#Taroa dunes

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Taroa dunes, Punta Gallinas, Colombia: Punta Gallinas is a headland in northern Colombia. It is the northernmost point on the mainland of South America, and one of the extreme points of South America. La Guajira is a unique region in Colombia, depopulated and deserted. The cape is at the northern tip of the Guajira Peninsula (Península de la Guajira) in the municipality of Uribia, about 150 km northeast of Riohacha.  Wikipedia

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Punta Gallinas (South Americas most northern point), Taroa dune and Bahia Hondita

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Les Dunes de Taroa, dans la péninsule désertique de la Guajira (English version further down...). Un site sacré de la culture précolombienne Wayuu, ce monticule de sable borde la mer des Caraïbes. un spectacle époustouflant et un des paysages les plus emblématiques de Colombie à découvrir avec nous. Plus d'infos sur : capoa-tours.com séjours, circuits et visites sur mesure en Colombie #dune #taroa #desert #guajira #colombie #wayuu #caraibes #voyage #ameriquedusud #ameriquelatine #nature #paysage #agencedevoyages #visiterlacolombie #tourismecolombie  ---------------------------------------------------- The Dunes of Taroa, in the Guajira peninsula desert. A sacred site for the pre-Columbian Wayuu culture. this sand mound sits on the edge of the Caribbean Sea. a breathtaking sight and one of the most iconic landscapes of Colombia to discover with us. More info at: capoa-tours.com/en tailor-made vacations, tours and visits in Colombia #dune #taroa #desert #guajira #colombia #wayuu #caribbean #travel #southamerica #latinamerica #nature #landscape #travelagency #visitincolombia #colombiatourism https://www.instagram.com/p/CIRPgxtgQ1c/?igshid=1xenb9stnv9kd

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Taroa Dunes. Alta Guajira, Colombia 🇨🇴 . . #guajira #taroa #dunes #laguajira #Colombia #colombiatierraquerida #colombiaesrealismomagico #colombiaespasion #Colombiaoficial #Colombia #enjoycolombia #fushoots #yourshotphotographer #bbctravel #globeshotz #roamtheplanet #earthcapture #travelingourplanet #EarthFocus #cityunit #discoversouthamerica #visitsouthamerica (at Dunas De Taroa) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bm8YunRhUXz/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1glusuphba99i

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Reposted from @colombia.travel Do you know what lies at the northernmost point of South America? Admire the Caribbean Sea from atop the Taroa Dunes. Soon we’ll meet again to discover unique destinations like La Guajira 🇨🇴. 📸 @danielarcila.personal . . ¿Sabes cuál es el extremo norte de Sudamérica? En este lugar puedes admirar desde las dunas de Taroa el inmenso Mar Caribe. Pronto nos encontraremos de nuevo para que descubras destinos inigualables como La Guajira 💛 . . . #Colombia #Guajira #caribe #desierto #desert #travel #viaje #visitColombia #nature #landscape #landscapeph #beach #traveler #paradizz_colombia 💛💛💙❤️ DIRECTORIO DE TURISMO únete a nuestra comunidad en Facebook: Paradizz Colombia - #regrann (en Punta Gallinas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBV2VrsDp_4/?igshid=igtqnjz5zq8w

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My magic trip to guajira

My last vacation was really magical, my boyfriend and I visited the Guajira and I was amazed by guajira. We thought there weren’t places to visit in our country, because we thought there were a lot of dangers and poverty in departments like guajira, but we actually don´t know the true magic of these regions.I traveled to Guajira the first days of June, I went to Riohacha, Maicao, Uribia, Manaure, Cabo de la Vela, Punta gallinas and Dunas de taroa the last four towns correspond to the famous Alta guajira.

The transport and food in Alta Guajira is a bit complicated because there aren´t buses in the desert, only trucks and the transport is limited. If you don't book transportation you don't get it easily and, in the restaurants, they don't sell you food if you don't book it before. We pay an agency for transport, food and chinchorros.

I thought that Guajira would be the same like some years ago when I first visited it as a child, hostels didn´t have bathrooms, there were no bedrooms, no dishes and no energy but I was wrong, this region has advanced a little because now there are beautiful and modern hostels with bathrooms, bedrooms, dishes and energy for some hours.

Our trip began in Riohacha where we made a contract with an agency for  the Alta Guajira Tour. The agency picked us in the hostel we were staying in Riohacha, the car was just as we imagined it would be, a giant 4x4 SUV that’s the kind of car that can take you throught the magnificient desert, we took the road heading north of Riohacha, our driver and guide was a really nice guy his name was Miguel and he had a million stories to tell us about his extense experience in driving for tours through all Guajira, our first stop was Uribia, the well known indigenous capital of Colombia the first characteristic you can list from Uribia is CHAOTIC, all the streets were full of people and the cars and motorcycles drive against the normal way, but you can quickly find this messy town very charming, you can see lot of autentic indigenous people selling their beautiful handcrafted jewerly and clothes and bags, I was surprised by the quantity of foreign people walking around the town, Europeans, Asians, locals, all of them trying to find the way to communicate and negotiate transportation, clothes and food since not many local people know English language, It was funny to observe that cultural mix in the streets. 

