Sulfur-laden waters bubble from out of the earth, flowing, rushing to a brook winding across the páramo at 3,200 meter (10,496 feet) altitude. Deep emerald mosses and red lichens carpet the banks. The rocks in the stream are lacquered pale yellow from the minerals. Tall, thin grasses sway in the...
Like a necklace of rough, uncut jet stones draping the páramo is the Cadena Volcánica de Coconuco. Beginning at Pan de Azúcar, a Volcáno towering 4,670 meters (15,318 feet), nine more Volcanic craters form a chain across the lunar-like landscape within the hinterlands of Parque Nacional Natural...
The star of this 803,600-hectare national park is Volcán Puracé. A near-perfect cone peak, it rises 4,760 meters (15,613 feet). A well-defined trail leads from the Pilimbalá ranger station through high mountain and páramo ecosystems to its summit; near the top, loose cinders make the going a...
Your fly makes a soft plop as it lands in the crystalline water of Río Aguasilencio--Silent Water River--or one of its tributaries. A subtle breeze passes through the trees and grasses, sunlight dapples the landscape. Tonight you will be frying up those tender rainbow trout you catch here. But for...
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Coconuco, Parque Nacional Puracé, Colombia
After days of exploring the natural wonders of Puracé National Park, trekking across the cold, windy páramo, what better way to relax strained muscles and to warm up than to soak in hot springs? Head down to Coconuco, on the south boundary of the park, where not one but two thermal waters await...
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Coconuco, Parque Nacional Puracé, Colombia