Puerto Inírida city - Guainía

Area: 72.238 Km2. 

Puerto Inírida, capital of Guania is located near the mouth of Inírida River. At north, it borders with Vaupés and Guaiviare.  Most of its territory is plain with some mountains and hills. Its hydrography includes Guaiviare, Guainia, Inírida, Isana, Tomo and Atabapo rivers and the Bocón, Guascavi, Guamaco, Guiña, Nabuquén, Colorado, and Mosquito estuaries.

The economy is based in the mining industry, the fishing, and the services providing like manufacture of handmade objects.

Its name comes from the beautiful and wild Inírida flower that lives more than one year without special cares or risks, changing tonalities from time to time.

Arriving to Puerto Inírida is easy. By air, it has Obando, local airport. Satena airline has weekly flights from Bogotá and Villavicencio.

Weather

The weather in this city is humid-tropical with average temperature of 25 ºC. The hottest months are January and February, whose climate varies between (26ºC to 38ºC) and the lowest one is in July (14ºC –25ºC).

Culture

The indigenous culture of Inírida is showed through symbolic tradition in engravings on stones or petroglyphs that tell stories through the ages, showing signs of ancestors who lived in harmony with nature. It is so interesting to read the history in stone engravings, visiting rivers like Coco Viejo and Guania Rivers and Neuquén estuary.

Gastronomy

Because of its hydrographic richness, in the gastronomy the typical dishes characterizes by having fish with manioc and plantain that are cultivated in the region.

Crafts

The peculiar characteristics in the zone are the handicrafts manufacture, like fabrics and carved objects in fine red wood called “el palo de brasil”.

Touristy Attractions

The wonderful landscapes with beautiful dusks and the impressive rock formations make this place appropriated to contemplate. Its rainforest, savannahs, fauna and flora are worthy of admiration. Among the main attractions we mention the following ones:

Lagoon of Masacabi: It is a beautiful lagoon in the middle of rainforest, located 30 minutes away from the capital, has clear waters, surroundings there are a lot of vegetation.

Lagoon of Bruja: The inhabitants considered it as a haven of peace; many people go there for listening the song of birds and the nature. For visiting this wonderful place, people can arrive by canoe; the trip lasts between 10 to 15 minutes.

The Ruins of San Felipe: It was built in 1759 by Juan Clavero Portuguese, has rocks that weight 250 Kg each one.

Maraviso: It is a military place where the national flag waves. There, it is possible to see the “Estrella Fluvial del Sur”, where different rivers are connected, forming a star, the Atababo river, the green waters of Guaiviare and the earth colored waters of Orinoco river.

Mavicure Mountains: They are impressive natural attractions; the mountains are very interesting to do trekking.
At the foot of the mountain in El Remanso live indigenous people, a place where it is possible to taste “el pescao mosquito”, typical dish of indigenous tribes. This place is very appropriated to camp because it is interesting to contemplate, the dusks that adorn the landscapes plenty of varied fauna. It is very interesting to see the water shining on the stones like silver threads pouring of the summit.