From Páramo to Páramo, Private Group

FROM PÁRAMO TO PÁRAMO, FROM CRUZ VERDE TO CHINGAZA

Departure on any date with a minimum of 2 prs (if you want to go alone, you must pay the 2 tourists fee).

***Tourism product with special mention by the ProColombia 2022 Tourism Awards in the Charming Regions Chaining category***.

The Gran Recorrido Andino, the ancestral roads of the Province of Oriente and the foothills of the Llanero Mountain Rangeuniting two regions, cultures, local initiatives and a lot of landscape through nature and community tourism.

The Gran Recorrido Andino is divided into three segments: Segment 1 From PARAMO TO PARAMO, Segment. 2 On the way to Meta through the Serranía del Dios de la Noche (God of the Night Mountain Range) (Chingaza in Muysca) y Segment 3 Through the Guatiquía Canyon, Water Mountains, Peace Trails.

FROM MOOR TO MOOR is traveled in 3 stages, crossing from Páramo de Cruz Verde to the Páramo de Chingaza. are 42 km. We will visit and walk through indigenous trails, sacred lagoons, frailejones forests, cloud forest, waterfalls, rural inns, different thermal floors. We will cross from the Paramo de Cruz Verde, down to the Rio Blanco Canyon and up to the Paramo de Chingaza. Ancestral PassportYou will be able to stamp it at different points of passage with representative icons of the places. At the end of the path you will become an Ancestral Walker.

Itinerary

Walking Distance: 42 km (in 3 stages)

Approximate time per stage: 6 - 9 hours per stage

Climate: cold, humid and muddy (Paramo) / remember it is a water-producing ecosystem. In the second stage there will be temperate to cold weather.

Ecosystem: Paramo

Positive difference in altitude: 2,700 mt + D

Negative difference in altitude: 2,100 mt -Dz

Location: Bogotá Rural Zone, Choachí Rural Zone, Fómeque Rural Zone, Chingaza NP Buffer Zone.

Start of hike: 45 minutes from Bogota

Attractions: Ancestral trails, royal road, sacred lagoons, community tourism, native forest, endemic and giant frailejones, waterfall, streams, birds, trail of the Andean bear (with the possibility of seeing it), seas of frailejones, moss mats, enchanted forests, mist, viewpoints.

ITINERARY

RURAL ZONE OF BACATÁ (Bogotá), CRUZ VERDE CROSS GREEN WILDLAND TO CHIGUACHÍA (Choachí)

Very early in the morning we will meet to take the transportation (private minimum 10) that will leave us at the starting point of our journey. This first day we will not have to walk with the luggage of the whole trip. We will start making a journey through the Cruz Verde moor, through its indigenous paths, we will pass by the sacred lagoon of Teusacá, then we will start our descent through the royal road that communicated the province with Bogotá and through a beautiful cloud forest. At the end of the royal road our transportation will be waiting for us to take us to the Explora Verde Refuge, where we will spend our first night.

Distance to be covered: 16KM approx.

Time Approx. 6 to 7 HOURS

Climbing altitude: 600 mt

Elevation gain descending: 850 mt

Maximum altitude: 3,553 meters above sea level.

Minimum altitude: 2,832 meters above sea level.

Temperature: Cold

Housing temperature: temperate

STAGE 2. FROM THE WHITE RIVER CANYON TO THE CHINGAZA PÁRAMO

The stage begins in the municipality of Choachí, after descending to the canyon of the white river, we begin our ascent to the Natural Reserve La Laja Chingaza, a place embedded between the Paramo de Chingaza, its magic will receive us, we will sleep in the middle of the fog, in its special inn of almost 100 years. After lunch we will be able to walk a little more through the reserve and its internal trails, see birds, possibly some deer and learn about its history and work for conservation.

Distance to be covered: 16 KM approx.

Time Approx. 7 HOURS

Climbing altitude: 1,613 mt

Elevation gain descending: 300

Maximum altitude: 3,235 meters above sea level

Minimum altitude: 1,637 meters above sea level.

