Gorgona Island, ecological paradise of Colombia

Gorgon is a beautiful island located in the Colombian Pacific is known as one of the most paradisiacal nature reserves of our country

By: Jesica, Alejandra and Yensy

how to get?Location: Isla Gorgona National ParkLocation: Pacific Ocean at 56 Kms from the Colombian coast.Height (m): 0Temperature: 32 degrees Celsius.Getting there: by sea from Buenaventura (12 hours) or Guapi (90 minutes).

Gorgona World Heritage

we can find animals likedolphins, porpoises,sperm whales, blue lizard, humpback whales and many more

ActivitiesAshoreYou can walk

around the island.you can visit the

ruins of the old prision.

You can arrive to « la camaronera» where you enjoy the sea and the ten freshwater streams

In the seaYou can

practice scuba diving in places like «el Remanso, La Tiburonera, Montañitas 1 and 2»

You can see around 200 species

To travel …You need a

vaccine in « fiebre amarilla»

You should take a lot of sunscreen

You need to wear light clothes

You should take a hat

You need to buy a bathing suit and towel

You should to have a flashlight and batteries

You need to buy a first-aid kit and insect repellent

You need to have a waterproof jacket

Fauna and FloraIsland

gorgona characterize by tropical forest where you find and different kinds of animals and differents flowers and trees

Hotel Rio Guapi

This hotel open their doors in 1993, It’s a nice and simple hotel in guapi.

Guapi is a village more near a gorgona island is around 90 minutes in boat

This hotel have 40 rooms, 20 simple and 20 double.

Each room have T.V, toilet, ventilator and phone.

Service

It’s hotel have a great restaurant where you can eat by breakfast, lunch, snack and dinner.

This hotel have rooms with T.V, you can watch different programs with the other people.

Also have a terrace, where you can do an event and hotel have a service of laudry.