the reserve

the history

Back in time, these lands were territory inhabited by indigenous people and, the stories of the descendants of the peasants of the region tell, that at the time of the emancipation of the South American states from the Spanish Colony, the same lands were part of the route traveled by Simón Bolívar and his liberating troops in the campaign for the independence of Gran Colombia, this made this road out of public interest and the construction of an extremely important infrastructure work for the region will be projected; The railroad with which Buenaventura and Bogotá wanted to join in order to boost the economy of the growing Departments, however, given the topographic and knowledge difficulties in railroad engineering in the country, today they constitute the ruins of what in 1947 was the hope of the progress in the region