Alta Guajira 4×4

We come down from the Bogotá Savanna along the Ruta del Sol, via San Alberto, to Uribia, the unofficial capital of the Wayuu.

In Uribia we join the local guides and the expedition begins. We follow the border with Venezuela to Castilletes, where the border line fades into the Gulf of Venezuela. On the way we pass through Puerto López, a ghost town with a smuggling past, immortalised in a vallenato by Escalona.

The next day we reach Nazareth and watch the landscape transform: from dry forest to rock and absolute desert, ending up surprised by the lush nature of the Serranía de la Macuira, a mythical place in Wayuu cosmology.

Then, a hike through La Macuira National Natural Park: dry forest that turns into cloud forest, endemic birds, wild fruit along the way and, at the end, dunes in the middle of the mountains. Green, desert and the Caribbean Sea in a single view.

We continue towards Puerto Estrella crossing dunes in the 4x4s, one of the most fun parts of the trip, especially at sunset. There we wild camp on the beach and take a well deserved rest day in front of the Caribbean.

We spend the next two nights at Punta Gallinas, the northernmost point of Colombia, before starting the return via Cabo de la Vela and Uribia to take the Ruta del Sol back to the Bogotá Savanna.

Prices by number of passengers per vehicle

• 2 passengers: $6.800.000 for both
• 3 passengers: $2.600.000 per person
• 4 passengers: $2.200.000 per person
• 5 passengers: $1.960.000 per person