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Huila’s Archaeological Treasure

San Agustín Archaeological Park

In 1995, UNESCO declared San Agustín Archaeological Park a World Heritage Site. It is one of the most important symbols in the department thanks to the amazing works left by millenary, advanced cultures that inhabited the region before the Christian era. This majestic legacy is represented by collections of statues, stone reliefs, funerary mounds, cobblestone roads, embankments, and terraces.

Also part of the San Agustín treasure is Alto de los Idolos Archaeological Park, in the municipality of Isnos. Standing out are the artificial funerary mounds joined by an embankment – an artificial road of sorts filled with soil. Huila’s archaeological legacy is complemented by La Chaquira, La Pelota, and Purutal hills. In the first one, the carved stone figures located at the edge of the canyon of the Magdalena River are amazing. At La Pelota, figures with interesting details are found, the serpent and the eagle among them. In Purutal, the use of wild plants to color stone works is worth mentioning.

Towards the Water Factories

One of the sites that most appeals tourists is the Strait of the Magdalena River, where the river is only 2.20 meters wide.

The department of Huila is also an extensive region of natural and water resources that may be reached by horseback or hikes requiring a journey of several days. The main destination is the Colombian Massif, the huge area where the Andes Mountain Range splits into Colombia’s main mountain chains: Eastern, Western, and Central.

The Colombian Massif is a large area shared with the departments of Cauca and Nariño and is considered the country's most important source of water; the Caquetá, Putumayo, Cauca, and Magdalena Rivers originate there.

The Cueva de los Guácharos National Natural Park, one of the first natural areas to be declared (on November 9, 1960) worthy of protection, is located in the vicinity of the Colombian Massif. This 90 km² reserve preserves sub-Andean and Andean forests and páramos and owes its name to the Guácharo, a cave-dwelling, frugivorous bird.

Tatacoa Desert, Tourist Place in Huila

It is considered as a semiarid region and ideal for the study of astronomical observation. Located close to the urban area of the municipality Villavieja (northwestern Colombia), 38 kilometers from the city of Neiva. To access the wilderness itself is necessary

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