ancient ruins
Ciudad Perdida (Lost City)
An ancient city built around 800 AD in the Sierra Nevada, older than Machu Picchu and reached only by a multi-day jungle trek.
57 km · about 65 min drive
Magdalena Department, Colombia · South America
Aracataca sits on the route: 15 minutes from Fundación, 57km from Ciudad Perdida (Lost City).
Aracataca is a town located in Magdalena Department, Colombia. With a population of 41,872, it is an important destination in South America.
On a road trip, Aracataca sits in Colombia, where you drive on the right. It's in the America/Bogota time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Aracataca to your route.
Aracataca (colloquially sometimes referred to as "Cataca") is a town and municipality located in the Department of Magdalena, in Colombia's Caribbean Region. Aracataca is a river town founded in 1885. The town stands beside a small river of the same name, the Aracataca river, that flows from the nearby Sierra NevadaRead more
de Santa Marta mountain range into the Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta, a lagoon of the Caribbean Sea. Aracataca is 80 kilometres (50 mi) south of the Department capital Santa Marta. The town is best known as the birthplace of Nobel literature laureate Gabriel García Márquez.
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Aracataca is located in Magdalena Department, Colombia, South America. The coordinates are 10.5918 latitude, -74.1898 longitude.
Aracataca has a population of approximately 41,872 people, making it a town in Colombia.
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ancient ruins
An ancient city built around 800 AD in the Sierra Nevada, older than Machu Picchu and reached only by a multi-day jungle trek.
57 km · about 65 min drive
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Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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