Protected areas and nature reserves are fundamental not only for safeguarding biodiversity, but also for promoting ecotourism and environmental education in Valle del Cauca. Each national park and reserve has distinctive attributes, ranging from paramos and sub-Andean forests to lush tropical rainforests, beaches and crystal clear rivers.
They include rock formations that reach 4,100 meters above sea level and 15,000 hectares of the western mountain range of Colombia. This park allows you to admire majestic natural landscapes and a fauna rarely seen in the common areas of the city of Cali. Among its tourist attractions are the rivers whose flows generate electricity for the surrounding areas. This makes this reserve a naturally self-sustainable space.
Park status: Open to the public
Size: 15,000 hectares
Temperature: 5ºC – 25ºC
Year of creation: 1998
Height: 200 – 4,100 masl
Cali’s clear days have an added attraction. From there, you can see the majestic blue peaks of the Farallones de Cali that separate the Pacific and Cauca river basins in the imposing Western Cordillera.
Los Farallones are the youngest rock formations of the Western Andes and the largest protected area in the Valley. Los Farallones is home to more than 540 species of birds, an impressive variety of flora and fauna, and the source of more than 30 rivers that supply the southwest of Colombia.
With 2,667,908 hectares and an altitude of up to 330 meters above sea level, this important ecosystem temple was declared an Important Bird Area (IBA) in 2005 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2006.
It is located on the island of the same name, approximately 500 kilometers west of the port of Buenaventura.
It consists of 51,900 protected hectares of high scientific interest, an intact natural refuge for many plant and animal species. The highest part, in the Western Cordillera, is home to the Tatamá páramo, which along with those of Frontino and El Duende are the only three páramos in Colombia that have not suffered human alteration. Their altitude varies between 2,000 and 4,200 meters above sea level.
Park status: Open to the public
Size: 51,900 ha
Temperature: 25ºC – 30ºC
Year of creation: 1987
Altitude: 2000 – 4,200 m above sea level
On the western Colombian mountain range, in the limits of the departments of Chocó, Risaralda and Valle del Cauca. Confluence between the Biogeographic Pacific and the Eje Cafetero.
Tatamá Park is a protected area of high scientific interest, and an intact natural refuge for many plant and animal species. The highest part, in the Cordillera Occidental mountain range, is home to the Tatamá páramo, which, along with those of Frontino and El Duende, are the only three páramos in Colombia that have not suffered human alteration.
Home to the black anthurium and 564 species and morphospecies of orchids and trees with fine woods, some in danger of extinction.
The park is home to more than 400 species of birds, more than 100 species of reptiles, endemic fauna of the Andes, jaguar and puma species, and the Colombian weasel, Mustela felipei, which has been catalogued as the rarest mammal in South America, among many others.
Located in the heart of Buenaventura, it includes a line of the lowest tide, in addition to a group of islands, islets and adjacent marine shallows. It is an important offer for ecotourism and environmental education, and the annual arrival of humpback whales is its main attraction. Its extension is about 47,094 hectares and its height varies between 0 and 20 meters above sea level.
Park status: Open to the public
Size: 47,094 ha
Temperature: 25ºC – 30ºC
Year of creation: 2010
Height: 0 masl
Located in the middle portion of the Colombian Pacific coast, in Buenaventura.
Warm climate with permanent rain all year round.
Very humid tropical forest, beaches, cliffs, islands, body of water with soft and rocky seabed.
In 2010, more than 47,000 marine hectares of Malaga Bay in the District of Buenaventura were declared as the Malaga Bay Uramba National Natural Park with the intention of conserving the marine and coastal ecosystems of the bay as a fundamental support for the biodiversity they possess. Thus, it is intended to articulate in a functional way with indigenous reserves, collective territories of black communities, the Málaga Bay Integrated Management District and the Regional Natural Park of La Sierpe.
The area has a great diversity of almost 1,400 species of flora and fauna.
The Bay is recognized worldwide as a migration destination for humpback whales, which seek warm waters for reproductive purposes and to raise their calves.
There are two options to access the park from Bogotá:
It is recommended to bring cool, quick-drying and waterproof clothing, bathing suit, boots, camera, flashlight and batteries. It is also recommended to have a tetanus vaccine.
The park’s main ecosystems are Andean forests, sub-páramo, and páramo, because it has temperate and cold climate zones. Its territory is distributed over the municipalities of Rioblanco, Planadas and Chaparral in Tolima, Palmira, Buga, El Cerrito, Tuluá and Pradera in Valle del Cauca. It has about 125,000 hectares and an altitude between 1,600 and 4,200 meters above sea level.
Park status: Open to the public
Size: 125,000 ha
Temperature: 25ºC – 30ºC
Year of creation: 1998
Altitude: 1,600 – 4,500 m above sea level
Cordillera Central over the municipalities of Tuluá, Buga, Cerritos and Pradera in Valle and Río Blanco in Tolima. The park is located in the dividing region between the Magdalena and Cauca river basins.
Laguna Las Mellizas, Santa Teresa, Las Truchas, Páramo de El Rocío and Cañón de las Hermosas, among others.
The park has a great variety of ecosystems, due to its location in an altitudinal range that goes from 1,600 to 4,500 meters above sea level. There are extensive moorlands and Andean forests. It has a wealth of water resources represented by almost 400 wetlands of glacial origin of up to 53 hectares and hundreds of rivers that originate and flow into the surrounding municipalities.
There are reports of sightings of spectacled bears, mountain tapirs, pumas, ocelots, monkeys, otters, a great variety of birds and other species typical of the Andes.
The presence of the wax palm, the national tree, and different species of pine, frailejon and cedar, among others, is noteworthy.
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