Columbia Feb 18-24 2025
COLUMBIA – ANDES NORTHEAST (Bogota, Villavicencio, Bucaramanga, Cucuta, Tunja)
BOGOTA
Urban Legends
Bogota: *Plaza Bolívar
Bogota: Simón Bolívar Metropolitan Park
Bogota: *Zona Rosa
Railway, Metro, Funiculars, Cable Cars: Montserrate Cable Car, Bogota
History, Culture, National and City Museums: Bogota: Independence Museum – Casa del Florero
Castles, Palaces, Forts
Bogota: Palacio de San Francisco
Bogota: Palacio Liévano
Art Museums
Bogota: Botero Museum
Bogota: Museum of Colonial Art
Bogota: Museum of Contemporary Art
Bogota: Museum of Modern Art
Bogota: Santa Clara Museum
House and Biographical Museums
Bogota: Jorge Eliecer Gaitan Museum
Bogotá: Quinta de Bolivar
Architectural Delights
Bogota: BD Bacatá
Bogota: Centro de Comercio Internacional
Bogota: Click Clack Hotel
Bogota: Las Torres del Parque
Bogotá: Teatro Colón
Bogota: Torre Colpatria
Religious Temples
Bogota: 20 de Julio church and pilgrimage site
Bogotá: Catedral Primada de Colombia
Bogota: Iglesia de San Francisco
Bogotá: Mormon Temple
Religious Monuments: Bogota: Our Lady of Guadalupe (Virgen de Guadalupe)
Military, War and Police Museums: Bogota: Military Museum of Colombia
Natural History and Earth Museums
Bogota: International Emerald Museum
Bogota: National Geological Museum José Royo y Gómez
Science, Technology and all Industry and Mining Museums: Bogota: Maloka Museum
Diocesan Museum
Monuments: Bogotá: Monumento a los Heroes
Trails 2 – Hikes: Bogotá: Monserrate Hike
Planetariums: Bogotá: Planetarium of Bogotá
Theme Parks, ‘Fun’ Museums and Miniatures
Bogota: Parque Mundo Aventura
Bogota: Jaime Duque Park
Bogota: Salitre Mágico
Hospitality Legends
Bogota: Hotel Regina”
Bogota: La Puerta Falsa Restaurant
Bogota: Restaurante Las Margaritas
Malls/Department Stores
Bogotá: Centro Comercial Andino
Bogota: Centro Comercial Santafe
Markets
Bogotá: Paloquemao Market
Bogotá: San Victorino
Bogotá: Usaquén Flea Market
Museums – Decorative Arts, Design, Fashion: Bogota: Regional Costumes Museum
Music, Film and Photography Museums: Bogota: National Museum of Photography in Colombia
Aviation Museums: Bogota: Colombian Aerospace Museum
Museums – Various: Bogota: Museum of Graphic Arts
Bizzarium: Bogota: Mirador La Princesa Villapinzón
Villages and Small Towns
BARICHARA
GIRON
GUADUAS
LA PLAYA DE BELEN
REQUIRA
SAN GIL
TINJACA
VILLA DE LAYVA
House and Biographical Museums: Villa de Leyva: Casa Museo Antonio Nariño
Bizzarium: Villa de Leyva: Casa Terracotta
Cities of the Americas
AGUACHICA
BARRANCABERMEJA
DUITAMA
FACATATIVA
FLORIDABLANCA
FUSAGASUGA
GARZON
GIRADOT
OCANA
SOGAMOSO
VILLAVICENCIO
ZIPAQUIRA
BUCARAMANGA World Cities and Popular Towns
Railway, Metro, Funiculars, Cable Cars: Cerro del Santisimo Cable Car, Bucaramanga
History, Culture, National and City Museums: Bucaramanga: Santander Historical Museum
Religious Temples: Bucaramanga: Cathedral of the Holy Family
Religious Monuments: Bucaramanga: El Santisimo Statue
Natural History and Earth Museums: Bucaramanga: Museo Geológico – Universidad Industrial de Santander – UIS
CUCUTA World Cities and Popular Towns
History, Culture, National and City Museums: Cucuta: Cucuta Museum of Culture
Art Museums: Cucuta: Museum of Memory
TUNJA
House and Biographical Museums
Tunja: Casa del Escribano Don Juan de Vargas
Tunja: Casa del Fundador Gonzalo Suárez Rendón
Monuments: Tunja: Simón Bolívar monument
Caves, Sinkholes and Saltmines: Curiti: Cueva de la Vaca
Pedestrian and Historical Bridges: Tunja: Puente de Boyacá
DARE
Boyacá – Special Handling Zone (Boyacá extreme west)
Cesar department extreme south (Aguachica)
Tentative WHS
Paleontological Sites of the Middle Devonian of Floresta, Boyacá
South of Ricaurte Province (27/09/2012)
The architectural legacy of Rogelio Salmona
University City of Bogotá (27/09/2012)
Airports: Barrancabermeja (EJA), Bogotá (BOG), Bucaramanga (BGA), Cúcuta (CUC), Villavicencio (VVC)
Railway, Metro, Funiculars, Cable Cars: Chicamocha Canyon Cable Car
