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The Tatacoa Desert

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It is one of Colombia’s most attractive natural landscapes! Tatacoa Desert is close to Villavieja, a little town located approx 50 Km north from Neiva. In order to get to Villavieja you will likely need to take a collectivo from Neiva.

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The Tatacoa covers a total area of 300 km² mostly covering the municipality of Villavieja.The Desert of Tatacoa has a grey and a red part.

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You can find turtles, rodents, snakes, spiders, scorpions, eagles, lizards, and ocelots. In the evening the lighting is particularly beautiful and the area is swarming with interesting species of birds.

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The stunning earthly landscape of reds and greys, abundant with cactuses and desert flora and fauna-the locals say here that the desert waters contain special powers.

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The Natural pool, spectacularly set in the middle of the desert, where you could bathe and lookout at the dramatic landscape.

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