Tatacoa and Doche desert adventure tour

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1. You will know the Natural History Museum in the Victory in the Tatacoa Desert 2. You will go to the Doche Vereda, rich in history of the Pijáos tribes 3. You will swim the Cabrera River and you will know petroglyphs

Highlights

  • You will know of important archeology of the region
  • you will go to Doche
  • Vereda de Villavieja with petroglyphs and bathe in the Cabrera River
  • see the starry sky
  • you will know of astrology at the Astrosur Observatory

Description

Adventure Tatacaoa Doche: Meeting point 6:00 am, in the Gaitana monument, here we will perform an introductory, technical talk, in addition to the history of the monument, our company and Huila, also admiring a beautiful view of the Magdalena River. In addition, taste a delicious special coffee. 30 minutes At 6:30 we started in a group of 8 to 30 people according to the group can be in Van, Bus or Chiva, towards the municipality of Villa Vieja. 1 hour. At 7:30 in Villavieja, we took a snack in Café Mael, we know the main square and its main park, this was the first capital of Huila. 1 hour. Minutes. At 8:30 we started the route to the red desert, crossing with photography in the red desert towers, and from there we will go to see the desert windows, the gray desert and balconies of the desert, through the xylopalos, hiking of 1 km in each place to travel and take pictures, always preserving and not damaging the natural environment. 2 hours At 10:30 we will start to the Museum of Natural History of Tatacoa in La Victoria, recognized internationally for its paleontological wealth with more than 300 million years of history, through fossils of giant creatures that inhabited the area. 3 hours. At 13:30 here we will leave to a path called Doche, name of ancient descendant Pijaos, an agricultural tribe that inhabited this area, left marks of rock art (petroglyphs). 1 hour At 14:30 we will take the lunch (traditional lunch) of the region. 1 hour At 15:30 we will know the Cabrera River, a tributary that comes from the Sumapaz, which feeds the Magdalena River. Here we will bathe in the river, it is recommended to wear exchange clothes. And we will know the petroglyphs in this river. 2 hours and 30 minutes At 18:00 we will move to the Astrosur Observatory, we will take dinner before participating in an astronomical talk of the Rúa professor and admire the special beauty of the desert during the night with millions of stars. Telescope view (included). 3 hours. At 21:00 we will begin the transfer for the city of Neiva from the desert. 1 hour and 30 minutes. At 22:30 we will arrive in Neiva at the collection point and expect everyone to take their transportation to lodging. 30 minutes. We finish at 23:00.

Includes

Private transport by car or van Collection and left at the hotel Food: breakfast, lunch, dinner and a regrigerium Bottled water (1)

Important Information

  • You will make low difficulty hiking You need exchange clothes Wear comfortable clothes and shoes, hat or cap and sunglasses Sunscreen

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