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Si, Colombia. Establece la conexión entre centro y sur américa, aqui puedes navegar surfear, nadar y disfrutar de dos océanos, variedad de paisajes, montañas, rios y encuentros maravillosos de rios cristalinos con el mar, nevados, asistir naciemiento de ballenas jorobadas, avistar aves exóticas y deleitar tu imaginación con sorprendes historias y un rico folklore.

Los Colombianos están siempre dispuestos a dar información, a llevarlo a su destino, a conversar; es bueno estar siempre con una actitud abierta. Esto puede hacer el viaje mas rico en experiencias.

En Colombia se puede hacer casi todo, hay selvas, nevados, llanuras, dos océanos, un archipielago en el caribe, ciudades de diferentes tamaños y climas asi como pequeños grupos de distintas posturas y gustos, puedes encontrar proyectos medio ambientales, musicales, culturales, artísticos igualmente depende de tu capacidad de buscar y preguntar.

En las grandes ciudades como Bogotá, Medellín o Cartagena es facil encontrar personas que hablan inglés y usar este idioma para comunicarse, pero si tu interés va hacia pequeñas comunidades y lugares mas tranquilos sería muy útil cuando conoces cosas bçasicas del idioma.

aqui un link con información sobre los parques nacionales naturales en Colombia.
PARQUES NACIONALES




La capital de Colombia es Bogotá, ubicada en el centro del país a 2600 metros sobre el nivel del mar es una ciudad fría la mayor parte del año, es tambièn una ciudad en la que el movimiento cultural es muy variado, puedes encontrar conciertos, propuestas musicales, gastronomía, idiomas, movimientos juveniles y sociales y una vida nocturna interesante.
Cuando eres bueno en buscar puedes encontrar eventos gratis o por muy bajo precio todos los días de la semana.

aqui algunos links donde puedes encontrar algo de actividad cultural:
FUNDACIÓN GILBERTO ALZATE AVENDAÑO

BIBLIOTECA LUIS ÁNGEL ARANGO

Si tienes la oportunidad, no lo pienses dos veces y corre el riesgo de amar a Colombia.

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Cali - San Cipriano

On the way from Cali to Buenaventura you pass by San Cipriano, you should stay at least 1 day and night..

If you are coming from Cali you need tell to the driver that you will get out in “Cordoba”. Cordoba is a small village with lots of big cars and there many big trucks that transport produce.

When you get off the bus you will be met by some boys who will take you to SAN CIPRIANO, they will ask you for 10.000 COP but you can offer to pay 5.000 COP if you wish, which is quite like 2 US dollars.

The trip to San Cipriano is an adventure: you can travel in a trolley, made out of a wooden platform and a motorbike in the front, you are pulled through the jungle on rails which clatter and shake. the motorbike encounters the oncoming traffic as it travels along the tracks., you then must get off wait for the traffic to go and then get back on, as the picture shows.

In San Cipriano each house is a hotel, people earn a living by taking in tourists. Here you will enjoy an experience living with a family from this area. All the rooms are very small and there are not other choices if you choose to stay here.

Some prices: Room for two: 70.000 COP or 30 US dollars. This can be negociated.

                    Lunch 12.000 COP or 5 US dollars.

Ok, you may think why would I want to visit this place?.

The answer is the river, this is the clearest water I have ever seen, it is sparkling clear and fresh enough for you to drink:))

Like in any place, you will have people trying to sell you tourist tours and places to visit, but it is your choice whether you elect a tour with the guide or you do it alone with the brochures to guide you.

The people in San Cipriano are basically African people, it is said that many years ago a black community decided to go into the jungle to save their lives and their culture. this is why they are so far from the other cities and towns.

The river and San Cipriano are part of a forest reserve. they are a closed community but open for tourists.

We hope you enjoy your time there as much as we did!

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TAGANGA

To reach Taganga you will need to arrive in Santa Marta, the big city and then you will travel by bus or car for 40 minutes, then you will arrive in Taganga. Taganga is a neighborhood of Santa Marta.

In Santa Marta you can take a bus from the market and  you will arrive in Taganga, it is one of the neighbouring towns of Santa Marta and it has a village ambience.

From here you can organize tours: diving, tramping and other activities. Tairona park is very popular and worth a visit.

The village has only a main street where you can find restaurants, tourism agencies and on the street lot of handycrafts.

there are different possibilities of where you can stay, small hotels, hostels for backpackers, luxury hotels, camping sites or if you enjoy sleeping under the stars you can hire a hammock and still be able to use the bathroom and the kitchen facilities,  We got a cheap hostel with a bathroom a fan and the possibility to use the kitchen.

In Taganga you can find people from all over the world at any time, for this reason you won’t have problems communicating because there will be a pot pouri of languages being spoken.

Night time in Taganga is very interesting, there are bars and restaurants with shows and street artists thoughout the whole week.

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Nationalpark Tayrona

Aqui acho difícil selecionar apenas algumas fotos, já que em todos os cantos há coisas maravilhosas para se fotografar. O melhor é vê-lo com seus próprios olhos.
O parque situa-se ao norte da costa de Santa Marta e possui três entradas. Não se pode atravessar o parque caminhando, já que para ver o máximo possível, deve-se entrar nas três entradas. Há um tour por entrada, devendo-se pagar as três entradas. Não há um pacote, elas devem ser pagas de forma independente.

