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TATACOA DESERT
BY JESSICA ALFONSO
Colombia is a beautiful country with a great diversity of Inside the Tatacoa Desert you can do a lot of
flora and fauna like fantastic landscapes, amazing beaches activities like: Firs to visit The Astronomical observatory
and deserts but it only has four deserts, each one is located of Tatacoa, this plan is the most important and you can’t
in a different place and they have different features. One miss it because in the observatory
them is The Tatacoa Desert or called The Valley of Sadness constellations and also, you will learn about astronomy
too, the second biggest one and it is located a few hours and Greek mythology. Second in the day you have to
from Neiva, its weather is pleasant and you can be able to walk around Kuzco and the Pitches, the desert is divided
do different activities also you will find a lot of hotels with in two areas and this is its feature; Kuzco is renowned for
reasonable prices.Do you like to travel? Know new places? If it striking red color and Pitches has a gray color also you
you answer is “Yes” you have to know this place because it is can visit the Valley of wishes, this place is special
incredible also very recommended for different tourists. because people do a pyramid with rocks and each one is
you can see 88
a wish. Other activities for to do are: to go to
Before starting this trip is necessary that you know about
the location and weather of this place. First you must arrive
Paleontological Museum of Villavieja,
Casa Totumo
Handcrafted Museum and to try typical food.
to Neiva and then you will take a bus to Villavieja in the
station bus, this trip lasts for about 2 hours then, you will
take a minivan or motorcycle for 15 minutes and tickets
have a cost around 8.000 – 15.000 Colombian pesos. The
climate is warm. At noon it can reach up to 43 degrees but
during the night the temperature falls to 18 degrees. An
important datum is: The Tatacoa desert is not a desert but it
is a tropycal dry forest. It doesn’t have a lot of animals or
plants; however, many years ago it was a garden and it had
a lot of plants and Tatacoa Desert was named by the
conquistador Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada.
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TheAstronomical observatory of
Tatacoa
December 2019