Location: Riohacha
Top Things to do in Riohacha
Top 7 Eco Tours in Riohacha, La Guajira Department
Riohacha (Spanish pronunciation: [rjoˈa.tʃa]), Rio Hacha or Rio de la Hacha (English: River of the Axe or Axeshore - Wayuu: Süchiimma, "Süchii" means river, and "mma" means land, Riverland), is a city in the Riohacha Municipality in the northern Caribbean Region of Colombia by the mouth of the Ranchería River and the Caribbean sea, capital city of the La Guajira Department. Founded by conquistador Nikolaus Federmann in 1535, Riohacha was named after a local legend "The legend of the Axe". Owing to the powerful rain shadow of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, the area is mostly desertic and inhabited by Amerindians, predominantly by members of the Wayuu ethnic group. During colonial times Riohacha was a very important port due to the discovery of vast numbers of pearls. In the second half of the 20th Century, the city became one of Colombia's medium important, maritime commercial ports as well as a multicultural center for La Guajira Department. The city is mentioned several times in One Hundred Years of Solitude, Love in the Time of Cholera, and Chronicle of a Death Foretold, novels written by Gabriel García Márquez.
Restaurants in Riohacha
1. History Travelers
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5.0 based on 100 reviews
History Travelers is a company based in Riohacha, that helps local communities to encourage in the development of ethnic projects, they assit tourist in their local houses and interchange their way of thinking, rituals and their day by day. All those activities are oganized by the company, counting with the best local guides, drivers, hotels, meals and activities. Come and Join us!
2. Adrenaline Addicts
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5.0 based on 13 reviews
Motorcycle tours and rentals around the beautiful Guajira desert! Discover places not yet on the tourist map, along with plenty of the unmissable landmarks in Colombia! Cabo de la Vela, Punta Gallinas, Manaure, Camarones, and more!
3. PuraGuajira Travel
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5.0 based on 77 reviews
We are a travel agency based in Riohacha, Colombia. We offer sustainable tourism in collaboration with the Wayuu Indigenous communities in the area, and we aim to preserve nature and their culture as maximum as possible. Come and join us into an unforgettable experience through the desert of La Guajira until reaching Punta Gallinas, the northernmost point of South America!
4. Alta Guajira Tours
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4.5 based on 177 reviews
We are Alta Guajira Tours, our company is focused on the provision of high quality services in the field of transport and tourism in La Guajira. Our 20 years of experience in the market, has consolidated us as the best in the sector thanks to the excellence evidenced in our operations. Through Quality and permanent search for excellence as guidelines of our company, we contribute to the development and well-being of our region and its people.
5. Wayuu Taya Travel
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4.0 based on 5 reviews
Shuttle service, accommodation and transport to the most beautiful and beautiful places in the Colombian geography as it is the Guajira Peninsula, in the High, Medium and Low Guajira, where we will take you to know and so you can share with your people, scenery and customs. We invite you to visit and stay in the magical world Wayuu, enjoying this ancient culture full of unique traditions
6. Fundacion El Origen
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4.0 based on 1 reviews
The Origin trains young people from ethnic groups living in extreme poverty as cultural and creative entrepreneurs to access sustainable development and preserve its origin, reducing begging and illegality in the young people of our region.
7. Expotur
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4.5 based on 42 reviews
