Protected Area

The Cordillera de Los Picachos National Park is located in the Cordillera Oriental, Andean Region of Colombia. It is part of the Colombian departments of Caquetá and Meta within the jurisdictions of the municipalities of San Vicente del Caguán, Guacamayas and La Uribe.

As a characteristic, this park is where the Amazon, the Orinoco and the Andean Region of Colombia meet. It is in an area of high rainfall (5000 mm per year). The mountains are covered with virgin forests and there are waterfalls of up to 300 meters. The ecosystems involved within the park are the Andean páramo, the jungle and the mountainous forest.

The park is the birthplace of the Guayabero River, which further down takes its name from the Guaviare River, one of the main tributaries of the great Orinoco River.