Caño Cristales's Flora and Fauna

The Serrania de la Macarena is located on the border of three large ecosystems, each of them with high diversity of flora and fauna: The Andes, The Eastern Llanos and The Amazon Rainforest.

Caño Cristales River has a aquatic plants bed is devoid of the fish because the water of the river is extremely clean due to the lack of nutrients and small particles. But the tableland is home to about 420 species of birds, 10 species of amphibians, 43 species of reptiles and 8 primates.

The red color is caused by great quantities of endemic plants species Macarenia Clavigera. These red plants adhere tighty to rocks in places where the river has faster current.

Tourism

These are two ways to get there.

1. From Villavicencio, in a DC-3 cargo aircraft coming out every day.

2. Or from Bogota, by direct flight that departs every Friday and returns on Sunday.

Presently there are no campsites available near Caño Cristales. A popular time to visit Caño Cristales is from late July to early December.