Exotic Places of Colombia # 1 Series: Exotic Places

Hello friends in today's Post I bring you an exotic place of the country where I live Colombia I present the CUEVA DE LO GUACHAROS.
The PNN Cueva de los Guácharos was one of the first areas of Colombia declared a national park in 1960. It belongs to the Andean Belt Biosphere Reserve declared by UNESCO in 1979 is a reserve that can not be touched. The Park takes its name from the guacharos, birds that live in dark caves and deep in the day and go at night to find food, oriented by a system of echolocation similar to that of bats, are beautiful animals and amazing

Location

Cordillera Oriental, in the municipality of Acevedo, department of Huila.

Temperature

18 ° C

Area

9,000 hectares.

Nearby towns

Neiva, Palestine, San Adolfo.

Dry months

Between December and February.

Rainy months

Between March and November.

Precipitation

2,200 mm per year.

General characteristics

The Cueva de los Guácharos Natural National Park is an Andean jungle enclave in the south east of the department of Huila (Colombia) on the western mountain range, one of the last relics of virgin forest in the south of the department. It was the first National Natural Park of Colombia declared with the objective of conserving a group of caves of great geological, flora and fauna value. In them inhabits the guácharo, a nocturnal bird that gave its name to the caves.
This is the bird named Guacharo

Among the most exotic and beautiful attractions of this park are the caves of the Guacharos. Upon entering these geological formations, the deafening noise of the fluttering of thousands of these birds breaks the stillness of the interior of the earth and you can see thousands of birds flying over your head. But the guacharos are not the only inhabitants of these forests, with them an infinity of species of fauna make of this place a sanctuary of biological diversity. Monkeys, rodents, deer, bears, foxes, tigers, tigers and pumas, among many others like the 267 species of birds that cross the skies of the park live here.

Places of interest

The eco-tourism activity to be carried out in the is the camping or long walks guided by people who know, through different areas such as the Robledal, the Quebrada Cristales, the natural Bridge on the river Suaza, the vegetable association the crib, the Indian caves , The Hoyo and the Guácharos, the Mirador.