This is not part of the Andes and serves as its own unique mountain range. Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta reaches summits as high as 18, feet 5, m while the range decorates 26 miles 42 km of the Colombian Caribbean coastline. These Sierra Nevada mountains cover an area of 6, square miles 17, sq km. The massive but isolated range of mountains spawns 36 different rivers. The ecoregions of the mountain range include montane forests, moist forests, dry forests, cloud forests, and subalpine and alpine terrain.
There are several ways to hike and explore the Sierra Nevada mountains of Tayrona. Many of the trails are short and easy, but it does have moderate and difficult ones as well. This is an easy 1-hour trail traveling between Canaveral and Arrecifes. It provides views of the coastline and Caribbean waters while meandering through the coastal forests. This is another 1. Tayrona National Park Trail: This is one of the park's main trails. It features an elevation gain of 1, feet m and is a challenging but moderate rated point-to-point trail that covers a distance of 8.
Thanks for such an informative and comprehensive article, I found it really useful for my visit this week! I had an amazing time. Luckily I was persistent and got a tent on the third time I went to bother the people at reception. Hopefully this will help future readers. I have been reading lots of blogs but this by far is the best, you answered all of my questions! After reading the comments, i see someone said that the park closes in February.
Is there any way I can find out exact dates the park closes in ? The dates when the Park willl be closed in are 1 to 15th February, in June from 1 to 15 and from the 19th of October to 2nd of November! Does Tairona Park close in February for maintenance? I seem to have read this in a guide book. Thanks for your reply. Yes, it will be closed from 1 to 15th February, in June from 1 to 15 and from the 19th of October to 2nd of November.
Hello, I am looking to go to Tayrona National Park for 2 days and I would like to stay at the Tented Lodge that you have been talking about!
Since this lodge is outside the park, does this mean that I have to pay the park entrance fee more than once, for each day I re-enter the park? Thanks, Zoe. This fee is valid for as long as you care to stay inside the park, and you can also leave the park and re-enter at another entrance until 5pm on the day of purchase.
Hi, Dan! There is a bus that you can take to the park or you can take a taxi. For starters, I have found this tour in the park that is child-friendly, but you can also explore the place by yourself. There are buses that can take you to several spots in the park in case you get tired as well.
Thank you for the correction, Ed! I just wantes to telll you thanks for that wonderful review of the park always makes me really happy when someone talks about my country so good and enjoy their time in there, is a beautiful country for sure and i miss it, i live in USA atm and planning to go for vacations and your post and tour popped up and now i want to travel now!!
HI great article lots of useful info! Me and my friends want to check ithe out we just have one question. Is there a kitchen at the camp sites or do you need to cook over a fire? Unfortunately, there are no kitchens and no fires either at the campsites. Just wondering why you recommend flying from Cartagena? Beautiful locations like this, as well as millions of people of course, are hugely at risk from the various devastating effects of climate change.
It really depresses me how often travelling blogs purportedly about celebrating the beauty of our world give zero regard to our role in destroying it. Hi Amy, I recommend flying because I took the bus and it was a very uncomfortable ride to say the least.
While you are absolutely right and we all should be more conscious to our choices, I want to give my readers full information about transportation options and it is up to them to decide which one to use.
I am going to change the text accordingly, thanks for your comment! Your information is great! We want to come from Cartagena for 2 nights but will have only one full day. I was thinking about splurging at ecohabs one night to hear the jungle and walk early in the morning.
Not sure where to spend the other night. What are your suggestions about making this a memorable, but too brief, visit? I hope you will find something fit for your needs here!
Is it possible to store your bags it the entrance of the park while you go in and explore? Is this possible to store at the entrance? Maybe it can be a good solution! I visited Tayrona just over a week ago. I stayed in a tent, over at camping Don Pedro which was fine! Facilities such as food, showers and toilets were all fine, pretty clean and basic- I have zero complaints!
We had heard there are no cash machines so we thought between us we had enough- until the costs to get in! However, there is a place to eat by the beach close to don pedro campsite which accepted credit cards!
Visit the park, its amazing! Just take enough cash and go knowing your in the jungle! Thank you for the precious information — I updated the article about the mandatory insurance fee, which I found is 2. Hi, Mary! It is 20 minutes by bus to get there and you can take it from the main road.
The price is around 8. Thanks for the info! We were told by officials at the airport that we needed it. However, when we went to the park they did not as for the proof of vaccination..
You can also get it for free in Cartagena if you take your foreign passport. I see it as a good precaution. Hi, Salma! Thank you for the information, I have updated the post! I am sorry I have no idea, I was there as a tourist and shared my experience. Maybe someone else here could recommend something? This is a great guide!! Thank you for this, uber helpful! Do you think I need a second day in the park?
What did you visit in the park on the second day? I feel like you saw everything or majority of everything on the first day. I ask this question because I was thinking to do the park for the day Get there very early and returning back to santa marta and then do a day trip to minca the following day.
What do you think? Hello Sharmin, I think if you really want to you can do it in one day, but in my opinion it would be missing on a lot of things, I would stay at least ovenight there to feel the atmosphere and have no rush. Hmmm interesting, I think you are right. Is this doable… can I do Tayrona park for the day, stay overnight at your place you recommended and then the next morning, go directly to minca that morning?
