahonda - Los Andes Corregimiento Trails River Pichindé Cascade of 130 meters of height in the Centre of environmental education the Topaz to the inside of the Farallones PNN.(Authorization of entry with CVC) The Simon Bolivar highway that leads in El Queremal until Anchicayá presents beautiful waterfalls and beautiful landscapes. From paramillos, on clear days you can see the Pacific Ocean to the West and the Valle del Cauca and the Central Mountain range to the East. The Pance River becomes the visitor's Guide to the area of the Topaz, is one of the gateways to the protected area. Activities permitted in the area: Conservation and recovery. Ecotourism: Although the Park has infrastructure for accommodation, camping sites and trails, you currently have restriction for visitors.

Little more than one hour from Bogotá, Colombia's capital, is the Natural Chingaza National Park, with its cloud and solitary landscapes where you can see the emblematic frailejones which make up a beautiful and unique set with the arnicas and bog mosses that are wonders for the conservation of the humidity. Chingaza is a real factory of water; proof of this are the lagoons of Siecha and Chingaza, of glacial origin, and the fact that there exists the great reservoir of Chuza, which supplies the water for the capital. Sites and activities of interest: When entering the Park, visitors can contemplate, from the vehicle, the Majesty and beauty of the landscape of páramo and Andean jungle: valleys, mountains, lagoons, waterfalls and some species of wildlife such as deer, are the special attraction of the track. Allowed activities: Eco-adventure tourism: mountaineering guided in the mode of "hiking without camping" to the gaps. Naturalist ecotourism: observation of lagoons, pools and streams; observation of flora of paramo; sighting of Páramo ducks, eagles, hummingbirds, hornero, tiles, tanagers. Educational ecotourism: exits field of environmental education in schools, colleges, universities and business and family groups.

Gustavo Marzola "Colombia I loved it with his magic" Gustavo Marzola came to Colombia for 27 years, step. The country he met and decided to stay forever. Here, he founded a successful school "Reiki" and, along with William Stanglini, also Argentine and partner, founded a restaurant in Argentinian Grill meat contained in dozens of reviews of cuisine in Bogotá.

What is your nationality? GM: I am Argentine. How long you decide come to Colombia? GM: In 1983 I went to make a trip across America, after a period of very strong in Argentina by the Falklands war. In 1995, a second trip, I decided to stay. What was the reason of your trip? GM: I am a wandering traveller, travel is something that I have in the soul. I made two trips across America, from Argentina to United States. Initially, how long it was planned stay in this country? GM: I never had a limit, I never said "I got today, I'm going on Thursday". Do you decide to extend your trip? GM: Always leave things on a trip, that's why I like to travel alone, because one is more connected with the universe of each country and meet more people. I could never say when to return, because Colombia I loved it with his magic.

During the time that has been living in Colombia do places has visited, which of these would have liked more and why?? GM: I know almost everything, less the Amazonia, Chocó, Guajira and the interior of the eastern Llanos. What I like most is San Andrés, with that sea and those beaches like no other. The most captivating are the differences among the people of each region; for example, the Bucaramanga people is friendly and strict and people of Antioch are all the more cordial, who better to receive foreigners. In love with that much. Why do you think that foreigners should visit Colombia? GM: Because you will fall in love with their land, of its people. When I arrived at Colombia, everything began to flow, all opened. One in Colombia is better.

You are deemed an alien in love with Colombia? GM: Yes, I am Colombian. In all, Colombia was the country which more I fell in love, with which it felt chemistry, which generated more impact on me. I fell in love of their land and their wives.

Seen from the air, this saw is a Rosary of pearls immaculate that sparkles under the burning sun of the Andes.Tambien is part of the Parque Nacional Natural El Cocuy the Moors to the rededor of the saw and the large mass of Basal forest which are home to a great diversity of species of fauna and flora Colombian and Andean forest. Sites of interest: Snow-capped peaks (Ritacubas, Pan de Azúcar, El Castillo and the Devil's pulpit). Lagoons (Greens, Laguna Grande de la Sierra, La Isla, La Plaza, El Avellanal) The Güicán thermal Activities: Hiking. Cycling. Camping. Mountaineering. Ice and rock climbing. Observation of Flora and Fauna. Caving. Paragliding.

