A trek to the Lost City is an obligatory part of the Colombian “adventure,” but the human footprint must respect ancestral ways and the pristine nature.
Minca, in the hills above Santa Marta, has positioned itself as an obligatory destination on the travel circuit of the coast. Here, an insider’s guide to this tropical hideaway.
After an extra-terrestrial walk into the foothills of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, hikers can enjoy a day of picking tropical fruit on a farm catering to green tourism.
The Arhuaco of the Sierra Nevada have regained 500 hectares of ancestral lands with the Forest Wardens Heart of the World program
An 8-year old boy has died after a caiman attacked him while he was swimming in a local river near the Tayrona National Park.
The Ministry of Culture has designated the ancestral knowledge of the four indigenous communities that reside in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta as intangible cultural patrimony of Colombia.
Closed for one month by the indigenous groups that inhabit the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, the PNN Tayrona reopens confirming the existence of endangered jaguars, pumas and the paujil.
The recent rise in deaths among the Kogi peoples of Colombia’s Sierra Nevada is being blamed on a mysterious respiratory-related illness.
One of the preferred vacation destinations on the coast, Santa Marta continues to innovate with more options for the demanding traveler.
Colombian anthropologist Alvaro Soto discovered the Ciudad Perdida in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta 40 years ago.
A New England family’s chance encounter with Colombians in Puerto Rico led them to explore the South American nation — and they loved what they saw.
The Cienaga Grande has been under threat since industrial agriculture arrived on the coastal lowlands. Today, the situation is even more critical given mega infrastructure.
Thought to be extinct, a small rodent has been rediscovered in the Sierra Nevada and now focus of a major scientific expedition
Inspired by the bestselling novel The Beach, two brothers created a surfer’s paradise in a remote stretch of Tayrona.
Santa Marta made conservation history in Colombia when a giant leatherback turtle that came ashore on a tourist beach gave birth to many hatchlings.
A nearly 6-foot long, 1,000 pound sea turtle crawled on to a Santa Marta beach early Monday morning to lay its eggs.