DESCRIPTION CITY VILLAVICENCIO

                                                                        VILLAVICENCIO 


 



In Villavicencio, capital of Meta in Colombia, the mountains of the Eastern Cordillera give way to the Eastern Plains. It is estimated that the foundation of this city created by settlers, who were engaged in trade and livestock, took place between 1840 and 1842. 'Villavo' receives travelers with their typical dance the joropo and is the main point of connection to go to the neighboring departments of Arauca, Casanare, Guaviare and Vichada.
In Villavicencio you can enjoy places such as Parque de los Fundadores, Sikuani Park, Park of Life, House of Culture, Cathedral of Our Lady of Carmen, Paragliding, Botanical Garden among other places more.
In Villavicencio you will find a great variety of shops, such as shopping centers, nightclubs, places where you can enjoy eating at night places from typical places of llanera music to large clubs such as capachos or quartz. Villavicencio also has entertainment sites such as cinemas.
In Villavicencio, it makes major tourist attractions for its visitors with its easy-to-access nature trails as well as others with a higher level of difficulty for those that have a broader sense of ecological adventure.

2ACTIVITIES YOU CAN NOT MISS
Travelers arriving in Villavicencio can learn about the llanera culture, visit parks where the local fauna is the protagonist and admire places of striking natural beauty in the department of Meta.
 park the liberators
In the heart of the city



 park the plain
sport and diversity


yacimientos del yupin  
Travelers can learn about the process of salt extraction in the municipality of Restrepo, 10 km north of Villavicencio. There, in the salinas of Upín, there is a spring of salt water from which the salt is obtained by crystallization, which consists of driving the liquid to cauldrons in which it is exposed to high temperatures so that it evaporates.

 

stand in the obligo of colombia
To know the navel of Colombia it is necessary to travel by land 83 km to the south of Villavicencio and reach Puerto López, where on the top of Menegua there is a landscape of extensive plains and the monument that marks the geographic center of the country is erected. It is about the obelisk inaugurated in 1993 that was made by the sculptor Miguel Roa Iregui.
 
 ocarros park
Learning about the fauna and flora of the Orinoquia is the main focus of the Los Ocarros Biopark, which bears the name of a giant armadillo that digs the burrows where it sleeps and that can exceed 40 kg in weight. In this place the visitors appreciate anacondas, monkeys, otters, chigüiros, deer, crocodiles of the Orinoco, babillas, turtles and bears, among other animals.

                                              Most important Hotels 

Wyndham Garden Villavicencio 

 

Campanile country hotel

 

 star hotel

 

Most delicious Restaurants  

ranch the maporal

 

trapiche  

  

Llanera meat  

 

  

roasted mojarra

  

sancocho

  

rice bread