La Calera Amazónica

The place is a rustic construction located in a beatiful landscape near to te "Hacha" river and also has an awesome lookout where the visitor can breath fresh air. La calera amazónica has a great gastronomical offert with typical food from the area, national and international drinks, ice cream and many other attractions. This place offers different activities to the tourists such as hiking, swims and enjoyable activities on the beaches of "Hacha" river. La Calera Amazónica also has balconies destined to watch the wildlife around; the tourist can be in contact with animals like monkeys, macaws, parrots, herons, "Piracocus" -a kind of fish- and other species. There it is possible to find lakes for practicing sport fishing. As well, in this area the traveler can practice mountain biking or tourism biking taking the trail besides "La Perdiz" gorge and walks towards the "Pailas negras" waters. Among other activities, the travelers can enjoy practicing canopy activities: there are expert and trained guides and the place offers guided recreation.

How to get there:

Take the 40 and 45 route from Bogotá to Neiva (319 km - 5 hours 45 m). Then, take the 45 route from Neiva to Altamira and after this, carry on with the 20 route to "Kilometer 2" long just before reaching Florencia's downtown (243 km - 4 hours). La Calera Amazónica is on the right side of 65 road.

Traveling by land:

• Distance from Bogotá (Capital city in Colombia): 595 Km/ time 10 hours
• Distance from Florencia (Capital city in Caquetá): 4 Km/5 minutes
• Distance from the nearest urban zone: 4 Km / 5 minutes

Traveling by air:

You can get "La Calera Amazónica" taking a direct flight from Bogotá to Florencia (It takes about 1 hour) then continue the trip by land, taking the 65 route  Florencia - Neiva to "Kilometer 4, Nueva Jerusalen" (5 minutes), Sebastopol-old Florencia way-Neiva.

"Photographs: MCarvajal / FOTUR"