The most common walk is the four-day option, which is what I did, and I learned later that the 5-day version does not shorten the distance walked each day, or does not spend much more time at the Lost City, but rather, includes an extra “rest day” along the return trip, and so might not be worth the extra cost.
I used Baquianos Tours (one of the more established companies, and they were quite efficient at responding to e-mail inquiries and making my booking. There are around four or five companies running tours to Ciudad Perdida, all based in Santa Marta. So, anyone desiring to visit both sections should take that into account. It should be noted that the Tayrona Park section is closed for the entire month of February each year, while the Sierra Nevada section is closed for the month of September. The larger, more interesting, site, Ciudad Perdida –the Lost City– is deeper inside Sierra Nevada Park, and can only be reached by a 4-5 day round-trip walk organized by a local tour company. The smaller of the two sites is Pueblito, in Tayrona Park and it is reachable independently as a day trip involving a hike of a few kilometers at most. It was their ancestors who originally created the settlements that are now the archaeological sites included in the nomination. The latter park is also noted for its high peaks, which are often snow-covered, and the paramo habitat that exists at higher elevations, though these features are not readily visible from the areas accessible to visitors.īoth parks, as well as some of the surrounding areas, are still home to the four indigenous groups that make up the Tayrona Culture. Tayrona Park is the smaller of the two, and is located on the Caribbean coast, while the larger Sierra Nevada Park is slightly inland and its mountainous terrain creates a more humid biome compared to the surrounding area, which is semi-arid. The parks are close to each other, and to the city of Santa Marta, which serves as the gateway to the site.
As I understand it, the current iteration of this nomination consists of two National Parks, Parque Nacional Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, and Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona, each containing an interesting archeological site.
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