Grand and solitary, El Cocuy, spans three departments: Boyacá, Santander and Cundinamarca. With its high-altitude lakes and wetlands – páramos – this national park can be for the novice hiker somewhat intimidating as it extends 1,500 square kilometers and forms part of one of the most impressive mountain ranges on the continent. Experienced climbers with crampons and ice axes can tackle the El Toti glacier and the rock face of the Devil’s Pulpit. Rising above 4,600 meters a.s.l, El Cocuy, offers incredible views of remote valleys and snow-capped peaks. More than 700 rare and endemic plants exist in the park as well as deer, Andean condors and mountain tigers.
