Picture windswept and foggy mountain plains, mythical lagoons harboring untold riches and swamps that halted the armies of an empire and it’s easy to understand why the Eastern Colombian Andes are so deeply grounded in legend.

The Magdalena Valley and the lowlands of Los Llanos are places of stark contrasts, where remarkable contemporary cities, including the national capital of Bogotá, coexist with timeless colonial towns, while ancient myths and folklore coexist within a truly modern society.

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Eastern Andes

This is the route that Niky & Mauro traveled in their big year

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