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Ipiales is more than the last Colombian city on the way to the principle border crossing to Ecuador. It is also an important pilgrimage center for both Colombian and Ecuadorian Catholics. Eight kilometres away is the Santuario de Nuestra Señora de las Lajas, an impressive church built over a river gorge. From the sanctuary, three kilometres along the Río Guáitra, are the rock paintings of Piedra de los Monos, reminding us the area was also sacred to the Pasto ancestors of this region.
Numerous indigenous villages speckle the countryside around Ipiales. Visit the weekly market in Cumbal and dine on fresh trout at Laguna de Cumbal. If you’re feeling an urge to do some climbing, Volcán Cumbal and Chilis are awaiting your steps.
In this small indigenous village on the altiplano, the Sunday market trading is still going strong. St...
While at Santuario Nuestra Señora de las Lajas, take a hike down to what was certainly a holy site fo...
Ipiales has two pleasant public squares: Parque de la Independencia (also known as Parque 20 de Julio)...
One day in 1750 (more or less), María Mueses de Quiñónez was walking from Potosí to Ipiales. Upon ...
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