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Overview

Highlights:

  • Explore one of the most beautiful snow caped ranges in Colombia
  • Impressive views of Pulpit of the Devil and Pan de Azucar peak.

Trip details:

  • Duration of the trip: 4 days and 3 nights (We depart from Bogotá on the first day at 8:00pm)
  • Trekking time: 2 to 8 hours daily.
  • Distance: 2-15 kms each day.
  • Ecosystem: rain forest, paramount and glaciar.
  • Climate: cold.
  • Elevation: 2.750 – 4.900 meters above sea level (m.a.s.l).

For decades the Sierra Nevada of Cocuy, Guican y Chita has been visited by mountaineers and climbers, both foreign and national.  For those who enjoy climbing rocks, ice, and snow, or those who enjoy hiking or camping, the Sierra Nevada of Cocuy is a true paradise.  Its majestic mountains, highlands, and forests represent different altitudes which offer the delights of the most daring adventures.

This mountain ridge is made up of a series of snow-capped peaks that are unique in the eastern mountain chain. The group represents the largest snow mass which still exists in Colombia. In the zone of perpetual snows in the park, elevations are from 4,700 to 5,330 m.a.s.l.

The Sierra Nevada is ordinarily reached from Guican and El Cocuy. These are connected by a navigable road, 43 kilometers in length, which passes through Alto de la Cueva, from which three main access roads are available:  Valle de Lagunillas (to the south), Hacienda La Esperanza and Cabañas Kanwara (to the north).

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Dates

  • 28th March to 1st April, 2018 Sold out!!!
  • 18th to 22nd July, 2018
  • 3rd to 7th August, 2018
  • 12th to 16th December, 2018
  • 21st to 25th December, 2018
  • 28th December, 2018 to 1st January, 2019
  • 3rd to 7th January, 2019
  • 9th to 13th January, 2019
  • 16th to 20th January, 2019
You can also book this trip year around. Please contact us to send you a quotation.

Price

# participants Price/ participant
1 COP$ 2.190.000
2 COP$ 1.320.000
3 COP$ 1.090.000
4 o más COP$ 890.000

Note:

  • Foreigners not resident in Colombia have an additional charge of $40,000 per person
    Foreigners residing in Colombia, with CE, have an additional charge of $10,000 per person

 

How to book

For bookings please email us to info@ecoglobalexpeditions.com or call us to Ph: (+571) 616 9088 – 579 3402 Mobile: (+57) 310 823 3974

You can also book this trip year around. Please contact us to send you a quotation.

What’s included

  • Transfer Bogota – El Cocuy – Bogota / public coach
  • Transfer El Cocuy – to the mountain / prívate 4×4
  • 1 Hotel night at El Cocuy
  • 2 Lodging nights in mountain cabins
  • Full board
  • English speaker guide and Logistics
  • Medical insurance

What’s not included

  • Last day meals
  • National Park Permit
  • Personal equipment
  • Tips
  • Additional drinks
  • Local, national or international calls
  • Activities not included in the itinerary

Itinerary

Note: the following itineraries are informative and may change without notice according to weather conditions or unforeseen events that may arise.

Día 0

Bogotá – El Cocuy (2.800 m / 9.200 ft) / 10-12 hr trip Public Coach (daily buses leaving from Terminal de Transportes de Bogota (8:00 pm)

Día 1

  • El Cocuy – Mountain cabins (3.800 m / 12.500 ft)  / 1 hr road 4×4
  • Lunch
  • Acclimatization hike

Día 2

  • Cabins – Valle de Lagunillas (4.300 m / 14.000 ft) high altitude acclimatization return trek / 4-6 hr hike
  • Lunch and free time

Día 3

  • Cabins – Pulpit of the Devil snow edge return trek (4.900 m / 16.000 ft) / 8-10 hr hike
  • Cabins – El Cocuy / 1hr 4×4 road

Día 4

  • El Cocuy – Bogotá / 10-12 hr trip Public Coach

Travel tips

Personal equipment list:

  • Day pack – 20 / 35 lt.
  • Back packing / Trekking leather boots
  • Synthetic / wool socks (2 pair)
  • Sun glasses (UV400)
  • Rain pants and jacket / technical shell – gore-tex
  • Thermal underwear
  • Synthetic / polar fleece pants and jacket
  • Gloves
  • Gaiters (optional)
  • Head lamp and extra batteries
  • 2 lt Water containers (Nalgene type)
  • Trekking poles
  • Personal toiletries
  • Small towel
  • Sun block # 60/100
  • Beanie
  • Hat/Cap
  • Camera and / or binoculars
  • Identity documents (passport)
  • Personal medicine
  • Keep all your clothing and equipment in plastic bags
  • Do not wear military camouflage clothes