The Most Colorful River In The World
The Rio Caño Cristales, also known as "the river that ran away to paradise," "the most beautiful river in the world," and "the river of five colours," is world famous for its colorful display, located near the town of La Macarena in Colombia, South America.
During a brief span between the wet and dry seasons when the water level is just right, the many varieties of algae and moss located at the bottom of the river bloom in a brilliant display of colors. Areas of yellow, blue, green, black, and red coat the water.
The part of the river where the colorful blooms occur is quite isolated and is not accessible by road. Adventurous tourists can now fly into La Macarena and make their way to to the river site on foot as part of a guided tour. The site was effectively closed to tourists for several years because of guerrilla activity in the region along with concerns about the impact of unregulated tourist traffic. However, the site was reopened to visitors in 2009. So far, only about 1,000 people have visited Caño Cristales, including around 100 foreign tourists.
(74) comments
bhalsak tehbaggar
01.12.11 7:37PMI like guerrillas. They make me feel warm and fuzzy when I see them on the discovery channel
Lustrum
01.05.11 9:37PMyou all know rainbows come from this river right?? why else you think guerrilla fighters were keeping people off of this river?? 'cause they wanted to keep all the gold to themselves of course !!
P.S. Gorillas / Guerrillas ... can anyone spot the difference ??
Magilla Gorilla
11.18.10 1:28PMI do!
I'm a lady troll extraordinaire... especially on sites like these where the original context gets totally derailed.
OTer 2006 Original OP
Guest
11.13.10 11:05PMPlease everyone out there!!
My father was a gorilla, he worked very hard so his children could grow up in a better world.
When I was 10 years old he was captured and sent to a zoo, we had to pay 12 dollars every week-end just to visit him.
SO PLEASE NO MORE GORILLA JOKES.
shapewear
11.12.10 11:22AMThis river is beautiful.. I hope people dont discover this so it wont get polluted.. truly magnificent.
Guest
09.11.10 3:48AM... you might wanna wake up ... you are living in the final stage of natural selection ... the part where we, as humanity, either earn to stay alive, or die off and get replaced by other monkeys.
Sheesh .. look at the news, it's kinda obvious. On a slightly more serious note; that is one beautifull display of nature.
Luis Eduardo Urueña - MANAKIN NATURE TOURS
07.23.10 6:10PMHi everyone.
You need to live in Colombia for to know the true.
In this moment thanks at the government of democratic security, most that 80% of the country is very safe! We are making birding tours, botany tours, wildlife tours and Ecotours for foreigners people all the year! Caño Cristales in Macarena in this moment is safe! so many people is coming at this place that is amazing!!! MANAKIN NATURE TOURS, opened this new location for your clients, I say you that this place is so great, you need to come here!!!
Other incredible locations are Choco, Central Andes, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena Valley, South Huila, Eastern Plains, and so much.
Look different links about Colombia alike this, that show the true.
http://www.colombiaespasion.com/
http://www.colombia.travel/en/
and my Web Site:
http://manakinnaturetours.com/index.php
I hope that you come to Colombia, this is a very nice and friendly country... You can to be sure that the only risk is that you want to stay here!
Luis Eduardo Urueña
Executive Director
MANAKIN NATURE TOURS
Cristhian
07.23.10 5:41PMI am Colombian and I can tell that there are no guerrillas, there are now Colombian military security I can say welcome to this tropical paradise
galax
07.23.10 5:23PMThere are currently no guerilla in the area, this whole area is safe with Colombian military, it is safe to visit this place, there are plans for these regions ecotourists. this place is very beautiful
Guest
07.14.10 11:28PMin english dictionaries it is pronounced the same as the word gorilla, although the word in spanish speaking regions would still be pronounced the way you say it is. It's how words evolve. For instance the spanish language itself is a product of evolving from latin and at one point many words in latin sounded much different from their spanish counterparts. For instance in america we say bratwurst as braht worst when it's actually pronounced braht verst.
Sain
07.13.10 10:45PMThis is absolutely unbelievable. Definitely be a romantic place to bring someone. D'ici au paradis..
Luff
07.13.10 11:45AMYes because spelling on a keyboard reflects how intelligent you are in real life. Good conclusion you folly twat.
Guest
07.10.10 2:32PMI knew Steve. He was a heckuva guy and he did a heckuva job of fixing that murky swamp and making it into a potential tourist attraction. Unfortunately, Steve was killed by Dick Cheney in a "hunting accident" (we all know what that means!) just after Cheney acquired the rights to a McDonald's franchise for the entire region. The only reason they haven't opened the restaurant yet is that Halliburton is doing some exploratory drilling for oil there. BP will own the well, (until it explodes) but most of the profits will be divided between Cheney and Pat Robertson. Steve is turning over in his grave.
