Spout Crystals

Spout Crystals

Spout Crystals is a river in Colombia which is located in the Sierra de la Macarena, in the town of the same name, in the department of Meta.

It has been called "the river of five colors ", " the rainbow melted " or also the most beautiful river in the world , as on your freshwater algae of different colors, producing the sensation of being reproduced against a river of five colors : red, yellow, green , blue and black , mainly.

Description

Being a smaller river length and width, Spout Crystalsmisses the 100 km in length and exceed 20 m wide. It is a succession of rapids, waterfalls , correones and pocetas whose waters flow from the south of the Serrania de la Macarena , where his birth is situated , behind the oldest tepuis of the Sierra in a rugged area plateau on which are numerous unexplored cave paintings. Those waters, such purity that displays the background and all the magic surrounding this beautiful river, run to the river Guayavero picking brazuelos passing countless rocky savannas of the Sierra.

The pipe ends without its characteristic colors as these have been lost in the La Cachivera , off road today actually , a road - running through it.

Because the rocky bed of Spout Crystals, just a rain of moderate intensity to grow their wealth in an impressive way and let traveler isolated on its banks , but the river usually decreases as quickly . During the summer, the waters were dried and red plants then get their chance to multiply. Of the Serrania de la Macarena down several streams as Indian pipe, pipe Yarumales and pipe Canoas , but only Spout Crystals, the river of five colors , has been called ' the most beautiful in the world ' .

Even, he was called “the river that ran away from paradise “by Andrés Hurtado, a Colombian hiker has unveiled the wonders of our planet. Yellow, blue, green, black and red, are five outrageous colors, which are explained by the presence of algae of different colors make this pipe a visual wonder. A poet called him “the rainbow melted.”

It should explain, called pipes smaller rivers length and width in the jungle compared to giants like Amazon, Guaviare, Caquetá and Putumayo. Spout Crystals misses the 100 km. or length exceeds 20 m. width

Tourism

To get to Spout Crystals, you need to travel in the department of Meta town of La Macarena (Meta). There are two ways to get from Villavicencio, in planes 3,5 and 6 passengers or freight DC3 departure every Saturday from Bogotá, live flight departure every Friday and return the same day. From La Macarena, you have to travel by boat , crossing the river Guayabera , then by car and finally an approximate 3km nature walk is done to the park entrance .

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