Cabo de la Vela

La Guajira Department · Colombia

Cabo de la Vela, Colombia
Photo: Wicho 2, CC BY-SA 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
December to April for wind and dry weather
Budget
$
Accessibility
not-accessible
Coordinates
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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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