If you`re thinking of visiting the Pacific Ocean coast of Colombia, know that there are various options which offer opportunities for salt-water fishing, whale watching and beach vacations. Here are three: - Bahia Solano, a resort town in the northern sector of the Pacific Coast. Some major sport fishing tournaments are held here annually. There are nature walks and diving tours available as well as a number of basic but acceptable hotels. Two major luxury hotels also offer accommodations here. The town has one of the few Pacific Coast located airports and the only one in the northern sector of the coast. One of Colombia`s largest, most beautiful national parks, Parque Nacional Utria, is located but a 20-minute boat ride away. The park, which includes a generous section of the coast and Pacific Ocean waters as well, houses one of the largest concentrations of tropical wildlife and marine life for this section of South America outside of Brazil. Frequently, marine scientists congregate in the area to study the amazing conglomeration of aquatic life found here. - Nuqui, a regional county seat is another Pacific coastal town boasting airport service. There are also a handful of decent hotels offering full amenities, meals and regional tours. The central Colombian coast location of Nuqui is convenient for watching migration of Humpback whales during the spring. During late summer to early fall, the migration reverses as the whales with their newborn calves turn south to head for southern Pacific Ocean waters off the coasts of Chile and Antarctica. Porpoises, seals and freshwater aquatic life are in abundance too as are natural thermal baths and protected environmental zones featuring wildlife which you can get very close and personal with. Just be careful. Yes, they bite. If you have an interest in visiting indigenous Embera Indian villages, there are a number of these located near Nuqui to which tours or visits can be arranged.Buenaventura, a sometimes unacceptably dangerous environment, this unkempt, shabby city is the largest on the Pacific coast of Tours in Colombia and is driveable from the city of Cali and the central coffee region of the country.
Travel and Living in Colombia: Pacific Coast Whale Watching
If you`re thinking of visiting the Pacific Ocean coast of Colombia, know that there are various options which offer opportunities for salt-water fishing, whale watching and beach vacations. Here are three: - Bahia Solano, a resort town in the northern sector of the Pacific Coast. Some major sport fishing tournaments are held here annually. There are nature walks and diving tours available as well as a number of basic but acceptable hotels. Two major luxury hotels also offer accommodations here. The town has one of the few Pacific Coast located airports and the only one in the northern sector of the coast. One of Colombia`s largest, most beautiful national parks, Parque Nacional Utria, is located but a 20-minute boat ride away. The park, which includes a generous section of the coast and Pacific Ocean waters as well, houses one of the largest concentrations of tropical wildlife and marine life for this section of South America outside of Brazil. Frequently, marine scientists congregate in the area to study the amazing conglomeration of aquatic life found here. - Nuqui, a regional county seat is another Pacific coastal town boasting airport service. There are also a handful of decent hotels offering full amenities, meals and regional tours. The central Colombian coast location of Nuqui is convenient for watching migration of Humpback whales during the spring. During late summer to early fall, the migration reverses as the whales with their newborn calves turn south to head for southern Pacific Ocean waters off the coasts of Chile and Antarctica. Porpoises, seals and freshwater aquatic life are in abundance too as are natural thermal baths and protected environmental zones featuring wildlife which you can get very close and personal with. Just be careful. Yes, they bite. If you have an interest in visiting indigenous Embera Indian villages, there are a number of these located near Nuqui to which tours or visits can be arranged.Buenaventura, a sometimes unacceptably dangerous environment, this unkempt, shabby city is the largest on the Pacific coast of Tours in Colombia and is driveable from the city of Cali and the central coffee region of the country.