{"id":9935,"date":"2013-09-11T10:08:44","date_gmt":"2013-09-11T15:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/?p=9935"},"modified":"2016-05-04T16:27:22","modified_gmt":"2016-05-04T21:27:22","slug":"from-the-archives-san-gil-colombias-adventure-sports-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2013\/09\/from-the-archives-san-gil-colombias-adventure-sports-capital\/","title":{"rendered":"From the archives: San Gil, Colombia&#8217;s adventure sports capital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a country rife with opportunities for adventure it&#8217;s quite a thing to be crowned the <strong>&#8216;Adventure Capital of Colombia&#8217;<\/strong>. But then San Gil is quite a place.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1211\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1211\" style=\"width: 227px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2011\/08\/san-gil\/205099_10150146783981924_578346923_7225701_1464163_n\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1211\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1211  \" src=\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/205099_10150146783981924_578346923_7225701_1464163_n.jpg\" alt=\"Adventure sports in San Gil\" width=\"227\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/205099_10150146783981924_578346923_7225701_1464163_n.jpg 540w, https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/205099_10150146783981924_578346923_7225701_1464163_n-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1211\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marcela limbering up for some adventure sports in San Gil<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Offering opportunities for an abundance of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/tours\/adventure\/\" target=\"_blank\">adventure in Colombia<\/a>, including rafting,\u00a0biking, sailing,\u00a0abseiling, climbing, caving, swimming,\u00a0rappelling, paintballing, kayaking, hydrospeeding, paragliding and (incredibly)\u00a0more, <strong style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\">San Gil is a haven for veteran\u00a0adrenaline junkies\u00a0and people that are just a little bit curious<\/strong>\u00a0<b style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\">to see just\u00a0<\/b>what all the fuss is about (after all, isn&#8217;t trekking just\u00a0<em style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\">walking?<\/em>). Best of all <strong style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\">it&#8217;s incredibly cheap<\/strong>, so you can give all this a go without breaking the bank, just a few bones.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The great thing about San Gil is that in addition to these attractions you can also explore nearby towns and wildlife and <strong>find yourself apparently in a different century<\/strong>. Villages<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1212\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1212\" style=\"width: 432px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2011\/08\/san-gil\/208785_10150146785421924_578346923_7225749_5516404_n\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1212\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1212 \" src=\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/208785_10150146785421924_578346923_7225749_5516404_n.jpg\" alt=\"Barichara colonial town, Colombia\" width=\"432\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/208785_10150146785421924_578346923_7225749_5516404_n.jpg 720w, https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/208785_10150146785421924_578346923_7225749_5516404_n-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1212\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is what we mean when we say &#8216;lost in time&#8217;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>such as Barichara are anachronisms in our modern high-rise, high-tempo life and walks such as the one from Barichara to Guane are just about as chilled out as you can get while staying in motion.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Similarly, San Gil and its nearby areas are stunning places just to walk and relax. <strong>Undulating, verdant hills surround you from all angles<\/strong> and there are places such as the Juan Curi Waterfalls where you can go and marvel at <strong>Colombia&#8217;s breathtakingly diverse landscape<\/strong> before having a nice little swim in that same breathtakingly diverse landscape. Nearby Chicamocha National Park offers you the chance to take <strong>one of the longest cable cars in the world<\/strong> and see some rather strange statues.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1214\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1214\" style=\"width: 324px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2011\/08\/san-gil\/215594_10150146784591924_578346923_7225724_6336279_n\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1214\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1214 \" src=\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/215594_10150146784591924_578346923_7225724_6336279_n.jpg\" alt=\"Surreal, lively, remarkable... Colombia\" width=\"324\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/215594_10150146784591924_578346923_7225724_6336279_n.jpg 540w, https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/215594_10150146784591924_578346923_7225724_6336279_n-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1214\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Surreal, lively, remarkable&#8230; Colombia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>To get to San Gil you can travel from many of Colombia&#8217;s main cities by bus (prices and times are rough guides and subject to change):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/tours\/bogota\" target=\"_blank\">Bogot\u00e1<\/a>: $35,000 (7 hours)<br \/>\nCartagena: $70,000 (14 hours)<br \/>\nMedell\u00edn: $60,000 (11 hours)<br \/>\nSanta Marta: $60,000 (12 hours)<br \/>\nTunja: $20,000 (4 hours)<\/p>\n<p>Paul<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a country rife with opportunities for adventure it&#8217;s quite a thing to be crowned the &#8216;Adventure Capital of Colombia&#8217;. But then San Gil is quite a place. 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