Must-see attractions in La Guajira Peninsula

  • Playa Taroa

    La Guajira Peninsula

    This exceptional and extremely remote beach at the very northern tip of the South American continent is La Guajira's highlight. Massive sand dunes drop…

  • Santuario de Fauna y Flora Los Flamencos

    Riohacha

    Pink flamingos inhabit this tranquil, 700-hectare nature preserve in great numbers: up to 10,000 in the wet season (usually September through December)…

  • Ojo de Agua

    La Guajira Peninsula

    This remote-feeling and craggily beautiful crescent-shaped dark-sand beach is bound by 5m-high cliffs where iguanas roam. The beach gets its name from a…

  • Pilón de Azúcar

    La Guajira Peninsula

    Pilón de Azúcar looms over the eponymous beach and provides the area's most telescopic viewpoint, with the whole of Alta Guajira displayed before you and…

  • Playa del Pilón

    La Guajira Peninsula

    Playa del Pilón, far and away the most beautiful beach in Cabo, is a vivid orange-sand beach lapped by surprisingly cool waters and framed by low, rocky…

  • El Faro

    La Guajira Peninsula

    Wayuu and tourists alike head to El Faro, a small lighthouse at the edge of a rocky promontory, for stiff winds and tangerine sunsets. The view is…

  • Bahía Hondita

    La Guajira Peninsula

    This gorgeous bay has several islands, to which boat trips are often made on tours. A large colony of flamingos also calls the shallow waters of this…

  • Malecón

    Riohacha

    The boardwalk along the seafront and beach is a popular place for an evening stroll.

  • Camellón de Riohacha

    Riohacha

    Built in 1937, this impressive wooden pier is lovely for a stroll late in the day.