The vast majority of the park lies within the resguardo official territory of the purace indigenous group. Parque nacional natural chiribiquete wikimedia commons. Parque nacional purace is a national park two hours by bus from popayan. The purace national natural park is a national park located in the andean region of colombia. As of 2018, there are 60 nationally protected areas which cover about 169,545 km 2 65,462 sq mi and represent more than 14% of the countrys area. Purace national natural park parques nacionales naturales. Four of the countrys most important rivers originate within the area.
The name chingaza comes from chibcha and means middle of the width hydrography. Pnn purace is the only place in colombia you can see andean condors in the wild. Parque nacional natural purace travel colombia lonely planet. Parque nacional natural tayrona patrimonio natural. Parque nacional diria areas protegidas y parques nacionales. History landscape flora and fauna climate get in fees and permits. Tentative world heritage site 1993, parque nacional natural chiribiquete, natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty, object represents major stages of earths history, geological processes, example represents significant ongoing ecological and biological processes, significant natural habitats for insitu conservation of. Nearly a dozen of the great vultures were reintroduced to the park three remain.
Declared biosphere reserve by unesco in 1979, purace national natural park is a volcanic zone as can be seen in its numerous sulfur springs and its name, which means fire mountain in quechua. Republica an su decision apents circulads, is noticia denimius nmotru too mfis tolerable qua im, angustims. Its main feature is the active stratovolcano purace, one of colombias most active volcanoes. Explore parque nacional natural purace holidays and discover the best time and places to visit. The volcano purace, like many places in colombia, is a show that is seen and what is experienced, it is cold, because its in the middle of the wilderness and i the crater wind is strong, but t is very nice, there are birth water everywhere and much friary, but i cannot explain it sufficiently in words. Purace national natural park travel guide at wikivoyage. Parque nacional natural purace is a national park located in the andean region of colombia, southeast of the city of popayan in the cordillera central range. In good weather visitors can also summit volcan purace 4750m, the highest of the seven volcanoes in the coconuco range. The main attraction in the park is the purace volcano, which can be summited as a day trip. Join facebook to connect with parque nacional natural purace and others you may know. Parque nacional natural pnn purace colombia attractions. Caracterizacion ambiental del parque nacional natural. Parque nacional natural purace parques nacionales naturales.
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