Villavieja, the capital of Colombia anthropological
Villavieja, known as “Colombia’s paleontological capital”, possesses fauna and flora deposits dating back millions of years. Fossils found by scientists of mollusks, rodents, armadillos, and giant sloths prove that La Tatacoa originally possessed an exuberant and diversified animal and plant life.
For these reasons, the desert receives a great many visits, especially from paleontologists and geologists for whom it is a research paradise
Getting to Villavieja and Desert Tatacoa: :
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By air: a 30-minute flight from Bogotá to Neiva.
By land: a 5-hour trip from Bogotá to Neiva.
The trip from Neiva to Villavieja takes about 45 minutes by land; from there to the desert, an additional 15 minutes.
If you have no car, you may use the motorcycle taxi service from Villavieja to the desert.
La Tatacoa continues to be harbor life thanks to the April-May and October-November rainy seasons, which evoke its past of a green, leafy garden, full of flowers, and birds singing in the trees.
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El lugar astronómico la Tatacoa
- see all 88 constellations ,
- tours around the various objects
- and assess phenomena such as meteor showers.
The Tatacoa Desert (English for Desierto de la Tatacoa) is a desert located in the Colombian Department of Huila, some 38 km from the city of Neiva. There are fossil remains in the area making it a tourist destination also for astronomical observation. The Tatacoa covers a total area of 300 km² mostly covering the municipality of Villavieja. The Tatacoa is home to several endemic species of spiders, snakes, scorpions, lizzards, eagles among others.
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