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Pictograms in the Chiribiquete National Park.

Lines on Stone: The Millennial Rock Art of the La Lindosa Range

By Richard Emblin - November 20, 2025

At the eastern fringes of the Andes, where the Orinoco River Basin unfurls in an ondulating canvas of green, punctuated by majestic rivers and sandstone mesas, lies one of the world’s most astonishing open-air galleries of human existence. The Serranía de La Lindosa, in the department of Guaviare, is a monumental tableau carved by nature […]

Monumental Rock Art discovery along the Colombia-Venezuela Orinoco River

By The City Paper Staff - June 6, 2024

British and Colombian archaeologists have uncovered monumental 2,000-year-old rock art along the Colombia-Venezuela Orinoco River, revealing a sophisticated prehistoric society.

Colombia’s Museo Nacional explores the hidden mysteries of Chiribiquete

By Richard Emblin - July 17, 2020

The National Museum will host on Friday the virtual inauguration of its temporary exhibition Chiribiquete: The Jaguar and The Butterfly.

Scientists identify hundreds of species in Colombia’s Chiribiquete Park

By The City Paper Staff - November 26, 2019

A scientific expedition carried out in the river basins of Puerto Abeja, Mesay and Cun?are has revealed more than 300 species inside this protected parkland.

Fernando Urbina and the Spanish Conquest in Rock Art

By Richard Emblin - November 27, 2018

Fernando Urbina has dedicated 40-years of research to Colombia’s ancient rock art. His discovery of petroglyphs in remote territories show the first contact between conquistadores and Amazonian tribes.

Chiribiquete grows to size of Switzerland with UNESCO World Heritage List

By Richard Emblin - July 9, 2018

After the announcement by UNESCO of Chiribiquete’s World Heritage status, the Colombian government expanded the size of the park to a total of 4 million hectares.

Guaviare’s Serranía La Lindosa receives protected status by ICANH

By Richard Emblin - June 7, 2018

The Serrania de La Lindosa in Guaviare has been given protected status by ICANH to save its ancient rock face pictograms.

Colombia’s Chiribiquete aims for UNESCO recognition

By Richard Emblin - October 13, 2017

Chiribiquete National Park has been proposed to UNESCO as a World Natural Heritage site. The largest of all protected parks in Colombia is also one of the most topographically diverse.

HRH Prince Charles visits the Chiribiquete natural park.

HRH Prince Charles visits Colombia’s majestic Chiribiquete

By Richard Emblin - November 18, 2014

HRH Prince Charles visits Colombia’s majestic PNN Chiribiquete thanks to invitation by President Juan Manuel Santos.

President Santos expands protection of Colombia’s PNN Chiribiquete

By Richard Emblin - September 9, 2013

Covering 2.7 million hectacres of pristine rainforest, Chiribiquete National Park is Colombia’s jewel of biodiversity.