Guajira Biking Tour

Arrival at Riohacha Almirante Padilla Airport - Handling luggage and bicycles by logistics (transfer to the assigned hotel).

Delivery of hydration and transfer to the Pink Flamingo Sanctuary in Camarones.

Welcome by the locals with a typical lunch based on seafood (other options in special cases), delivery of kits, and instructions for the Wellness Biking program.

Later, participants will walk along a trail of indigenous ranches to reach a community where they will have their first cultural activity, learn about the context, dances, makeup, culture, gastronomy, and other uniqueness of the Wayuú Indigenous people.

Important note: The Wayuú will dance the Yonna to the rhythm of a drum (kacha). This festival is held solely to welcome someone important, to express gratitude for the rain in the desert, to celebrate a joyous event, or to mark the transition of a girl into a woman in the tribe. The women, dressed in red, remember that blood is sacred and should not be spilled. They also honor their ancestors, who are represented in all the nature that surrounds them.

At the end of the afternoon, they will take a cayuco (a wooden canoe with a sail) to enjoy the sighting of fauna and flora (pink flamingos, pelicans, herons, and other species that adorn this beautiful landscape with their colors and sounds) in the Navío Quebrado lagoon.

To close the afternoon, they will enjoy a large mirror of light and water formed by the sun on the lagoon in the company of a Guajiro coffee and a typical sweet.

We continue to the Waya Hotel or similar in Albania. This municipality is home to the largest open-pit coal mine in the world.

Stage 1 - Cape of the Sail. Participants will begin the day at 5:00 AM with the departure from the hotel towards Uribia, the indigenous capital of Colombia with a distance of 78.7 km, from where we will enjoy a sunrise in the desert.

We will have breakfast where the start of the first stage will take place, with an approximate distance of 63.4 km and a positive gradient of 23m, with a headwind, between large indigenous communities, savannas, and a semi-desert forest.

We will make a stop in Aipir where we will leave a legacy to the children of this ranch, then we will pedal until we find in the distance the imposing pyramidal shape of the Kaimaichi hill (Pilon de Azucar) and the geographical accident of Cabo de la Vela.

Once in Cabo de la Vela also known as Jepirra, a sacred place for the Wayuú community, we will have lunch and visit the main tourist attractions of the area, such as Cerro Kamaichi (Pilón de Azucar), the Ojo de Agua and the Lighthouse and we will end with a cultural evening focused on weaving by a master craftswoman upon returning to the UTTA ranch.

Hydration points: 3 every 20 km

Important note: The ascent to Kaimaichi is restricted by the Wayuus.

The day will begin again at 5:00 AM with the departure from Cabo de la Vela to La Boquita, with an extension of 75 km through the desert, slope + of 78m.

On this route we will have the opportunity to learn even more about the daily life of the indigenous people of the area, crossing communities and small towns such as Portete, we will be impressed by the great plains and the Guajira geography.

In this stage one of the great challenges is the impetuous wind that will be received from the northeast. Strategic hydration points will be set up and lunch will be served upon arrival.

After lunch, participants will travel by 4x4 trucks, in groups of four to maximize comfort and space, to visit the Taroa Dunes and the Punta Gallinas Lighthouse.

In the evening, a cultural bonfire will be held, followed by dinner and rest at the hotel. Total distance traveled by car and pedaling: 129.2km.

Hydration points: 3 every 25 km.

Participants will complete the final stage of the tour, an approximate distance of 30 km from Punta Gallinas to the Pusheo sector, where we will be greeted and have breakfast.

Then we will board the 4x4 trucks to head to Manaure 138 km away, where we will visit the Salinas Marítimas. Depending on the weather, lunch will be taken in Manaure or another site which will be informed in due time.

The last ride begins until reaching Mayapo. The estimated arrival time at the hotel will be at 5:00 pm in Mayapo, to celebrate the end of the Wellness Biking route as dusk falls. The award ceremony followed by relaxation activities, sports massages, dinner with bonfire on the beach, and music.

Hydration Points: 3

Breakfast at the hotel – Check out of the hotel – Airport transfer.

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