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From Bogota: Trail to Choachi Andean Bear House

By Conserva con Ciencia
Free cancellation available
Price is €220 per adult* *Get lower prices by selecting more than 2 adults
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 8h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages
Overview
  • Complete immersion in the biodiversity of the Páramo and high Andean forest.
  • An educational and enriching experience guided by biology experts.
  • A place to see endemic species of Colombian birds, orchids, bears.
  • Forests preserved thanks to the community work of farmers and local tour guides
  • Learn about the indigenous culture and the local flora and fauna
Activity location
    • Bogotá
    • Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia
Meeting/Redemption Point
    • Cl. 6 #15-28, Bogotá, Colombia | The meeting point will be at the transport terminal Transoriente Cl. 6 #15-28, Bogota, Colombia, at 6:50am. At this point the tour guide will be waiting for you to accompany you throughout the experience.
    • Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia

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From Bogota: Choachi Andean Bear House Trail, PRIVATE experience
  • Activity duration is 8 hours8h
    8h
  • English

Experience the home of the Andean bear and the giant frailejones privately and any day of the week. Enjoy an immersive experience just for you or your group of friends, couple or family.

Starting time: 06:50
Price details
€219.71 x 1 Adult€219.71

Total
Price is €219.71

What's included, what's not

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    Entrance to the Community Reserve
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    Accident insurance
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    Rental of wellington boots
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    Transport from Bogota to Choachi
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    4X4 transport from Choachi to the starting point of the tour.
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    Digital photographic record
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    Environmental interpretation
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    1 local guide and 1 professional biologist tour guide.
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    Possible sighting of the Spectacled Bear
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    Visit and recognition of sites of interest (lagoon paramillo, bear viewpoint, waterfall tuche)
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    Coffee
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    Food
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    Hydration
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    Shopping from locals
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    Trekking poles (you can rent them with us)

Know before you book

  • Not allowed: Alcohol and drugs, Alcoholic drinks in the vehicle, Prams, Baby buggies, Bikes, Drinks in the vehicle, Explosive substances, Feeding animals, Intoxication, Making noise, Party groups, Pets, Pets (assistance dogs allowed), Plastic bottles, Smoking in the vehicle
  • Not suitable for: Babies under 1 year, People over 220 lbs (100 kg), People over 243 lbs (110 kg), People over 254 lbs (115 kg), People over 260 lbs (118 kg), People over 275 lbs (125 kg), People over 297 lbs (135 kg), People over 331 lbs (150 kg), People over 70 years, People over 75 years, People over 95 years, People with epilepsy, People with kidney problems, People with mobility impairments
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

What you can expect

This experience starts in Bogota at 6:50am, from where we will take a van for 1 hour and 15 minutes to the town of Choachi, from there we will take a 4x4 vehicle that will take us for 50 minutes to the beginning of the trail, during this time we will have the opportunity to see beautiful Andean landscapes, with rugged mountains and peasant trails.

Around 9:30am we will be at the starting point of the trek, where we will be accompanied by an additional local guide, member of the peasant association that has achieved a process of ecosystem restoration in this place.
Our experience will be led by a biologist tour guide who will be telling and teaching us little by little all the ecological and biological details of this incredible ecosystem.

We will ascend progressively through the forest, passing the agricultural frontier, the recovering forests until we reach the primary forest, where we will find the highest frailejones forest in the world. A place considered endemic to Colombia and Choachí. This beautiful forest is the home of the Andean bear, so there are several chances to see it in some of the trails that we will be travelling.

We will see exotic orchids, birds, giant trees and an incredible diversity of Andean flowers. During the tour our tour guide will tell us incredible details of several of the species that we will encounter. It is an immersion in knowledge and mountaineering.

After ascending for almost 2 hours, we will arrive at the Paramillo Lagoon, a beautiful lagoon where water flows directly from Chingaza and the buffer forest. At this point we will have lunch with snacks and enjoy a rest with a spectacular view of the forest.

Later, we will go to the viewpoint of the bear, a hill that will allow us to have a view of the entire forest and to get there we must cross the cloud forest that has an incredible state of conservation, the so-called primary forest.

We will enjoy the ascent and descent to our next point, the Tuche waterfall where we can refresh ourselves if the day is sunny or do a meditation to enjoy the tranquility of the place and the strength and energy of the sound of water.

From here, we will continue our way down, to retake the 4x4 vehicle, return to the entrance of the rural tourism association, then to Choachi and then to Bogota.

Location

Activity location
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    • Bogotá
    • Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia
Meeting/Redemption Point
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    • Cl. 6 #15-28, Bogotá, Colombia | The meeting point will be at the transport terminal Transoriente Cl. 6 #15-28, Bogota, Colombia, at 6:50am. At this point the tour guide will be waiting for you to accompany you throughout the experience.
    • Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia