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.
Colombian anthropologist Alvaro Soto discovered the Ciudad Perdida in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta 40 years ago.
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.
Seeking to heal the “Heart of the World” from the lingering impact of Columbus’ invasion, indigenous communities closed Tayrona National Park for November.
In Santa Marta and the Tayrona National Park, marine biologists are helping turtles reclaim their rightful place in our oceans.
The director of Global Heritage Fund’s Colombia program is an archaeologist whose ongoing work in ‘Ciudad Perdida’ has contributed to our understanding of the Tairona.
After a six year overhaul of a heritage house, the Central Bank relaunches Santa Marta’s Tairona Gold Museum.
Here The City Paper’s guide to sand, bays and those secluded coves in the not so remote ecosystem of Parque Tayrona.
Spanning three departments, Tayrona is an incredible destination, natural sanctuary and home to several indigenous cultures.