Cabo de la Vela
La Guajira Department · Colombia
Good to know
- Best time to go
- December to April for wind and dry weather
- Budget
- $
- Accessibility
- not-accessible
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
A Wayuu fishing settlement on the wind-scoured Guajira Peninsula where ochre desert cliffs drop straight into turquoise water. Steady trade winds have made it one of South America's better kitesurfing spots, and nights are spent in chinchorro hammocks under some of Colombia's darkest skies.
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