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Be prepared to spend a good spell in San Agustín. The area is perfect for hiking or horseback riding, with the reward of statues, tombs and petroglyphs. Some of the well-known sites include La Chaquira, Obando, Alto de los Ídolos and Alto de las Piedras. Take the challenge, though, to get to some of the less-visited ones, like Lavaderos or Alto de la Guacas. The Parque Arqueológico encompasses four sites and provides a good introduction. The scenery is equally stunning with dozens of

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Be prepared to spend a good spell in San Agustín. The area is perfect for hiking or horseback riding, with the reward of statues, tombs and petroglyphs. Some of the well-known sites include La Chaquira, Obando, Alto de los Ídolos and Alto de las Piedras. Take the challenge, though, to get to some of the less-visited ones, like Lavaderos or Alto de la Guacas. The Parque Arqueológico encompasses four sites and provides a good introduction. The scenery is equally stunning with dozens of waterfalls like Saltos del Mortiños and de Bordones tumbling through the jungle to join the nascent Río Magdalena, to whose headwaters you can trek or horseback ride. Other such adventures are walking the Macizo Colombiano or riding all the way to Ecuador on horse. Sports are not to be forgotten. There's white water rafting, a huge city swimming pool, and the favorite Colombia layperson's sport of “tejo”—with an interesting twist.


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Upon re-declaring her independence at age 29, Lorraine Caputo packed her trusty Rocinante (so her knapsack's called) and began traipsing throughout...
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Piscina Municipal Las Moyas

You know, once the sun begins to shine in San Agustín, it gets down right hot. The perfect way to cool down after visiting the Parque Arqueológico or doing the El Tablón-to-El Purutal circuit is to swing by the Piscina Municipal Las Moyas. A more-than-Olympic-sized swimming pool full of cool,...

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Parque Arqueológico

The main attraction in San Agustín is the Parque Arqueológico, which encompasses four mesetas (A, B, C and D), artificially leveled hills containing tombs and in-situ sculptures that are hallmarks of the “Agustinian” culture. Between these mesetas are Fuente de Lavapatas, hand-carved pools...

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Obando: El Estrecho del Magdalena, petroglyphs & Parque Arqueológico de Obando

Traveling towards the small village of Obando, you’ll cross the Magdalena River at the Estrecho, or Straits, the narrowest point—only 2.2 meters (7 feet) wide—of this río in its over-1500-kilometer (900-mile) course to the sea. Up a few hundred meters, on the other side of the dirt road, is...

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Near San Agustín, San Agustín, Colombia
Sites Near San José de Isnos: Alto de los Ídolos, Alto de las Piedras & Salto de Bordones & Museo Etnográfico

San José de Isnos (Quechua for Sacred Rock) is a small village 26 kilometers (15.5 miles) north of San Agustín. Five kilometers (3 miles) west is one of the most important Agustinian sites, Alto de los Ídolos, consisting of 37 funerary monuments dating from 1st century B.C.-6th century A.D. Some...

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Near San Agustín, San Agustín, Colombia
Tejo

This Sunday afternoon that sign across from the market again catches my attention: Cancha de Tejo El Recreo. What in devil’s name is tejo? I walk through the courtyard to the rough, tin-roofed cancha beyond. Men in various stages of drunkenness are throwing a 2.5-pound (1.125- kilo) lead weight...

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