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Caño Cristales the River of the 7 Colors

Caño Cristales the River of the 7 Colors

Colombia's biodiversity can equivalent to 20% of the planet's total!

Caño Cristales is one of those destinations that you don’t want to miss, it is an amazing marvel of nature. It is within the 673,000 Hectares of the National Natural Park located in La Macarena, a small town from Meta Department located around 270kms to the east of Bogotá, the capital of the country, going to Los Llanos (The Planes).

Caño Cristales is a small river coming down La Macarena Sierra which is part of a very unique region. Its rock Quartzite is part of the Guyanan Shield, one of the most ancient geological formations in the world and more than 1.2 billion years old, this small and isolated chain of mountains emerges alongside the Andes and into the Colombian Llanos just at the border of Amazonian Jungle; demarking its importance between the three different ecosystems.

Is famous for the Macarena Clavigera, a unique aquatic plant which lives in this river that spans 100kms, and changes its color into red only once a year between July and November, and then turns into green again, as if it was starting to hibernate until the next year.

To visit to Caño Cristales you might want to travel between the 1 June and the 1 of December when the entire river looks to turn into a rainbow. Out of this season the place is closed for visitors.

La Macarena

Silence Lagoon

Stone Pipe

La Cachivera

The looker

Crystal Spout

Guayabero River

Watterfalls

River of colors

Crystal Spout

La Macarena

Caño Piedras

The Looker

Guayabero River

Cascadas

River of Colours

Silence Lagoon

La Cachivera

Crystal Spout

Crystalline Pipe

We will Take you to:

  •  Travel to Macarena to discover the incredible colors of one of the most famous rivers on earth: Caño Cristales. Here you can see how its aquatic plants, Macarenia Clavigera, change color and create a visual spectacle.
  • Walk the trails in the jungle to reach the rivers.
  • Learn from the local peasant guides about the conservation and sustainability of this delicate ecosystem, unique in the world, since these aquatic plants are endemic, and only change color between May and October.
  • Bathe and enjoy in the clean waters of some small streams in the jungle.
  • Learn about the jungle, its fauna and flora, even spotting pink dolphins.

Duration:

4 days

Season:

All year

Accommodation:

Basic category town hotels but clean and comfortable. You can upgrade at extra cost.

LEVEL ACTIVITY

Journey Type

Tourist:  This trip is for relaxing, having fun or both. The type of activities included do not require any sort of physical preparation. It is available for all types of people and all ages.

Sportive-Active: These types of trips are more physically demanding. You need to be mentally and physically prepared for long range routes of some sort of adventure sport. You should be in good physical shape.

Active: This type of journey means a certain type of physical effort as well as physical preparation is needed. This is the first of the Active levels, so only basic and low physical preparation is required.

Expedition: Adventure trips which require varying physical levels of fitness. They are only suitable for well-prepared people, and you may face some uncertainness due to time or weather in the trip location.  Some situations will require mental as well as physical strength.

Activity Level

1 For people with physical disabilities.

2 For people who have never done any sort of physical exercise. 

3 For people who have done some exercise in the past but may have spent the last 2 years not moving a finger. 

5 For people who exercise every month of the year but not necessarily with great regularity. People with good health and travelling experience.  You will face every day activities which require average physical effort, such as short treks, or other types of activity which are not longer than 2 to 3 hours a day during the trip. 

5: Para personas que hacen ejercicio todos los meses pero que no necesariamente tienen una continuidad o una exigencia alta, con buena salud en general, experiencia viajando. Pueden enfrentar actividades con esfuerzo físico todos los días, pero en lugares sin pendientes, o trayectos cortos, que no pasen de 3 horas al día de actividad durante el viaje.

 

6 For people who like to do exercise, even with some discontinuity during the year, and are in good physical shape and good health. Those who have travelling experience, as well as camping experience. You can face 17kms (11Milles) hikes in one day, and changes in altitude of 800mts (265Ft) height at least once a week.

 

7 For people who exercise 3 to 4 times a week, are in good physical shape, have experience in adventure sports, as well as experience of camping for periods of 3 to 5 days. You can face a 20km (12mile) hike every day for 4 days with changes in altitude of 900mts (290Fts) or more. You know your rhythm, as well as how your body performs in difficult weather conditions. 

8 The same characteristics as 7, plus technical knowledge of some adventure sports.  

9  For specialized professional sports people. Routes carefully designed for high performance. Only by request.  




NIVEL - HORIZONTAL

LEVEL ACTIVITY

Journey Type

Tourist:  This trip is for relaxing, having fun or both. The type of activities included do not require any sort of physical preparation. It is available for all types of people and all ages.

Sportive-Active: These types of trips are more physically demanding. You need to be mentally and physically prepared for long range routes of some sort of adventure sport. You should be in good physical shape.

Active: This type of journey means a certain type of physical effort as well as physical preparation is needed. This is the first of the Active levels, so only basic and low physical preparation is required.

Expedition: Adventure trips which require varying physical levels of fitness. They are only suitable for well-prepared people, and you may face some uncertainness due to time or weather in the trip location.  Some situations will require mental as well as physical strength.

Activity Level

1 For people with physical disabilities.

2 For people who have never done any sort of physical exercise. 

3 For people who have done some exercise in the past but may have spent the last 2 years not moving a finger. 

5 For people who exercise every month of the year but not necessarily with great regularity. People with good health and travelling experience.  You will face every day activities which require average physical effort, such as short treks, or other types of activity which are not longer than 2 to 3 hours a day during the trip. 

5: Para personas que hacen ejercicio todos los meses pero que no necesariamente tienen una continuidad o una exigencia alta, con buena salud en general, experiencia viajando. Pueden enfrentar actividades con esfuerzo físico todos los días, pero en lugares sin pendientes, o trayectos cortos, que no pasen de 3 horas al día de actividad durante el viaje.

 

6 For people who like to do exercise, even with some discontinuity during the year, and are in good physical shape and good health. Those who have travelling experience, as well as camping experience. You can face 17kms (11Milles) hikes in one day, and changes in altitude of 800mts (265Ft) height at least once a week.

 

7 For people who exercise 3 to 4 times a week, are in good physical shape, have experience in adventure sports, as well as experience of camping for periods of 3 to 5 days. You can face a 20km (12mile) hike every day for 4 days with changes in altitude of 900mts (290Fts) or more. You know your rhythm, as well as how your body performs in difficult weather conditions. 

8 The same characteristics as 7, plus technical knowledge of some adventure sports.  

9  For specialized professional sports people. Routes carefully designed for high performance. Only by request.  




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