Thousands of humpback whales to converge on Colombia’s Pacific Coast
This week marks the beginning of Colombia’s annual whale watching season with up to 3,000...
Category: Pacific
Colombia’s Los Katios Park no longer in danger: UNESCO
Due to “significant improvements” against human destruction, UNESCO removed...
Colombia’s largest tourism operator abandons Pacific island after FARC attack
Colombia’s largest tourism operator, Aviatur, has suspended all operations on the Pacific...
A reinvented train journey transforms tourism in Colombia’s tiny San Cipriano
San Cipriano, a tiny village in west Colombia, has reinvented the wheel, or at least the train...
Boisterous San Pacho festival set to kick-off in western Colombia
The western Colombian city of Quibdo is set to celebrate the San Pacho festival, a 32-day...
San Pacho Festival takes hold of western Colombian capital
The San Pacho festival, a celebration held in the western department of Choco, is underway and...
Bahia Malaga / Uramba National Park
Bahia Malaga, located in the Uramba National Park, is mostly known for humpback whales who grace Colombia’s Pacific waters between June and November, but also worth a visit because of its mind boggling ecological diversity. No...
6 more days of partying, 1 of reflection for San Pacho
The San Pacho twenty-day festival will continue partying for one more week before ending on October 4 just in time for a day of reflection. In the city of Quibdo, the capital of western department Choco, the people celebrate the...
Western Colombia to kick off San Pacho festival
Over two weeks of partying to celebrate the feast day of Quibdo’s patron saint San Pacho will kick off September 20th in Colombia’s capital of the western Choco department. Saint Francis of Assisi is affectionately...
Colombia’s Choco aims to exploit tourism potential
Colombia’s Pacific department Choco is trying to convert itself into a potential tourism center to generate more employment in the region, reported Caracol Radio Wednesday. Though the western department of Choco currently...
Surfers take on Colombia’s Pacific waves (video)
A group of American surfers traveled to Nuqui to try out the waves of Colombia’s Pacific coast. According to surfers’ weblog Windsurf Colombia, it was second time the Blueline Paddlesurf team from Santa Barbara hit...
Choco gets wild for San Pacho celebration (video)
Parades, processions, and parties are in abundance in Quibdo, the capital of the Choco department as its inhabitants and visitors celebrate the patron saint San Pacho, lasting until October 5. Throw into the mix some floats,...
