Chingaza Natural National Park in Villavicencio

Great views and some really nice trekking routes, you have to schedule the visit before going, and use warm clothes and bring food with you, as it is kind of far of any restaurant

Love it. Amazing trails for mountain biking.

Beautiful view simply the best of Colombian Nature from the andina region.The Siecha lagoons, the "Frailejones" and the flowers are impressive really recomended!!

Expectacular. 👍👍👍👌

13022021. Magnificent for a bike ride or a long Walk! Road is not paved but is OK. Quiet place. Could be a little challenging with its 3.5k height.

Amazing landscapes!! What a beautiful place...

Awesome drive from Bogotá to La Calera toward the Chingaza NP Parqe Natural

Expectacular

The place is awesome and I think it is well organized. There are different entrances and I think the only bad thing is that to camp you need a car it is forbidden to get there o foot

Its an amazing experience. You need to be prepared for the any type of climate. You will understand the importance of take care of this kind of places.

Beautiful place to visit, walk and see awesome nature, incluiding deers.Its reconmended to have two pairs of shoes, due to the possibility of wet feet.

Wet beautiful foggy incline climb from 3000mts to 3700 about 10mi loop

Great opportunity to get in contact with nature. Good for the wildlife, but too sad that seeing a bear was not possible. Low temperatures at the highest point in the park feel like if you were freezing your fingers in winter.

Amazing landscapes, here you can visit the Muiscas sacred lagoons and experience the paramo mountains.

A beautiful place to open your mind, relax, enjoying the nature, wonderful landscapes and wild animals!

This is a massive water factory for the world. Beautiful páramo, deers, spectacled bears, hawks and tons of other andean birds. They are quite difficult to watch as they are not accustomed to humans (as it should be), but, if you stay long enough and be quiet, you might get lucky.

Breathtaking Place! ❤

SUPER

Love it

Awesome experience

Amazing páramo, well protected and preserved.

One of the best places in the world to see Andean (spectacledbear. Great accommodations, beautiful landscape, and lots to explore. Bring a raincoat!

The roads were not as described on the website. There was no phone signal to call someone if you get lost.It was really pretty but I wasn’t that impressed. We saw some deer’s and cows and the food was good.

Good hike long walk and tough on the lungs hahah

Beautiful natural reservoir close to Bogota amazing views

Its an amazing place where you can feel in a different world. Its really nearby to Bogotá, and its also cheap. You can see different fauna and flora species just found in Colombia. If youre lucky, you can see spectacled bears and condor of the Andes flying over you. Its really stunning.

Gorgeous national park with beautiful flowers and wild animals like deer, bears and birds. It contains within itself various ecosystems like paramos, forests and lakes. Theres an entrance fee and its possible to hire a camping spot next to the lake. Best probably to go in a car so that can explore the whole park

Hemoso

It was amazing connecting with nature. The park its really big. Roadss arent paved but the scenery is worthy.

Beautiful place. Nature at its best in a páramo

Incredible park. Life and water to the fullest

Cold but impressive and unique

One of the largest national parks in Colombia

So beautiful , I love it.

Amazing.

A natural wonder next to the city

One of the most important natural parks in Colombia.

Excellent Park for hiking!! Several different routes to do depending on your level and objective. Always go with a guide since they know the routes and weather.Tips:Take extra clothing to change after the walk since its very likely that you would be wet. It rains very frequently and sporadically. Good hiking boots and a poncho are recommended.