Vestiges of the Past: El Infiernito
House and Biographical Museums: Villa de Rosario: Casa Natal General Santander
Archaeology and Anthropology Museum
Moniquira: Museo Comunitario El Fósil
San Gil: Museo Guane
Religious Temples
Chiquinquirá: Nuestra Señora del Rosario
Monguì: Nuestra Señora de Monguì
Natural History and Earth Museums
Nemocón: Museo de Historia Natural de la Sábana
Soacha: Tequendama Falls Museum of Biodiversity and Culture
Religious and Sacred Art Museums (including Islamic and Jewish Museums): Tibasosa:
Monuments: Paipa: Vargas Swamp Battle Monument
Museums – Decorative Arts, Design, Fashion: San Jose de Suaita: Textile Museum
The Dark Side: Tequendama abandoned hotel and ‘suicide’ falls
Bizzarium: Chia: Andres Carne de Res Restaurant
World of Nature
Catatumbo Bari NP
Chicamocha NP
Chingaza NP
Cueva de los Guácharos National Natural Park
El Cocuy NP
Guanentá Alto Río Fonce
Iguaque Flora and Fauna Sanctuary
Los Estoraques Unique Natural Area
Serranía de los Yariguíes NP
Sierra Nevada del Cocuy NP
Sumapaz Páramo
Tamá NP
Victoria National Reserve
Waterfalls
Cascada La Periquera
Escobo Vergara Waterfall
Tequendama Falls
Lakes: Laguna de Guatavita, Lake Tota
Rivers: Catatumbo River
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COLOMBIA – ORINOCO (Puerto Carreño, Inirida, Arauca, Yopal)
YOPAL
Airports: Arauca (AUC), Yopal (EYP)
Vestiges of the Past: Cerro Azul, Serranía de la Lindosa
World of Nature
El Tuparro Natural NP
Morichales de Paz de Ariporo
Serranía de la Macarena NP
Tinigua NP
Tuparro NP
Rivers: Arauca River, Capanaparo River, Guaviare River, Meta River, Orinoco River
Villages and Small Town: San José Del Guaviare
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COLOMBIA – AMAZON (Leticia, Florencia, San José del Guaviare, Puerto Asis)
Cities of the Americas
FLORENCIA
History, Culture, National and City Museums: Florencia: Museo Caquetá
LETICIA
Airports: Leticia (LET)
History, Culture, National and City Museums: Leticia: Ethnography Museum
World of Nature
Amacayacu NP
Chiribiquete NP
Nukak Tunahi National Reserve
Puinawai Natural Reserve
Río Puré NP
Tanimboca Natural Reserve
Yaigojé Apaporis NP
Waterfalls: Jirijirimo falls
Rivers: Amazon River, Içana River, Japurá River or Caquetá River, Putumayo River, Vaupés River
DARE
La Guadalupe municipality (Guainía)
Putumayo extreme east
Yavaraté municipality (Vaupes)
Chiribiquete National Park WHS – “The Maloca of the Jaguar” is on the western-most edge of the Guiana Shield at the confluence point of four biogeographical provinces: Amazon, Andes, Orinoco and Guyana and guarantees the connectivity and preservation of the biodiversity of these provinces. Tepees (table-top mountains), sheer-sided sandstone plateaux dramatic scenery.
The drainage basins of the Mesay, Cuñare, San Jorge and Amú Rivers, tributaries of the Caquetá River, which is in turn a tributary of the Amazon River. Many of the rivers are called blackwater rivers.
Over 75,000 figures in 60 rock shelters from 20,000 BCE – hunting scenes, battles, dances and ceremonies, fauna and flora, with a particular the worship of the jaguar, a symbol of power and fertility. The indigenous communities, which are not directly present on the site, consider Chiribiquete as a sacred place that cannot be visited and Some 75,000 rock pictographs have been listed on the walls of 60 rock shelters at the foot of tepuis. The portrayals are interpreted as scenes of hunting, battles, dances and ceremonies, all of which are linked to a purported cult of the jaguar, seen as a symbol of power and fertility.
Chiribiquete is home to many iconic species including Jaguar, Puma, Lowland Tapir, Giant Otter, Howler Monkey, Brown Woolly Monkey. A high level of endemism occurs in the property and the number of endemic species is likely to rise substantially once new research programmes are implemented.
Can’t be visited because of uncontacted tribes. Fly over possible.
