DE UNA Colombia Tours

The Andes Region offers some of the best so called ‘Highlights’ from Colombia. When organizing your Colombia trip, for sure you will look into the well know travel guides, and plan your trip around some of these ‘must sees’ in Colombia. Whether your interest is nature, culture, luxury, birdwatching, or any other focus, you will always find a destination in the Andes Region you definitely should include in your itinerary. The ‘Gold Museum’ in Bogota, the Cocora Valley with the high wax Palms, the famous statues of San Agustin, or one of the many colonial villages which are cultural heritage, are just some examples. Here we have pointed out 5 of the main attractions in the Andes Region, each of them considered as highlight during your Colombia stay. You can try to visit them all, or combine with other, more ‘of the beaten trek’ options.

Salento & Cocora

Colorful bumpy streets with brightly colored houses and tiled roofs against the backdrop of the snowcapped mountains, a village square with palm trees, paisas wearing ponchos, reviewing the news of the day: that's Salento. It shouldn't be a surprise that this is a popular destination among visitors to the Coffee Region. This coffee village that was founded in 1842 is the perfect starting point for a hike in the nearby Cocora Valley, a beautiful green valley in the mountains where the iconic Quindío wax palm grows.

Barichara & Villa de Leyva

Barichara is considered one of the most beautiful towns in Santander and Colombia. The town is located on the edge of the Suaréz River canyon. This place has a history of more than 300 years. Red tiled roofs on top of whitewashed houses that date back to the sixteenth century, bumpy cobblestone streets and a wide town square against the backdrop of the mountains: the village of Villa de Leyva is without a doubt one of the most enchanting colonial villages in Colombia.

Tatacoa & San Agustín

Characterized by its ocher and gray colors, the Tatacoa Desert is the second largest arid zone in the country. It is located in the department of Huila near the Villavieja municipality. This desert is a dry tropical forest that covers a total of 330 km² and has an average temperature of 40 °C throughout the year. The town of San Agustín, in the southwest of the department of Huila, is world famous thanks to the San Agustín Archaeological Park, an archaeological site with hundreds of statues of animals, people and monsters carved out of volcanic rock.

Medellín

Colombia's second city, Medellín, used to have a bad reputation as the city of drug trafficker Escobar. But from those dark pages in its history, the city has undergone a remarkable transformation, and now Medellín is one of the most progressive and entertaining metropolises in Latin America. An ingenious public transport system with cable cars and even escalators was introduced, which connect the 'barrios' with the rest of the city.

Gold Museum Bogota

In the heart of Bogotá, the extraordinary Gold Museum will surprise you with the largest collection of pre-Hispanic gold pieces in the world. It’s so special that, in 2018, National Geographic magazine highlighted it as one of the best museums on the planet. The museum has over 30.000 gold pieces, all of great beauty and unique historical value.

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