29 Dec 2023
We booked this transport to Chicaque National Park fully ready to hike the park on our own. However, we decided that we wouldn't mind a guide if they were a biologist and could help us to identify plant and animal species, so we asked Impulse if they were able to arrange a biologist guide. Lo and behold, they were able to find one, even though it was only a couple days before Christmas. Our biologist guide was more than happy to hike slowly and identify as many species as he could. We saw so many fern, orchid, and moss species that we would have never even noticed without his assistance.
One item to note is that the drive to the park is a lot longer than we thought it would be. Thanks to Bogota traffic it took us close to 2 hours each way from La Candelaria. On the positive side, the drive gave us a chance to see a lot of Bogota and the outlying area that we wouldn't have seen otherwise. And the hike made the drive well worth it!