Great and beautiful

Last February 12, life smiled at me yet again, as I was lucky to be invited to a beautiful hike through a natural reserve near to Bogotá: The Chingaza National Natural Park. Full day activity that included a 4-hour walk inside the protected area.Our excursion started at 7am when our tour company pick me up at home. Our guide, Hugo and his friendly driver, William, arrive very punctual. Later my friend Tito also joined us as well as the lovely Emilse as the assigned Corpo-Chingaza interpreter-guide, to teach us about the park. She told us that the path that we will follow is via the route of Santa Maria de las Lagunas, better known as the route Lagunas de Siecha, where we can appreciate the flora of the Páramo, including the splendid frailejones.Due to the terrible traffic in Bogota, it took us two and a half hours just to get to La Calera, when normally this would take no more than 40 minutes. Hugo told us that there is an alternate route, via Hacienda Marques, through the Codito area, where La Calera is reached much faster, but for security reasons in that area, this route is largely ignored.The Chingaza National Natural Park, it is considered a native treasure, by contemplating its mountains you can feel even the charm and secrets of our ancestral cultures: the Muiscas and the Guayupes, indigenous people who lived in this territory.The páramo is known as the force of water! and includes among others the Chuza Reservoir, which provides the water we drink in Bogota, which by the way is one of the purest waters in the world !!!, the park is also home to endangered species and vital ecosystems.Currently, this area is a protected national park, which serves as a refuge for majestic ecosystems of Andean fauna and flora.After 10am, we passed through Guasca and near the El Ensenillo forest reserve, until we found the deviation towards the entrance to the park, where we continued on the uncovered road. Around 10:50 am we reached the point where parked the car.At 3000 meters above sea level, at 11am, we arrived at the park entrance, where we had to register our arrival (and later our departuretime. We were given a small introduction to the park and its regulation.Chingaza Park is part of the 60 protected areas that make up the natural national parks system of Colombia, seen from the air, the park has the shape of a butterfly.It has more than 76,000 hectares and is located in the eastern mountain range, northeast of Bogotá. The park has two wings, the western wing that is dedicated to ecotourism where visitors have the option of hiking seven different trails, ours today as I mentioned earlier, is the Lagunas de Siecha trail, gateway to Guasca.And the eastern wing towards Piedemonte, which is strictly for research and investigation.11 municipalities form part of the park, 7 of Cundinamarca: Fómeque, Choachí, La Calera, Guasca, Junín, Gachalá and Medina, and 4 municipalities of the Meta: San Juanito, El Calvario, Restrepo and Cumaral. The park has four access points: Guasca, La Calera which is the main entrance, Fómeque and San Juanito.Emilse told us that the park has a population of approximately 70 Andean bears, also known as the spectacle bear. Other fauna includes white-tailed deer and soche, curies, cusumbos, rabbits, condors and other birds. That’s when I start to get excited about the possibility of being able to see these animals. The bears are herbivores with some scavenging bears exceptions (20% of them), therefore, and according to Emilse, they present no risk to humans. The male can reach 2.20 meters and the female 1.65 meters.So, we started our hike up the slope of the mountain with the aim of reaching the viewpoint, which is 3700 meters high.Just before reaching the viewpoint we found a depiction of “ Tejido Muisca “a representation of the solstices, the Muiscas, as well as many other cultures of South America, were exceptional astronomers. They divided the calendar into four periods.

Best for hiking activities

Beautiful place, peaceful environment

I love it

Nature at its best: see where the bogotanian drinking water is coming from.

Beautiful place, very cold, and sometimes rainy. If recommend to take a hot beverage caked aguapanela with cheese in the store at the parks entrance.

Another amazing spot showcasing the beauty of Colombia! Awesome MTB adventure.

Great national park with very caring and warm staff, beautiful sightseeing and bike trails.

Its a very big and beautiful park near Bogota. If youre a tourist and you love hiking and awesome landscapes this place is a must-see. Remember to visit their website as you must make a reservation to go hiking.Only down-side: the road. Its a 1 hours trip from the paved road through a dirt road that can damage your car if it isnt very resistant. Plus, there is not clear signposting and you must check often with persons you encounter on the road to see if youre going through the correct route.

is awesome place.the land of the muisca kingdom

The park is an incredible example of a rare landscape known as "paramo" in spanish which is roughly equivalent to tropical alpine tundra. There are several stations each with their own trails one of which you can camp at. These highlands provide approximately 80% of Bogotas drinking water. In this park you can find a special type of plant called a frailejon which is endemic to Colombia. The park is worth a visit and is just a short hour and a bit ride from Bogota.