Ciudad Perdida

Magdalena Department · Colombia

Ciudad Perdida, Colombia
Photo: Gavin Rough from Waterloo, Canada, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
December to March (drier season)
Budget
$$
Accessibility
not-accessible
Coordinates
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A pre-Columbian terraced city built by the Tayrona people in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Ciudad Perdida predates Machu Picchu by several centuries. Access requires a multi-day trek through dense jungle and river crossings, arriving at a hilltop complex of stone platforms and circular terraces. The site remains in active use by indigenous Kogi, Wiwa, and Arhuaco communities.

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