Is that possible and do you know the best way of getting there from Tayrona? Just returned from the park to Santa Marta. Left SM about 10AM — arranged taxi trip for 4 to park entrance — 90, pesos. Nice walk to the beaches — about 2 hrs to cabo san juan. We had arranged to meet a driver for trip home to SM but he was delayed but left word with another waiting driver — many options — helps to have a colombian along who is good at negotiating.
And motor cycles make even more lanes appear. No mosquitoes this visit. Saw an alligator and heard the eerie cry of monkeys on the way out. Got back to SM about 8pm.
An exhausting but worthwhile trip — My wife and I are 65 and are traveling with our daughter and her colombian boyfriend. Wow, thank you so much for such a detailed comment, I am sure it will be useful for all the readers here! What time of year did you take a flight? If you stay in the tented lodge, do you still see all the wildlife at night and the sunrise over the beach? Also, if we are doing a 2 night stay, would it make sense to stay in the tented lodge, or will we spend a lot of time backtracking to the lodge each night?
Hello Lauren, the Tented lodge is right on the beach, it is not in the jungle so I do not remember a lot of wild life. I slept in the hammock in shorts and t-shirt, I was a little chilly. Beautiful park though, definitely go! We have 10 days in Colombia. Trying to balance seeing different areas with constantly being on the move! Is Tayrona worth it if we can only stay the day? We would be coming from Cartagena. I guess we would stay in Santa Marta and get an early start in the morning, and return to Santa Marta that night.
Other option is to stay longer in Cartagena and do an island day. My son seems to be a magnet! Thank you for this info!! Not sure if it is wort it to go all the way from Cartagena to spend just one day in the park, it is a very tiring trip.
I would suggest to stay overnight in the park. Hi Yiulia, many thanks for all the info, very useful and inspiring!
Can I get out of the park early in the morning, by boat or bus? We will be flying to santa marta is there a bus from the airport straight to the park if not where is the pick up point for the public bus? Also we will be backpacking… I presume its not ideal to bring your big bag pack with you do you have any recommendations where to leave our larger backpack whilst we stay at the park?
Hello, Megan! Hope this helps! Have fun! Hello, thanks for the article! How do you get from the Tayrona Tented Lodge to the park and vice versa? Here is the info from the post above: How to get: It is just 20 minutes ride from the main entrance to Tayrona National Park. The National flower is the orchid that is found in this area Caribbean This Park is characterized by its tropical landscape, coral formations, white beaches, rocky coastline, mangroves and lagoons.
The Tayrona National Natural Park is habitat for a great diversity of fauna species, as several groups of mammals and of these five 5 species of cats have been listed for the area: The Jaguar, the Ocelot, the Tigrillo and the famous Puma. Apart from the forty species of bats, a total of 59 species of mammals are reported, including the nocturnal monkey, the maic monkey, the sloth, the armadillo, the red deer, the anteater, and five species of mammals.
Among the reptiles are four species of sea turtles and the snake Boa constrictor. Lately, the presence of the needle cayman has been reported, being the Tayrona National Park one of the few populations present in the Colombian Caribbean. It is important the great diversity of marine species of the park, as molluscs, crustaceans, algae and corals, among others. The hydrography of the Park consists of two drainage systems. The first is a set of small streams that flow into the Caribbean Sea.
In the direction of the east, the flow increases gradually and becomes permanent. In the area of the park there are archaeological ruins that indicate the existence of human settlements of the Tayrona tribe that occupied the region from pre-Columbian times until the colonization. The socio-cultural dynamics of the Tayrona National Park and its areas of influence make up a larger and more complex whole, which is the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.
The four indigenous ethnic groups that make up the Sierra ancestral territory with their coastal and lacustrine areas outside the reserves are: Kankuamo, Kogui, Wiwa and Arhuaco.
In this ancestral territory there are sacred sites that must be protected and respected as part of the cultural heritage of humanity. In the surroundings of the Park, mestizos and Afro-Colombians live, who base their livelihood on activities such as tourism, fishing, agriculture and livestock.
It counts with rainy season and dry season being the first of them characterized by heavy rainfall and include the months of May and July as well as September and October.
In spite of this, activities can be carried out without problems, since the rain is almost always fortuitous, which allows visitors to continue enjoying the beauties of the Park.
Estimated time in vehicle is 45 minutes. In this area the visitor can only spend the day and has no accommodation to stay. The entrance to Pueblito is by the sidewalk path at kilometer 20 of the road of the Caribbean in the direction of Riohacha.
The schedule of entrance and exit of the park is of am to pm, taking into account the walk that it is necessary to realize it is recommended to arrive before pm. For those who want new and surprising ecotourism experiences, Tayrona Park is a place full of myths and legends of the ancient communities that inhabited the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. There you will find archaeological remains of an immortal architecture and an exuberant nature.
For those who seek seclusion and relaxation, the Park offers magnificent beaches and the relaxing panorama of an intense blue ocean. Ecoturism in one of the most beautiful parks in all Colombia. We recommend to plan your visit in advance having into account the following: Tayrona Natural National Park description Where is Tayrona Park? Information Detailed. What to do in Tayrona Park? What you must visit. Where to stay in Tayrona Park?
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