 MAS FOTOS aquì!!

A entrada principal fica a cerca de 45 minutos de ônibus saindo de Santa Marta. O preço não é barato. Há dois tipos de ingressos, sendo que para pessoas locais é mais barato. Bem perto da entrada há um guichê de informações, onde pode-se fazer perguntas e requisitar um mapa do parque, com todas suas trilhas e atrações. Há um ônibus que faz viagens de ida e volta, percorrendo 5 quilometros parque a dentro, somente circula cheio. Na ponto final do ônibus existem trilhas que só podem ser percorridas a pé ou a cavalo. Obs: A passagem de ônibus não está incluso na entrada ao parque, devendo ser paga na hora.

No parque há todos os tipos de estadia, desde hotéis de luxo até redes alugaveis. As opções de alimentação também seguem esse padrão. Entretanto só há um mercado, onde pode-se comprar alimentos ou produtos de higiene pessoal.

As trilhas através do parque são deslumbrantes. É necessário dois ou três dias para poder vê-lo completamente. Somente uma trilha é cheia de turistas, as outras eram desertas. Pode-se alugar um cavalo, caso você queira. Nas trilhas desertas encontramos dois tipos de macacos, um deles se aproximou e nos deixou fotografar.

Na costa não há uma vida marinha vibrante. Mas há tours de barcos, para mergulhos rasos ou profundos.

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Nationalpark Tayrona

Here it was very difficult for me to select few photos. Everywhere are great motives worth making photos. The best thing would be if you go there yourself.

 MAS FOTOS aquì!!

The park is situated along the coast up to Santa Marta and is open at three entrances for visiors. You cannot stroll through the whole park by just one entrance, you have to go from one entrance to the other and pay extra. A combined ticket does not exist.

You can reach the main entrance by a 45 minutes- busride starting from Santa Marta. The entrance is not cheap. Next to the entrance you get information of the park, can ask questions and get a map, where you can find all paths. A shuttle-bus will take you about 5 km into the park, where the paths start. The bus fee is not included.

In the park there are all kinds of hostels, starting from luxury until hammok to hire. Restaurants have different prices, too. But I remember only one shop.

The footpaths through the park is spectacular. You should plan about 2 - 3 days if you like walking. Only one path is popular, the other ones we had only for us. You also can hire a horse if you like. On the lonely paths we saw 2 different types of monkeys, one of the monkey went very near and let us make photos with a lot of patience.

Directly at the beach there is no underwater world, but there are tours by boats for snorkelling and diving.

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Don Diego

Auf dem Weg von Santa Marta nach Palomino, einem scheinbar sehr bekannten Touristenort, liegen der Nationalpark Tayrona und Don Diego, ein Traum von einem Fluss.

Man muss den Buschaffeur rechtzeitig informieren, dass man in der Ortschaft Don Diego ( gleicher Name für Dorf und Fluss) aussteigen will, sonst ist man auch schon vorbei. Die Ortschaft selbst liegt an der Brücke, ist klein und besteht hauptsächlich aus Holzbaracken. Aber hier beginnt das Abenteuer.

Links und rechts vom Fluss kann man ca. 1 km wandern, wobei der linke Weg länger, aber auch landschaftlich interessanter ist. Man kommt auf der linken Seite an einem Hotelkomplex vorbei, der inmitten eines großen Parkes liegt, der liebevoll gepflegt ist. Hier befindet sich auch ein Restaurant und man kann ein Boot oder Kajak mieten, mit denen man den Fluss gefahrlos befahren kann. Auch im Dorf gibt es Kajaks und Autoreifenschläuche samt Führer zu mieten, beides nicht sehr preisgünstig. 

Ist man den Weg hinaufgewandert, kann man bis zum Dorf oder sogar bis zum Meer mit Boot oder Autoreifen schwimmen. Wir sind einfach nur den klaren Fluss hinuntergeschwommen, allerdings nur bis zur Brücke. Manchmal ist der Fluss nur knietief, manchmal muss man schwimmen. Meistens befinden sich abwechselnd links und rechts kleine Sandbänke, die man ebenfalls entlanggehen kann und nur von einer Sandbank zur anderen muss man den Fluss durchqueren. Man kommt nach ca. 1,5 km Fluss"reise" zum Dorf, das an der Brücke liegt.

Dann haben wir den Fußweg durch einen Bananenplantage bis zum Meer gewählt.

Der Fluss verbreitert sich zu einem ruhigen, tiefen, klaren See, bevor er ins Meer fließt. Das Meer ist nur durch einige Meter Sandstrand vom Fluss getrennt. Man kann mit wenigen Schritten vom Meer zum Süßwassersee gelangen. Ein Erlebnis!
Zurück kann man auch mit einem Motortaxi fahren, das billiger als ein Boot ist. Allerdings muss man das Taxi schon vorher organisiert haben oder ein Handy mit sich nehmen, denn an diesem Strand ist nichts- kein Taxi, keine Imbissbude, nicht einmal Touristen.

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