The most beautiful tourist destinations in the world ( part 7 )

Tayrona Park in Colombia: a unique experience on the coast of the Caribbean

This article can Nkhtzareth in four words, "a unique place." This is a more accurate description of the Tayrona National Natural Park in Columbia; scene there is different and varies with Caribbean beaches and desert areas and rainforest.

Tayrona park .. natural diversity in geography, climate, and the manifestations of beauty

Tayrona is a nature reserve in Colombia is located north of the Caribbean, followed by more than 34 kilometers, including the city of "Santa Marta." The park covers about 30 square kilometers of the Caribbean Sea, about 150 square kilometers of land wild. The second most natural parks in terms of the number of visitors, and in 2009 had more than 211 thousand visitors.

Tayrona Park include large tracts of rainforest

Featuring Park Tayrona Natural Tayrona National Natural Park the diversity of biological large, and the diversity of a unique geographical Faisal rise in some parts to 900 meters above sea level, and comprises different places of the sandy beaches of the Caribbean Sea in the north to the rainforest at an altitude of 600 meters on the southern border of the park, For the western part of it barren desert stretches where the hills and spread types of desert plants such as cactus, the central and eastern parts of the park are more moisture and are covered by the rainforest, and the rainy season is during the months of May and June and from September to November

Attract Tayrona Park on the shores of the Caribbean travelers

And a lot of travelers are attracted to the shores of the garden shaded by palm trees and coconuts, and is considered the shores of Tayrona of the most beautiful beaches of Columbia, and are found in the depths of some coral reefs and provide opportunities for fans of diving, but is required to bring all diving equipment from the city of Santa Marta, where there is no place for equipment rental in the park .

One of the tigers that live in the forest between the jungles of Tayrona Natural Park

Tayrona park and embraces many of the animals of scientists around 108 species of mammals, 300 species of birds, including the types of organisms rarely exist elsewhere. One of the main population Garden of animals, type of monkey called a howler black, and Alounsella oncilla, deer, and more than 70 types of bats, in addition to the 300 species of birds, most notably the White Eagle, and also 31 Type of reptiles and 401 species of marine fish and river.

It also embraces the Park Tayrona in Colombia several archaeological sites are important, such as those located in the city of Tayrona from the era before the discovery of Colombia, and the lives of at least 400 indigenous people are descended from the people of Tayrona original old, and enlisted community of their own yet, and still revere some of these sites.

One of the camps housing and environmental center of Tayrona Park

To access the Tayrona park you should ride the bus for 45 minutes from the central station near the market in Santa Marta, costing the equivalent of 2.64 USD, but if you want to go more comfortable You can take a taxi alone amounting to nearly $ 30.

And Tnntha paved road at the Palomino area, which represents the last leg of the bus or any kind of transportation, and then begins to non-paved road that leads initially to the beach. And then transportation may not exceed the horses, mules or donkeys, this might be a fun way to do this trip, and it takes to get there on foot 45 minutes.

In the end, the Tayrona National Park contains the remains of a place of history and anecdotes what remains of living organisms, in addition to the nature of the habit of charming cities of South America. Do not you see that the combination of such worthy that you see?

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