caño cristales is a colombian river located in the province of meta. it is called "the liquid rainbow" due to its striking colors; in fact, at the end of july till november, it is colored in yellow, green, and especially red because botton of the river is covered with moss, aquatic plants, corals and endemic plant called macarenia clavigera.


the river is reachable through a small village called "la macarena", and after few km through the jungle.


all the region was controlled by the farc - fuerzas armadas revolucionarias de colombia - because it is a strategic corridor to neighboring brazil, ecuador, and peru, and also because of the cultivation of coca. today the whole area is controlled by the colombian army.

soldiers at the macarena airport

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rìo guayabero

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bolìvar square. it is located in the heart of the historical area of bogotá. It has a statue of simón bolívar sculpted in 1846 by the Italian pietro tenerani, which was the first ever public monument in the city. simón bolívar was a venezuelan military and political leader who played an instrumental role in the establishment of venezuela, ecuador, bolivia, peru and colombia

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cerro de monserrate. it is a mountain that dominates the city of bogotà. it rises to 3.152 mt. above the sea level, where there is a church with a shrine devoted to "el señor caído"

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la candelaria (old city). the architecture of the old houses, churches and buildings has spanish colonial, baroque and art deco styles

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nemocón means "the cry of the warrior" in the chibcha language. the city was founded by spanish settlers in 1537, and it is famous for its salt mines, the second largest in the country after the mines in zipaquirà. 


the salt mines are an immaculately preserved collection of tunnels and chambers in a former salt mine.


recently took place most of the "the 33" movie, a story about the chilean workers became trapped in a chilean mine for 69 days. 

on the campesinos bus just after crashed into a runaway horse

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el peñon de guatape is a monolithic formation located at the town and municipality of guatape. the stone rises from the bottom of the hydroelectric dam of peñol-guatape. this monolith was spotted as a border landmark between country farms and the two cities

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at its highest part, on the rear (southeast side), it has a height of 2,135 m m.s.l. with an average temperature of 18 degrees celsius. the "peñon" has 185 m3 of rock mass and it is 385 m long, with an approximate weight of 10,000,000 tons

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