Temperature: Cold

STAGE 3. CHINGAZA INTIMA A RESERVA MAZA FONTE

After a good rest immersed in the moor, recharged with a bath of frailejones and mist, we begin our last stage, we continue walking among the moor, we reached the highest point of the journey at 3.If we are lucky we will be able to see the Playa river and the Chingaza Lagoon, we begin our descent through one of the best preserved moor forests of Cundinamarca, we will pass by the Paramillo Lagoon and continue descending to a village of Choachí where our journey ends and a 4x4 vehicle awaits us to take us to lunch, change and go down to Choachí to take the intermunicipal transport to Bogota. End of the trip

Distance to be covered: 12 KM approx.

Time Approx. 6 to 8 HOURS

Climbing altitude: 600 mt

Elevation gain descending: 1,060 mt

Maximum altitude: 3,700 meters above sea level

Minimum altitude: 2,700 meters above sea level

Temperature: Cold

INCLUDES:

Price

PRICE PER PERSON (Minimum 2 persons)

X2 = $1,695,000 x prs

X3 = $1,435,000 x prs

X4 = $1.290.000 x prs

X5 = $1,190,000 x prs

X6 = $1,120,000 x prs

X7 = $1.090.000 x prs

X8 = $1.050.000 x prs

X9 = $1,000,000 x prs

X10 = $ 965,000 x prs

Includes

Transfer: Day 1: by public transport from Bogota to the beginning of the trek - Choachi - Bogota (15km from Bogota) - final transport to Chochi Day 2: from the lodge to Choachi. Day 3: from the end of the stage by 4x4 to Choachí and from Choachí to Bogotá by intermunicipal transport.

Payment of income to 3 private reserves (with this contribution you help them to continue their conservation work).

Lodging in bed 2 nights in shared room (1 night at Explora Verde Ecolodge - 1 night at La Laja Rural Inn in the Chingaza páramo).

Meals: Lunches: stages 1, 2 and 3 | Dinners: stages 1 and 2 | Breakfasts: stages 2 and 3 | Breakfast: stages 2 and 3

Guide

Insurance

Passport to be stamped by steps in places of interest: it will be a great souvenir!

Does not include

Snacks

How can you register?

Note: Just before paying, you must ask if there is still space available. You must pay in full

Activity levels

D) Sheet: High level, high demand, frequent physical activity.

Map

Frequent questions

What should you bring?

●Energy food, snacks Comfortable walking clothes and warm clothing. Waterproof jacket or coat Gloves and collar ●A change of clothes for the evenings, toiletries in small quantities. ●Shoes with good grip ●Suitcase to carry your things stored in bags so they don't get wet in case of rain. ●Recommended hiking poles. ●Reusable bottle to refill pure mountain water. ●Identity documents ●Blocker ●Cash ●The garbage you generate must come back with you.

Can I schedule groups?

Of course you can schedule your activity for Private Groups on any date, please send us an email to info@exploraverde.co.

How demanding is the crossing?

The Travesía is beautiful, requires good physical condition and good health, do not suffer from knees, there are steep descents and ascents.

Shall we enter the Chingaza Natural Park?

We do not enter the park, we want to remind you that the paramo is very large and is not only the park, it belongs to 11 municipalities and all have part of the paramo. You will be in the Paramo in the buffer zone, we will enter two private reserves supported by parks to extend the conservation corridor of its biodiversity. You will be able to see the same ecosystem and the best thing is that with your payment you support these private initiatives to prosper.

Is it safe to see the Andean bear?

The probability of seeing it has increased because its population has increased thanks to conservation and awareness of its care, however it is in the wild, in the day it can travel many kilometers and has a whole moor to go through it, we can not guarantee its sighting, we can observe feeders, footprints and even feces... We will also depend on the will of the pachamama.

From Páramo to Páramo, Private Group

Itinerary

Price

Includes

Does not include

How can you register?

Activity levels

Map

Frequent questions

What should you bring?

Can I schedule groups?

How demanding is the crossing?

Shall we enter the Chingaza Natural Park?

Is it safe to see the Andean bear?

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