Exotic Places of Colombia # 4 Series: Exotic Places

Hello friends, good morning today, in the delivery number 4 of the series Exotic Places, I bring you the great DESERT OF TATACOA located in my beautiful country COLOMBIA

The tatacoa desert is Colombia's second most arid terrain after the Guajira peninsula, it is one of the most exotic natural places in Colombia. Where its land extends with more than 330 square kilometers with a land of ocher and gray color decorated with its green cactus.

La Tatacoa or the Valley of Sorrows, as the conquistador Jiménez de Quesada called it in 1538, because of the signs of deterioration in its territory, is not just a desert, but a dry tropical forest.

This arid zone is located in the north of the department of Huila, approximately 38 kilometers from the capital of the same department (Neiva), the desert is a rich fossil site of all kinds and a beautiful tourist destination

The Tatacoa desert is a place with a special geographic location with 3º13 'of Latitude North and 75º10' of Longitude West, near the Terrestrial Equator. From there, you can appreciate and do different activities like.

Observe the 88 constellations.

Carrying out the various objects

Appreciate natural phenomena such as meteor shower.

I hope you have enjoyed nature, have a good day

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