Gorgona Island

Cauca · Colombia

Gorgona Island, Colombia
Photo: AVIATUR, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
July to October for whales, year-round for diving
Accessibility
not-accessible
Coordinates
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A former island prison turned national park 35 kilometers off the Pacific coast, now overrun by monkeys, endemic blue lizards, and nesting turtles. Divers come for hammerheads and whale sharks, and the ruins of the penitentiary are slowly being swallowed by jungle.

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