The Chingaza National Park is a natural and cultural treasure of central Colombia, the magic of its mountains keeps secrets and thoughts inherited from the Muiscas and the Guayupes, indigenous peoples who protected this territory, as well as peasant communities that inhabited the region less than 40 years. Today it is a refuge for fauna and flora of the Andes that reveal the secret of life to the visitor.
It was created in May 1977, It is located in the Eastern Cordillera of the Colombian Andes, northeast of Bogotá. The park has an extension of 76,600 hectares and heights between 800 and 4,050 meters above sea level. It has warm, temperate, cold and moor climates. It comprises ecosystems as varied as wetlands, rainforests and humid forests. The temperature ranges between 4 and 21.5 ° C. The rivers Guatiquía and Frío are born there, and the abundant rains create lagoons such as Siecha and Chingaza.