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Los LLanos

​("Ya-NOHS")

Infinite prairies, mountain ranges, rivers, wildlife and cowboys – the Llanos, Colombia's eastern plains, are still undiscovered by mainstream tourism and remain a true off the beaten path destination.

One of the world's richest tropical grasslands and geographically and culturally unique, the Llanos or Orinoquía region are a lesser known area of Latin America - despite their immense size of about 375,790 square kilometers spanning Colombian as well as Venezuelan territory.
Wildlife

Wetlands, large rivers, lagoons, palm groves and gallery forests nourish a wide array of wildlife: capybaras, anteaters, deer, jabirus, jaguars, pumas, the green anaconda, armadillos, Orinoco geese, howlers, caimans, capuchins, turtles, tortoises, ocelots, macaws, river dolphins, giant otters, ibises, birds of prey and countless more.
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​Culture


Jesuit missionaries arrived to the Llanos from the Sixteenth Century organizing vast territories as 'hatos', large-scale cattle farms, that ever since have been tightly linked to the region's 'cowboy lifestyle', music and traditions. Over the centuries, Spanish influences were adapted and transformed into the distinct Llanero culture, iconic on both sides of the border between Colombia and Venezuela.
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We are based in Casanare 

Casanare is one of the "Llanos departments" of Colombia and gateway to the endless plains when arriving from the Eastern Andes. The department borders with the department of Boyacá to the west, the department of Meta to the south, Vichada to the east and Arauca to the north, spanning both Andean foothills and "Llanos", as the plains are called.

The province's capital city Yopal is strategically located just where the Andes meet prairies and an ideal starting point to explore the Llanos' fauna, sceneries and culture.
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Yopal 

• one of the country's youngest capital cities and growing in population
• ca. 145,000 habitants
• all amenities including hospitals, shopping malls, restaurants, numerous hotels, coach station, ​El Alcaravan Airport (EYP)

• 27°C annual average temperature 

Economy

• Mainly agriculture and petrol
• Products: beef, rice, palm oil, petrol oil, gas, pineapple, coffee and cacao

Wildlife Stats

• about 600 species of birds
• 200 species of mammals
• 49 species of amphibians
• 65 species of reptiles

• 567 species of fish
• 264 species of insects
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• 1479 species of flora

Food to try

• Carne Asada a la Llanera (slowly roasted meat)
• Cassava manioc with guacamole
• Envueltos de arroz (sweet rice wraps) 
• Caldo de cachama (fish broth)

• Ayaca (similar to 'tamal')
• Rellena (blood and rice saus
age)
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Contact

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WILD LLANOS S.A.S.
Yopal - Casanare - Colombia
National Tourism Register (RNT) No. 38359

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