CarolineH
07.10.10 5:55AMI was shocked by the irrelevance of the comments as well. I was thinking how amazing it would be to see such a breathtaking sight and I scrolled down and my high was definitely harshed.
I'm not convinced that stupidity is the issue however. I think that there is a lack of sincerity. Witty contempt is everywhere. I think it shows how much human beings despise themselves.
Nice pictures though. I would love to go there but I've given up stress so don't fly anywhere anymore.
Guest
07.09.10 4:36PMreopened to tourists last year???? guerrila activity??? is it just me or can you just see dead bodys floating in there?? sounds like a spin off ofundergo that movie touristas to me
Guest
06.27.10 9:48PMobviously, this is the forbidden lake of troll manifestation. Trolls are born, raised and die with in these waters. Hence the colors. Why do you think toy trolls have such colorful hair? they weren't made up by some crack head, they were based off of evidence of the colorful and majestic troll...Now, the troll leader, Steve, found this lake thousands of years ago. It was a dark murky swamp. He was not only saddened by this image, but determined to make the water a more beautiful flowing stream. Conveniently located far away from humans, Steve began his 234 second long process of remaking the lake into what it is today. Thankfully, geurillas kill all the gorillas that try to eat all the colorful algae. Steve is no longer with us.
Kyle
06.27.10 9:43PM>>>>>>>>>>>>Guest1, "now of the comments on this page >>should be about what country your from how dose that >>have to do with alga and moss in a river. and i dont >>think they should open it for tourists, it should be >>left alone so that man can't contaminate it. So that >>it may have a chance to live."
This man is humanity's only hope.
Kudos.
Also, Mamoon - do you have a brother named Muad and were you originally from Libya?
By the way, guerilla is pronounced, 'gur-EE-ya.'
Guest
06.27.10 8:56PMI once ate gorilla while I was on vacation in Africa it was without a doubt one of the tastiest things I have ever eaten. But the chef said you can really only eat the baby ones. The adults meat is to tough.
francis mcclean
06.27.10 6:13PMalas! too many people still need to "wake up". someone posts some stunningly beautiful pictures online and some of the comments bear absolutey no relation to the post itself. unfortunately, this is not the only post that has descended into inane name-calling; indeed the vast majority of comments that can be read almost anywhere on the internet only go to prove the lack of intelligence that's out there....sad.
A passing visitor
06.27.10 6:08PMStunning pictures. It's good to see something that's so beautiful and still unspoilt.
Thank you.
well played
06.09.10 12:48AMI don't think anyone here knows what 'trolls' are, but well done.
Guest
06.08.10 1:39AMI cant believe there are this many idiots in the world today. With all of the space and information on the net, you people spend your time calling each other shit like butthole, and and talking about gorillas with their fingers in their ass. It is ignorant people like you that are the reason our world has become such a shit hole. Bring back natural selection and let the dip-shits die out!!
gnarly2smooth
06.08.10 12:42AMYour an idiot. A guerrilla is a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force, i.e., a rebel. NOT the fucking primate. Also, learn how to spell you uneducated dumbass.
Meh loled
06.05.10 10:22PMLOL I saw this guerillaz at the zooz one tiem stick it's filthy black finger in it's butt and sniff it. I was all like "ahahahaaha" omgz it was funny
Guerillaz are soo freakin funniez!!!
But, they're certainly not as funny as individuals who feed trolls.
Guest
05.25.10 3:35PMWE GET IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MY GOD MAN HAVE YOU NOOOOOOOO SENSE OF HUMOR?!?!?!?!?!?
Guest
05.18.10 5:33PMJust to clarify....A gorilla is a large primate and a guerrilla is a foreign insurgent that mainly deals with jungle warfare. The caption utilized the correct spelling.
NorseForce
05.14.10 8:02PMSo, your telling me that this colored river is closed because of a gorilla infestation? God can be damn hilarious.
Guest
05.02.10 10:56PMColombian-American. This makes me so sad. You idiots have completely missed the point. These are beautiful photographs of a natural wonder and all anyone can think to do is bash one another based on country of origin. Its really pitiful! Refocus!
Wil
04.24.10 12:12PMYou're critiquing other people about their misspelling of Colombia while you're the man who spelled misspelled wrong? By the way man it is, is it's not its. Misspelled doesn't own Colombia.
Guestajsh
04.24.10 1:45AMhaha and btw all of you saying Columbia that is also mispelled its Colombia..
