All About World Heritage Sites
Make traveling more meaningful
On August 7, Juan Manuel Santos ceased to be the president of Colombia and handed over the office to Iván Duque, who was the right-wing candidate for the Democratic Center…
Source: Colombia’s new president faces daunting environmental challenges
The Colombian neighborhood offers iconic Spanish-Colonial architecture and a robust nightlife…
The hip, waterfronted destinations of Cartagena, Istanbul, Auckland, Tokyo and Udaipur will set the scene for people looking for love, fun and adventure…
Source: Au revoir Paris: 5 new heart-tugging cities for romantic travellers
Get your passports ready, folks..
Panthera Onca. The jaguar. South America’s largest predatory carnivorous mammal. The Bogotá Post looks at this near threatened species’ role in relation to Chiribiquete National Park and indigenous culture, as well as the challenges its conservation poses.
Source: An animal under threat: the mysterious symbolism of the jaguar
For millennia, indigenous Colombians have been illustrating their mythology in rock art, but these national treasures laid hidden — and preserved — during decades of war between government forces and Marxist rebels. In the heart of the Guaviare jungle, a strategic area that armed groups continue to…
Colombia is now home to the world’s largest protected tropical rainforest and national park, with the recent expansion of its perimeters.
Source: This is now the world’s largest protected tropical rainforest
One of Colombia’s last remaining national environmental treasures, and the country’s largest national park, has been named a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Source: Chiribiquete National Park becomes Colombia’s 9th UNESCO World Heritage Site
