Heading south, our first stop was the Tatacoa Desert . This place is vaguely called “desert”, but in reality it is a dry tropical forest. During our visit to the Tatacoa Desert we went for a hike with a local guide that showed us some of the hidden gems of this place. It is beautiful place and we really recommend it. If you go, you must try “cabrito con pipitoria”, a traditional dish of goat and rice with blood and offal.
One of the nights we went to an open air observatory. The guy running the place gave us an interesting talk about the stars and we enjoyed a couple of hours of star gazing through the telescopes, unfortunately there were a bit of clouds, so we could not take nice photos.
After a couple of nights at the desert we drove to San Agustin, a small town in Huila, it is close to San Agustin Archeological Park which is recognized by the UNESCO as World Heritage site. This park is composed of many sited with pre-Colombian ruins.
On the way to San Agustin – Horseshoe Viewpoint, Betania Reservoir, Huila, ColombiaOn the way to San Agustin – Gigante, Huila, Colombia
The first morning we did a guided tour through the main site of the park and visited the museum. In the afternoon we did a horse riding tour that took us to some of the the other archeological sites. This was an amazing experience, we had not been on a horse since we were young and had not good memories of the experience, so we were a bit scare to do it at first; however after a few minutes in the horse, we relax and really enjoyed the afternoon. Woke up a bit sore next morning but it was all worth it.
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On march 18 we did a day tour that took us to the narrowest part of the Magdalena river. The Magdalena river is the most important river in Colombia and in the northern part of the country, after covering around 1528km, the Magdalena River becomes quite wide… so it was impressive to see how little it is at the start.
We then went to Obando, a small town with a small museum and more ruins from the pre-Colombian era. We also went to the Alto de los ídolos another archeological site and the Bordones Falls, these beautiful falls are 400 meters high and believe to be the highest in the country.
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Then, we visited the last of the archeological sites, Alto de las Piedras. Our final stop for the day was the Mortiños Falls, another amazing natural beauty.
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