SIERRA NEVADA
DE SANTA
MARTA

Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta is home to several indigenous communities, including the Kankuamo, Arhuaco, Wiwa, Kogi and Ijka people. These communities have lived in the region for thousands of years and maintain their traditional way of life of agriculture, fishing and artisanal weaving. They also have a strong spiritual connection to the land and consider themselves its guardians.

It ranks as one of the highest coastal mountain ranges in the world, with its highest peak, Pico Cristóbal Colón, reaching a height of 5,700 meters
above sea level.

IS HOME TO A DIVERSE RANGE OF ANIMAL

SPECIES AND WILDLIFE

THE SIERRA NEVADA DE SANTA MARTA BECAME A PROTECTED NATIONAL PARK IN 1964. IT COVERS AN AREA OF 400,000 HECTARES, AND IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT NATURAL RESERVES IN COLOMBIA.

ANDEAN CONDOR

HARPY EAGLE

HOWLING MONKEY

IN RECOGNITION OF ITS GLOBAL IMPORTANCE, THE SIERRA NEVADA DE SANTA MARTA HAS BEEN DECLARED A BIOSPHERE RESERVE BY UNESCO TO CONSERVE ITS UNIQUE BIODIVERSITY.