The system of national parks of Colombia is defined as the set of areas with exceptional values for the national natural heritage for the benefit of the people of the nation and because of its natural, cultural or historical reserves
Natural National Park Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
National Natural Park Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta is one of the protected areas system of National Parks of Colombia and the second oldest, founded in 1964. It is located between the departments of La Guajira, Magdalena and Cesar, in the mountain range of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.
Declared by UNESCO as a Biosphere Reserve and World Heritage Site in 1979, is considered a unique place in the world due to isolation from the Andes and placed its highest peak (5775 m) at only 42 km the sea. It contains all climatic zones found in Colombian territory and different biomes that make up the forest, mountain forest and the Andean highlands.
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Sierra de la Macarena
The Sierra de la Macarena is a Colombian region, located in the department of Meta, in the Andean foothills in the Amazon rainforest, is the meeting point of ecosystems Andean, Amazonian and orinocense. Inhabited by peasants heirs recent colonization process, motivated by the violent expulsion of peasants from mid-twentieth century, La Macarena is recognized by both biotic and physical importance by the many conflicts that cross.
The Serrania de la Macarena has become internationally known for the Caño Cristales, released, among others, by journalist and explorer Colombian Andres Hurtado Garcia. The saw also has petroglyphs of ancient cultures (Petroglyphs Narrows I and II, in the Rio Guayabero). There are also huge waterfalls, as the Waterfall Caño Canoas, the Yarumales jump, Salto del Mico, Soplaculos and more, difficult to see on foot through the rough terrain.
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