Beautiful towns of La Guajira to visit near Riohacha

It is one of the towns in La Guajira closest to Riohacha that you should visit. It is located north of the department of La Guajira and 95 km away from Riohacha (in time is 1 hour and 30 minutes) and is one of the most important in the department because it is the indigenous capital town of La Guajira that encompasses the Reservation of all the Alta Guajira region of the Wayúu community and is the last town before entering the road that leads to Cabo, Bahía Honda, Puerto Taroa and Puerto Estrella. It is considered a small town with a warm arid climate with a maximum temperature of 38.6 °C in March and a minimum of 19.5 °C in December. The Wayúu culture of its inhabitants and its desert territory with an oasis in its heart called La Macuira National Natural Park to stand out.

Uribia has its festivities such as the Festival of Culture, which is Colombian Cultural Heritage, in November, and as for things to do, you can visit tourist places such as El Pilón de Azúcar, El Peñón del Pilón de Azúcar, the Plaza circular with an obelisk, La Macuira National Natural Park, Los Flamencos Fauna, and Flora Sanctuary, Punta Gallinas and Cabo de la Vela which is the northernmost point of the country. If you decide to get to know this beautiful town, you should eat at the restaurant where Álvaro and the restaurant el secreto and stay at the Villa María hotel and the Juyasirain Hotel.

Manaure is one of the smallest towns in La Guajira. It is a town that owes its name to the indigenous nomads led by Cacique Manaure and is mainly recognized for the exploitation of salt from the most important maritime salt flats in the country.

It is located north of La Guajira in a sector called Media Guajira, 74 km from Riohacha and 1 hour and 13 minutes away, which is why its climate is hot and dry with an average temperature of 32°C. Manaure is a town with imposing white salt hills that are reflected in the water wells of the salt flats and a mangrove area with the nesting of exotic birds, such as the pink flamingo, in Musichi, 20 minutes from the town center along the sea. Manaure, as one of the towns to visit in La Guajira, has its festivals, so a good date to go in for the Cultural Festival of Salt, Gas, and Flamencos is between June and July. In Manaure you can do numerous artistic and cultural activities around the salt flats during the days of the festival.

In Manaure you will find large hotels such as the Mar Vendra Hotel and the Manaure Dorado, famous restaurants such as the Manaure Beach restaurant, the La Negra restaurant, and the El Siboney restaurant, and the most important tourist sites in the department such as the Manaure salt flats, the lagoons of Musichi, the Ichi Salt Museum, the tourist pier and the calm sea of ​​greens and blues.

The next town to visit among the beautiful towns of La Guajira is Palomino, and it is located on the Transversal del Caribe, on the banks of the Palomino river, near the coast of the Caribbean Sea, 90 kilometers from Riohacha and 72 km from Santa Marta (only 1 hour and a half away). This small territory is a small beach town, of rest and adventure, which its name is due to its adjacent to Rodrigo Álvarez Palomino, field master of Rodrigo Bastidas Founder of Santa Marta. Among the things to do is rest and surf on the beaches of Palomino, go tubing on the Palomino river, and visit places like Quebrada Valencia, the beach at dawn, and Finca La Mello that make it cozy. We can also highlight its hot climate from 23 °C to 30 °C, some private music festivals on the beach such as Jaguar Fest Palomino in January, its Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains that can be seen from the Palomino river, its extensive beaches calm and its waters of the Caribbean Sea.

As for accommodation, you can stay at Coco Sänkala Hostel, Hilltop Palomino, La Natura Hostel and Kawabonga Hostel. As for gastronomy, you can try the delicious typical dishes in restaurants such as La Happycleta Palomino restaurant, SUA Cocina Conciencia, and Bitacora Club restaurant bar.

Dibulla is also one of the tourist towns in La Guajira with which you can start your tour of the department. Dibulla is a fishing village with virgin beaches and gastronomic delights typical of the coast. It is located to the southwest of the department of La Guajira and 63 km from Riohacha (1-hour drive), which makes its climate warm with an average temperature of 30 °C. Dibulla is a town in which the serenity of the sea stands out alone on its beaches located at the mouth of the Jérez river and the mountains on the slopes of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta; but if you want to know something typical of the town, you must go to the Patron Saint Festivities in honor of the Virgen del Pila during October.

As for tourist places in Dibulla, in one morning you can visit the Chimney, the Dibulla Beaches, the Maziruma Recreational Center, the El Bosque La Poza Spa, the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta or do the gastronomic route with a guide local. If you are looking for accommodation in Dibulla, some recommended hotels are the Territorio Magico hotel, RCH Luxury Hotel & Pool, and Tiki Hut Hostel. And finally, if you want to try the typical food of the town, we recommend the Marakarita restaurant, the Dibulla tropical restaurant, and the Estadero "No Hay Como Dios".

La Guajira offers innumerable tourist attractions such as magical towns and places with natural wealth that you cannot find anywhere else in Colombia. Some of the ones you should visit are:

1. The boardwalk of Riohacha. It is a wooden path on the beach where there are many craft sales.
2. Palomino. It is a coastal town with an extensive beach, an unforgettable sea, and a river for tubing.
3. Los Flamencos Fauna and Flora Sanctuary Nature Reserve. It is a dry forest, with lagoons and swamps where you will see beautiful flamingos.
4. El Totumo. A striking corregimiento for its spas with natural pools.
5. The Uribía town where you can learn more about the culture of the indigenous community that represents 45% of the department's population.
6. Cabo de la Vela. It is a corregimiento of incredible beaches and ranches of the Wayuu communities.
7. Punta Gallinas. It is the northernmost place on the entire continent of South America
8. La Macuira National Natural Park. It is a reserve where you will find mountains and jungles next to desert geography with high humidity and vegetation.
9. The beaches between Dibulla and Bahía Honda, are ideal for surfing.
10. Salinas de Manaure. It is the most important salt exploitation in Colombia.
11. The pyramidal hills of La Teta and Pilón de Azúcar.
12. The coal mines of El Cerrejón.
13. Dunas De Taroa. It is a remote desert bathed by the waves of the Caribbean Sea