Jungle trip to La Macarena


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Cañón del Guayabero





Jungle trip to la Macarena
Discover the beauty beyond Caño Cristales
The rainiest place in the world located in Chocó, where a year it can rain 10 times more than in a average place in the rest of the world.
Description of the Tourist Experience
Embarking on a jungle tour Colombia is an invitation to plunge into an ecological wonderland teeming with life. One of the most enthralling locales for such an odyssey is La Macarena, a sanctuary housing the ethereal Caño Cristales. This resplendent watercourse, dubbed the "River of Five Colors," radiates a kaleidoscope of crimson, ochre, emerald, and sapphire hues, courtesy of the endemic aquatic flora flourishing beneath its crystalline currents. Venturing on a jungle tour Colombia, explorers traverse undulating rainforest trails, behold rare and elusive fauna, and luxuriate in secluded, limpid pools. The region’s unparalleled biodiversity renders it a quintessential haven for ecotourists and thrill-seekers alike.
Beyond the spectral river, La Macarena harbors cascading waterfalls, expansive savannas, and cryptic pre-Columbian petroglyphs. As a pivotal expanse within the Serranía de La Macarena National Park, this biodiverse refuge shelters an astonishing spectrum of endemic species.

Wayfarers embarking on a jungle tour Colombia will also unearth a cultural mosaic interwoven with ancestral wisdom, upheld steadfastly by indigenous and rural communities who maintain an intrinsic synergy with nature. Local sages illuminate esoteric folklore, ecological stewardship, and traditional rites, offering a profound lens into the spirit of the land.
Why You Should Choose This Tour
Opting for a jungle tour Colombia is an immersion into one of the planet’s most exuberant and enigmatic ecosystems. The sequestered grandeur of La Macarena provides an authentic and untamed escapade, unblemished by the tendrils of over-commercialization. The jungle tour Colombia does not merely furnish adrenaline-fueled exploits but also champions responsible tourism, ensuring that this ecological jewel remains inviolate for posterity.
Sojourners meander through labyrinthine paths, culminating in vertiginous vantage points that unveil sweeping panoramas of untrammeled rainforest. Expert naturalists, custodians of arcane knowledge, shepherd guests through guided forays, divulging the cryptic lore of the terrain, its biotic intricacies, and conservation imperatives. Partaking in this journey unveils the sublime interconnection between landscape, history, and preservation.
For those who covet an indelible and transformative experience, a jungle tour Colombia is an unequivocal choice. Whether threading through primordial foliage, bearing witness to the chromatic spectacle of Caño Cristales, or glimpsing fauna found nowhere else on Earth, La Macarena beckons as a portal to a transcendent adventure. This extraordinary destination lingers in the hearts of voyagers, etching an ineffable reverence for nature’s artistry into their very essence.
La Macarena
Amazon Jungle
PNN La Macarena
PNN Ensenada de Utría
PNN Tinigua
Angosturas Rapids Canyon
Silence Lagoon
Trekking
Pristine Rivers
Communitarian Lodging
Wild Life
Pink Dolphins
La Macarena
PNN La Macarena
Angosturas Rapids Canyon
Trekking
Hospedaje en la Selva
Hospedaje Comunitario
Pink Dolphins
Selva Amazónica
PNN Tinigua
Silence Lagoon
Pristine Rivers
Communitarian Lodging
Wild Life
We will Take you to:
- Get to know the nature of Macarena, which in addition to Caño Cristales, has places with beautiful trails, rivers, canyons, and jungle that can be visited at any time of the year.
- Delve into the jungle to discover the natural reserves that the place offers and where you can stay in comfortable ecolodges, or in comfortable community accommodations.
- Go hiking through areas where the savannah mixes with the jungle and admire some rock formations that look like stone cities.
- Cross the imposing canyon of the Guayabero River. You will travel a distance of 3 km within the Tinigua National Park.
- Learn about the jungle and the area from the hand of local peasant guides who left livestock to dedicate themselves to protecting nature and doing sustainable tourism. You will be able to observe its fauna, flora and even observe pink dolphins.
- Bathe in the clean waters of some small streams in the jungle
Duration:
4 days
Season:
All Year
Accommodation:
Ecolodge-type rural hotels or basic rural and community accommodation
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.

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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