Ciudad Perdida, Colombia Travel Blogs

The Cocaine Factory
Aug 20, 2006 (9 photos)

... . Unfortunately now the Paramilitaries are stronger in a few urban areas, & very supportive of the drugs trade. On a more positive note,Colombia also (less famously) exports 50% of the world's emeralds, 20% of its oil, some copper, lots of coffee (2nd ...

The Lost City and The Lost Underwear
Mar 2, 2007 (39 photos)

... as the Turcol office in Santa Marta, but the bonus is that you get a free T-shirt with the inscription..."estuve en Cuidad Perdida, Colombia" which is pretty cool.  Taganga is also a much nicer place to spend your time than the big city of Santa ...

Staircase to Heaven - Die "Verlorene Stadt"
Oct 6, 2007 (62 photos)

... mich wohl geirrt..!" Ob die in den kommenden sechs Tagen nochmal mit Karin reden würde? Die ersten beiden Tage Richtung "Ciudad Perdida" verliefen ziemlich fies bergauf, aber relativ entspannt. Wir wanderten vier bis fünf Stunden täglich, die Hügel hoch und ...

Ciudad Perdida
Jul 12, 2008 (59 photos)

Began the six day trek through the sweltering jungle to enter the ruins of the Tayrona's ancient capitol that they abandoned shortly after the conquistadors arrived. It was never discovered by the Spaniards however as the people moved away and died out ...

Lost City trek
Oct 18, 2009

Great trek, although it's not quite the paradise Chapada Diamantina was for me

6 day trek to the Lost City
Feb 7, 2008 (67 photos)

... vegetaton was dense and beautiful jungle. Its difficult to imagine how remote we would be in 4 days time when we reach Ciudad Perdida. We regulary went over waterfalls and walked alongside 100m drop offs along the way to our first came. We descended ...

Jungle Boogie
Jan 7, 2009 (40 photos)

... reasons we had to settle for tropical rainforest in the north of Colombia. We signed up for the six day trek to Ciudad Perdida (the lost city) without fully realizing what we were getting ourselves in for. It was definitely the toughest trek we have ...

From Tourist City to Lost City
Sep 23, 2005 (7 photos)

... or whatever, perhaps I just didn´t get it. I didn´t, I don´t, It´s Over, Let´s move on... Ciudad Perdida Trek Magestical Beauty at Colombia´s "Lost City" Now this trek was cool! And seemingly off the tourist track (when compared to something like the ...

Ciudad Perdida
May 24, 2007

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Ciudad Perdida II
Sep 9, 2007 (23 photos)

... ; I awoke with an even worse pain in my left knee as we departed Camp 2 and headed out on our final ascent to Ciudad Perdida.  We´d be crossing several streams and have to make a few crossings over the Buritaca River that runs through the jungle here. ...

Bananas, cocaine, Marxists and death squads oh my!
Sep 9, 2007

... into one of the most lucrative businesses on earth.  And while many gringos are quick to blame countries like Colombia for producing narcotics and poisoning the wholesome Homeland, time and time again you will hear people - from illiterate peasants ...

"You´re going to learn a lot about Colombia."
Sep 8, 2007 (24 photos)

... and besmirched, never dreading something so simple as walking in all my life.  The beauty and mysticism of Ciudad Perdida and its surroundings were nothing short of breathtaking, but all was soon forgotten once the 20K trek  ...

The lost city Trek..
Mar 5, 2007

... Nevada mountain range, was built by Tayrona Indians in 500 BC/700AD (some controversy bout these dates). Originally called Teyuna, Ciudad Perdida covers a massive area. It is thought that between 1400 and 3000 people lived there but many of these people ...

Ciudad Perdida, the Lost City of the Tayona's
Oct 31, 2008

... I'm back in just over a week you'll have to wait til then for the full story! I went on a 6 day tour to Ciudad Perdida - a city built by the Tayrona's that was started in around 700 AD and continued growing until the Spanish started pushing their way ...

Ciudad Perdida
Jul 1, 2006 (29 photos)

Ciudad Perdida , the ¨Lost City¨. It's a three day hike to get there and then a two day hike back. which including a day spend in the city is a six day walk. And with how hot it is around here six days is a lot of walking. I ended up doing it in five ...

Ciudad Perdida
Jun 19, 2006

Ciudad Perdida was amazing. The trek itself was quite a challege though. While only about 40 km on a map, the trail was windy and steep the whole way. The first day was a short, "easy" day. After a two hour ride to a small town (literally the end of ...

The Lost City of the Tayronas
Apr 16, 2009

... found myself signing up for a five day hike through the tropical rainforests to the (relatively) recently discovered Lost City (Ciudad Perdida) or the Tayronas. In addition to the inevitable exertion, there lingered the dark shadow of an execution of ...

Finding the Lost City
Oct 18, 2009 (17 photos)

... all the sodium, petrol and detergent I felt it ok to try, although I did not like the bitterness. Cuidad Perdida poem Green tree covered mountains, high altitude tough terrains, instant downpour torrential rains, mud path of multiple pains In vision ...

Ciudad Perdida (The Lost City)
May 22, 2008 (15 photos)

... 1.5 hours back to the entrance to the National Park where I was to wait for my life to the 6 day return trek to Ciudad Perdida, an ancient city abandoned by the Tayrona people about 500 yeras ago and only re-discovered in 1975.  So no roads anywhere ...

Jakten paa den fortapte by - med forsvinningsnumre
Apr 3, 2007 (25 photos)

... etter aa ha blitt tvingt i litt frokost.   En mann nede, seks stykk igjen kom vi fram til Ciudad Perdida - den tapte by, etter en ganske hard tur som ble avsluttet med 1800 trappetrinn.  Denne natten fant ...

Lost in the Lost City
Oct 18, 2008 (105 photos)

No, not the next Indiana Jones movie, though it's history is littered with tales of gold, grave robbing, kidnappings, and deadly animals (well... mosquitos!). This is our adventure into the heart of jungle, to discover the city of the Tayrona ...