Explore Chingaza Natural Park: A Scenic Adventure from Bogotá

The guides were excellent...

The guides were excellent and it gave a really good insight into this special ecosystem. We were lucky enough to have a great, close-up encounter with a bear which was the icing on the cake. Expect to get wet, mind, but that is what the paramo is all about.

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what a beautiful place

This was a very nice experience. Good driver. The guides knew a lot of things and were very friendly.

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Beautiful Area

Chingaza National Park is a beautiful place, and definitely worth visiting. This tour was a nice, easy way to visit the park. The driver and guide meet you at your hotel in Bogotá and drive you to the park. We stopped in a mountain town to get snacks and pick up a local guide before entering the park. The national park is very strictly regulated, so it is easiest to hire a guide, even for short hikes. You are required to check in at the visitor center and must have your passport. You also either need your yellow fever vaccination card, or to sign a waiver accepting the risk of yellow fever exposure. You then must watch an orientation video and have your bag searched before entering the park. No single use plastics are allowed. The hike itself isn't too difficult, but it will feel harder due to the elevation. It's much cooler in the park than it is down in Bogotá, and there is a good chance of rain pretty much any time of year. The trail can be a little slick in places, and you should bring good, waterproof footwear. There is water everywhere. This park supplies the water for the city of Bogotá, which is part of the reason it is so strictly regulated. The local guide provides very interesting insights into the flora and fauna in the park, as well as stories from the indigenous Muisca people. It's a surreal place with clouds constantly rolling through and alternately shrouding and revealing the páramo landscape. The mountain air is wonderful. We saw lots of evidence of Andean bears, but didn't see any bears, unfortunately. This is a nice way to spend half a day outside the city.

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Beautiful, informative hike in Chingaza

We went on the lagoon hike (almost 4 miles) with our family (6 year olds and an 11 year old). The hike itself was not very challenging- uphill to the lagoons and then downhill back. Our local guide, Luis Jaime, was SUPER knowledgeable about the flora/fauna, ecology and geology. The pace of the hike was slower than we were expecting because of the explanations, which was our only criticism. We had a Spanish to English translator from the company- Maria, and she was fantastic. The park does not allow single-use plastics into the park, which we wish we would have known because we had a few water bottles and sandwiches wrapped in plastic wrap. We had great weather, and stopped to take pretty pictures at various miradors. Overall, I recommend this trip.

Response from the operator: We are very happy to have been able to share this incredible natural environment with you. Every corner has its own magic, and knowing that you enjoyed it as much as we did fills us with happiness. We hope that the connection with nature was as special for you as it was for us!

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Great hike in the paramo and cloud forest

This easy hike will take you from the high altitude Parámo down to the Cloud Forest and back again. It's a wonderful tour in this two amazing environments. The guides were friendly and knowledgeable. Surely recommended.

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