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Turn to the South Roadtrip

Turn to the South Of the colombian mountains

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

This is an amazing exploration of the less know part of the south of Colombia, that will take us from the capital of the country all the way to the south, from a semidesertic area in la Tatacoa, passing by the heart of where the three mountain ranges of Colombian mountains are born in San Agustin, a place full of arqueological mysteries, to the beginning of the Amazonian jungle in the low mountains of Putumayo region, and then trying to cross the high Andes above 3000 meters, area in which the volcanos and the indigenous agriculture paint kindly the landscape full of history and amazing nature.

Neiva

Tatacoa Desert 

Betania Dam

San Agustín

Bota Caucana

End of the world

Death Route

Fraile Paramo

Sibundoy Valley

The Cocha Lagoon

Galeras Volcano

Lajas Sanctuary

Lagoon of the Greens

Chiles Volcano and Cumbal

Popayán

Puracé

Neiva

Betania Dam

Bota Caucana

Death Route

Sibundoy Valley

Galeras Volcan

Los Verdes Lagoon

Popayán

Tatacoa Desert

San Agustín

End of the World

Fraile Paramo

The Cocha Lagoon

Las Lajas Sanctuary

Chiles & Cumbal Volcan

Puracé

We will Take you to:

  • Cross the entire south of the country by land, departing from Bogotá, passing through Neiva, San Agustín, Mocoa, Pasto, Popayán, ending in Cali to return to Bogotá.
  • Delight yourself with Colombian traditions. Along the way, we will make stops to get to know the culture, you will taste local food, many fruits and you can take photos.
  • Walk through the cozy town of Villavieja colonial houses. You will listen to their river stories, visit their paleontological museum and admire the species of ancient trees that exist in the place.
  • Visit the town of San Agustín. With the vestiges of an ancient culture, who were worshipers of the river as the mother of the territory. Its archaeological monuments as well as its nature of impressive waterfalls and the Magdalena River.
  • Delve into the beautiful and mysterious jungle in Putumayo.
  • Thrill with the impressive, narrow, jungle and sometimes risky road of death between Putumayo and Pasto that changes from 400 m and climbs up to 3200 m above sea level.
  • Visit the high mountains of southern Colombia in the department of Nariño, its volcanoes, lagoons and moors that reflect the ancestral culture of its indigenous people.
  • Enjoy the stories, culture, landscapes and gastronomy offered by Ciudad Blanca in Pasto.
  • Enjoy the stories, culture, landscapes and cuisine offered by Ciudad Blanca in Popayán.
  • Take ecotourism walks in the Putumayo jungle and in the mountains of Nariño. We invite you to ascend the Cumbal volcano to its 4,890 m and enjoy the surrounding paramo and lagoon.
  • Interact with local communities along the way.
  • Have a local guide in each of the places that are visited, to know the stories and local idiosyncrasy.

Duration:

16 days

Season:

All Year

Accommodation:

Comfortable mid-range Rural or City Hotels, a couple of higher-end rural options

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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