The National Park Corales del Rosario and San Bernardo protects mainly underwater ecosystems, including coral reefs. Few places in the world offer a spectacle of beauty and diversity as extraordinary as a coral reef. The beauty of a coral reef is not only due to the diversity of their shapes and colors. These formations serve as a substrate to a huge variety of colourful agencies: calcareous algae, sponges, worms, feather dusters, lilies of sea, anemones and corals, soft, among others, joined in this architecture living providing multiplicity, movement and color shades. As if this outside little, here found countless fish and invertebrates that move over corals or take refuge among their holes and crevices. Corales del Rosario is possible to observe, at very shallow depths and completely crystal clear waters, this extraordinary show that exceeds the most vivid imagination. Ecotourism: The park boasts a myriad of natural environments that make it one of the most important ecotourism use areas of Colombia, among others, its beautiful white sand beaches, coastal forests of mangroves, coral reefs and unique colonies of seabirds and extensive meadows of seagrass that skirt the Islands.

One of the last well preserved Andean jungle expanses of southern Huila, where endangered plant species are protected. Inside the Park are notable cannons and labyrinths, as well as the numerous caves formed over the years by the action of chemistry and mechanics of the Sauza River and its tributaries. Here lives the Guácharo bird of moderate size that uses a system similar to the radar to move into caves and hollows. Sites of interest: Cascade crystals Black Creek waterfall The twin waterfalls The Manger forest Natural bridges Suaza River Cerro Punta Peaks of the forge Lapies Activities permitted in the area: •-Hiking •-Camping, •-Speleology •-Rappel • - Pernoctada •-Power in the Los Laureles restaurant service. •-Preparing food in the kitchen/dining room of the camping area.

Silvia Parra Silvia Parra relate to Colombia's a love reciprocated, reflected in the commitment that she purchased through his journalistic exercise in television and in the response giving the viewers with the tuning and the hundreds of messages that sent you in gratitude for the educational and cultural value of the two sections that it produces and presents in the newscaster a CM & channel one.

What is your nationality? SP: I am Venezuelan, but also I have Colombian nationality. How long you decide come to Colombia? SP: In 2002, then returning to study French in Canada to Venezuela, but the political and social situation in my country we came with my father, who is in Bogota, to clear us a little and hope that things are beyond a little calmaran. What was the reason of your trip? SP: Initially, was to be a few days waiting for you down the Venezuela crisis, however, looked at opportunities for study. I decided to try a semester, but I ended up staying. It was the first time they came to Colombia? SP: not. In fact in my family it is tradition to spend the holidays of December in Colombia or Mexico, since I have family in both countries. On average, came once every two years, since my dad's whole family is here in Colombia.

Initially, how long it was planned stay in this country? SP: 15 days. The idea was a short holiday to discuss options for further study. Do you decide to extend your trip? SP: For pleasure. I felt very comfortable in Bogotá, but it also had the option of studying in Mexico. From the beginning, I had the feeling of being at home for the hospitality of the people. I have tried very well in Colombia, not me I felt foreign. During the time that has been living in Colombia, do places has visited, which of these would have liked most and why? SP: I know Cartagena, Santa Marta and Barranquilla I met when I was little. Weekends, I like to travel to nearby villages of Boyacá as Paipa and Villa de Leyva. The kindness of the people is also perceived in those places with a more relaxed atmosphere. I like Bogota, its climate, everything I have in this city and nearby here. When me away for a few days, do me need Bogota. Here, there are thousands of things and plans what to do.

Why do you think that foreigners should visit Colombia? SP: Because it has everything. By gastronomic wealth, I love Colombian food; the human quality of the Colombian and because no alien, I am sure, never will feel so well received as here. People respected, appreciated and allows an important space abroad, something that does not happen in other countries. Well, and Colombia should visit due to its diversity of climates and cultures, where each region is a different world and an enriching experience. You are deemed a foreign Colombia in love with? Why? SP: I am Colombian. I am the daughter of Colombian father, loving mother of Colombia. I was born with Colombia in the heart. It is an ingrained love. People makes me feel one Colombian, and with the passing of the years I have forgotten that I am foreign.

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