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Santander
Geographic Location
Santander is located in the central northern part of Colombia, east of the Magdalena River, bordered to the south and east by the Boyacá Department, and to the north by Norte de Santander Department. Its capital is the city of Bucaramanga.
Santander is a destination where visitors will experience a variety of tropical ecosystems including tropical dry forests and high cloud Andean forests. Santanders’ geographic diversity makes up a unique bioregion, rich in fauna, in particular birds, and in flora. It possesses three canyons, one of which is the second deepest in the world, called the Chicamocha Canyon. Culturally speaking, most towns in Santander are living examples of the spectacular Spanish colonial architecture.
Travel Highlights:
- Colonial architecture and towns
- Colombian History
- High Andean cloud forests
- Bird diversity
- Bamboo forests
- Geo-morphological formations of sandstone