We stayed in Uribia a couple of hours we bought some snacks and water for the next days and then we left behind us Uribia and headed north looking forward to arrive to the next stop of the trip El cabo de la vela,a few kilometers later we started to see some “rancherias” the tipical indigenous houses, we started to see come cactus and as much as we go norther there were less urban civilization and more desert, it took us about 3 hous to arrive to Cabo de la vela, the hostel was really nice and clean and it was located only 40 meters away from the beach, the beach was clean and beautiful the geographical position of Cabo de la Vela makes this place one of the best places for practicing kitesurfing, there were 4 kitesurfing schools around the hostel, El cabo de la vela is a windy place during all the day, this makes it perfect, because despite the heat of the sun, you feel mostly fresh. we took the lunch in the hostel and then we drive to the famous “pilon de azucar”, the sand of this beach was different to all the beaches I have ever been the water was really salty in this beach but it was nice to swim here.

After visting Pilon de Azucar, we visited the Rainbow beach, in this beach there were some cliffs, full of crabs caves, we werent allow to swim in this beach because the waves were really giant, when the waves hit the cliffs they created rainbows.

As the day passed the sunset time was close, so we drive to the Cabo de la Vela’s lighthouse, we needed to climb a hill to arrive to the top of the lighthouse, from the lighthouse there was an amazing view of part of the desert, you can see also all cabo de la vela town and the giant ocean, the colours of the sky were beautiful and the colours changed as the sun was hiding, it is true what they say, the Guajira has the best sunsets in Colombia

We arrived to the hostel at 7pm, while we were taking the dinner we met a couple from the Netherlands, they were having problems with communication because they didn´t speak Spanish. So we help them to translate when they needed to negotiate the transportation, we became friends with them and spend the night together drinking some beers ans talking about our experiences

In the hostel and during the trip we learn some words of “Wayunaiki” the lenguage of the local indigenous and we learn that the wayunaiki language doesn´t have gramatical.

We slept that night in the “Chinchorros” a kind of large hammock sewed by the indigenous people, it was very comfortable to spend the night in this hammocks 

The next day we visited “Dunas de Taroa” The Taroa Dunes were very beautiful and very different to all kind of sand I have ever seen before, we did sandboarding

We also saw a wind farm, it was fascinating seeing this wind farm because in the semester prior to this trip I saw a signature called electrical engineering, and our teacher show us how these windmills work

Then we went to “Puntagallinas” puntagallinas is the northest point of southamerica continent, this was the last place we visited in the Alta Guajira.

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La Guajira, there is also desserts in Colombia (Tickets and tour guides)

Colombia is a country of contrasts and diversity. We can find from natural rainforests, beaches, mountains and valleys but also desserts. You can find these arid desserts regions at La Guajira. It’s a department of Colombia, on the Caribbean Sea and bordering Venezuela. The capital city is Riohacha and here are some places to visit:

- Cabo de la vela: It’s the best place to relax and is one of the quietest beaches in Colombia. From Riohacha to Cabo de la Vela is a 3-hours trip by car you can practice sports such as kitesurf and windsurf. The seafood, also typical food of the region offer to the visitor an amazing experience.

- Cañaverales: La Guajira is not only arid desserts and heat temperatures. It also offers an experience of nature springs, rivers and thermal baths. This natural exception is near the town San Juan del Cesar. Cañaverales offers you a place full of biodiversity where you can enjoy time with family and friends.

- Taroa’s sand dunes: After going around in La Guajira you may find sand dunes with meters of height. It’s difficult it takes around 10 hours with a double track vehicle. The view is breath-taking watching the Caribbean Sea just in front of you.    

- Rancherias: You may also want to know more about Colombian culture. You must go to visit Rancherias, which are small towns of authentic south-American aborigines named Wayuus. You will know how they live, what they do.

- Manuare’s salt mines: La Guajira is also a productive department is the perfect place to produce salt because of its climate conditions. In your way to Cabo de la Vela you might find Manaure, is a small town which main product is salt.

References:

‘‘Totally amazing – The salt mines are beautiful and the sea surrounding them lets you without words. It takes around 30mins to explain the full process of how salt is produced and refined.’’ – Maria Montaño, Colombia.

 ‘‘Interesting – Is a stunning place near Manaure. I highly recommend arranged the tour-guide visit from Riohacha. You can also take public transport…’’ – Jorge López, Colombia.

 Tickets of tour guides:

https://www.tourhq.com/guide/co26559/tour/guajira-cabo-de-la-vela-punta-gallinas-pnn-la-macuira

 Prices:

700usd/person

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La Guajira: Punta Gallinas - Playa Taroa and El Faro (north)

The next day we got back in the jeep and headed even further north to a place called Punta Gallinas. The roads here were even worse than they were coming into the desert. You can barely even call them roads, just paths that have the least amount of cacti and rocks. Punta Gallinas is so remote that as well as the bumpy three-hour drive we also had to take a canoe to get there. Our accommodation here was even more basic, just as wooden shack with rickety wooden beds. However I liked it better than Cabo de la because it embraced it’s environment, which is what I was expecting, while Cabo de la Vela tried to be more high class, with concrete rooms and actual sheets. But really those things just made the room hotter and more uncomfortable. 

After lunch we went to a beach called Playa Taroa, which was incredible. Playa Taroa is flanked by a huge steep sand dune. To get to the beach we had to climb over the sand dune and then stumble down the other side practically into the water. It is the most striking sight; the white sand dune towering into the sky right next to the crystal clear water. The beach here was beautiful, but really rough. So we didn’t swim for very long, and instead walked along the hot sand. 

Later that afternoon we went to the northern El Faro (there’s more than one), which means ‘The Lighthouse’ because there used to be a lighthouse there a very long time ago. It is a stretch of coast that is the northern most point of the whole of South America! We built a little tower of rocks and watched the sunset. It was very tranquil.