{"id":21343,"date":"2017-08-16T17:24:35","date_gmt":"2017-08-16T15:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aguaplano.it\/colombia-landing-in-bogota-and-cano-cristales\/"},"modified":"2017-11-04T13:07:50","modified_gmt":"2017-11-04T12:07:50","slug":"colombia-landing-in-bogota-and-cano-cristales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aguaplano.org\/en\/colombia-landing-in-bogota-and-cano-cristales\/","title":{"rendered":"Colombia! landing in Bogot\u00e0 and Ca\u00f1o Cristales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243;][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.73&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19169 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aguaplano.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/skyline-bogota-colombia-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aguaplano.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/skyline-bogota-colombia-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.aguaplano.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/skyline-bogota-colombia-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.aguaplano.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/skyline-bogota-colombia-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.aguaplano.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/skyline-bogota-colombia-1080x810.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>August 12-16, 2017 &#8211; After an infinite travel\u00a0 Torino Paris Bogot\u00e0 we land in the same day thanks to the timezone!\u00a0 At the arrival in Bogota we are very tired but nevertheless we decide to go for a stroll brething the cold air (we are at 2640m above sea level!) Bogot\u00e0 is one of the highest town in the world after La Paz and Quito which we already seen in other trips.<\/p>\n<p>The very same day we contact via Skype a tour operator to get information about going to see Ca\u00f1o Cristales, a magnificent multicoloured river which has been closed to the tourists for many years (the region was a stronghold of the FARC guerrilla fighters). To our surprise they are very very efficient so we managed to book the tour for the very next morning. At 5 am! Ok, now it&#8217;s really time to go to bed&#8230;\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19172 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aguaplano.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/travelling-to-cano-cristales-la-macarena-colombia-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aguaplano.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/travelling-to-cano-cristales-la-macarena-colombia-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.aguaplano.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/travelling-to-cano-cristales-la-macarena-colombia-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.aguaplano.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/travelling-to-cano-cristales-la-macarena-colombia-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.aguaplano.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/travelling-to-cano-cristales-la-macarena-colombia-1080x810.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The next few days are a wonderful adventure : we go trekking in the lush forests, ride boats, get really wet because of sudden monstrous showers&#8230;\u00a0 the reward is the incredible view of this unique red river, and we mean RED. It looks like wine sometimes! We are overwhelmed by the beauty of it and by the kindness of the Colombian people.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19166 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aguaplano.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/inside-cano-cristales-la-macarena-colombia-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aguaplano.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/inside-cano-cristales-la-macarena-colombia-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.aguaplano.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/inside-cano-cristales-la-macarena-colombia-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.aguaplano.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/inside-cano-cristales-la-macarena-colombia-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.aguaplano.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/inside-cano-cristales-la-macarena-colombia-1080x810.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This country was for many years thorn by all kinds of problems from the guerrilla to narcos wa and despite all of this, its proud folks are a real surprise to us. 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