How to explore the Tatacoa desert? How is a Tatacoa desert tour ? Here is our 4th day of our Colombia tour where we discovered an exceptional place and a colorful and preserved nature.
The Tatacoa desert a real desert?
No, you should know that it is in fact a dry forest and not a real desert. With a total area of 330 km2, this zone is formed by the red zone of Cuzco (red desert) and the gray zone of Los Hoyos (gray desert).
Tatacoa Desert Tour
The tuc-tuc (which must be reserved in advance see article: Organization of the Tatacoa Desert visit) pick you up from the hotel. It drops you directly at the top of the red desert and lets you hike freely for 1 to 2 hours.
It is to my taste the more beautiful of the two. The colors are incredible and the scenery is total!
Then, the tuc-tuc takes you to the gray desert. Several stops to enjoy nice views… Then, the driver gets off with you and provides you with a beautiful guided tour of this surprising desert. The latter is much more bland than the red desert but our guide was able to tell us anecdotes, make us guess shapes, joke with us and thus make the visit very interesting. The hike takes about 45 minutes.
You will have free time to bathe in a pool that they say is “natural” which actually means it is filled with natural water from a spring in the desert basement. Price: 4 COP.
At the end of 4h00, the tuc tuc brings us back to our Hotel.
Be aware that you can camp in the desert if you want to spend several days there because there are campsites and restaurants on the site.
The next day, we will take the road to go to the coffee region :
We will live an episode of the roads of the impossible