HALF DAY IN SILVIA
Half day visit to the small town of Silvia, located in a temperate mountainous area near Popayan and consisting of picturesque houses surrounded by vast sugar cane plantations. The Indigenous Guambiano community with a population of 12,000 inhabitants lives in small mountain villages nearby. Every Tuesday, on market day, the village of Silvia is transformed […]
HALF DAY CITY TOUR IN POPAYÁN
Half day visit to historic Popayan founded in 1537, the tour begins on Caldas Park. Around the Park you will be able to see the main religious and governmental buildings, as well as the city’s original buildings such as the Clock Tower, considered one of the symbols of the city, built between 1673 and 1682 […]
CULTURAL FULL DAY: HANDICRAFTS, SUGARCANE AND TRADITIONAL MUSIC
Today you will visit the Nudo de los Pastos and the different towns which are located on the Galeras Volcano such as Yacuanquer, Consaca, Sandoná, La Florida, Nariño and Pasto. As this area can stake the claim to being the birthplace of the mountain ranges in the region, you will travel for one and a […]
FULL DAY MYSTHICAL AND ARTISANAL PUTUMAYO
On this excursion, you will travel the beautiful inter-Andean valley of Sibundoy in the southern department of Putumayo where the Andes mountain meet the Amazon jungle in an explosion of vibrancy and culture. Leaving from Pasto to the Sibundoy Valley (2 hours), you will cross four municipalities: Santiago, Colon, Sibundoy and San Francisco. There are […]
FULL DAY GREEN LAGOON – AZUFRAL VOLCANO
Early morning, the journey begins from Pasto to Tuquerres. Stop for breakfast. Start of the trek to the Azufral Volcano, at the top of which are the Green and Black Lagoons at a height of 4,000 meters above sea level, being the lowest of the active volcanoes of Nariño. The Green Lagoon is at the […]
FULL DAY PASTO AND NUESTRA SEÑORA OF LAS LAJAS SANCTUARY
San Juan de Pasto is known as the “Surprise City of Colombia” and is famous for its imposing religious architecture from colonial and republican times, and is home to important artists and craftsmen. In the morning, visit a workshop of craftsmen of carved wooden utensils covered with a resin obtained from the fruit of a […]
FULL DAY LA COCHA LAGOON
Leaving Pasto along the road that leads to the department of Putumayo, is located “Laguna de la Cocha” or Lake Guamuez, a place full of charm, magic, energy and natural beauty, located 40 minutes from Pasto. La Cocha, which in the Quechua language translates Lake, is the second most important water expanse in the country, […]
WHALE WATCHING
The humpback whales make an annual migration of more that 8000km from the cold waters of the Antarctic to Colombia just to bear their calves and to perform their own special mating dance. Between July and October, one can admire from up close this natural wonder, their playful spirit and exhibitionism and at times even […]
HALF DAY ENSENADA DE UTRIA NATIONAL PARK
After a 40-minute journey by boat along the coast from El Almejal come to the Ensenada de Utría. This park is a body of land that juts out 7km into the ocean and is dotted with small jungle covered hills. Its calm waters of emerald green are ideal for admiring the coral here. Here in […]
HALF DAY CASCADA DEL TIGRE – BAHIA SOLANO
Leave El Almejal by boat, travelling for 15 minutes (14km) until reaching an idyllic beach where there is an awe-inspiring waterfall that crashes down from up high. After walking along the beach for 10 minutes come to another waterfall that crashes onto the beach creating a large natural freshwater pool. DURATION: Approximately five hours. GUIDE: […]
