Llanera Crossing, best travel experience for Activity with locals in Casanare, Colombia.

Faithful to our tradition, live an unforgettable experience on horseback accompanied by our Creole cowboys on a plains journey through the 3 ranches that make up the El Encanto de Guanapalo Natural Reserve

PLAIN TRAVELING

Hato Mata de Palma: Mata de Palma offers bright colors, beautiful landscapes full of breezes in front of the canyon and immense savannahs, magical sunrises and sunsets. It provides calm, serenity and comfort to revitalize our guests.

The mango and mamoncillo trees have seen four generations pass by and have become favorite places for rest and contemplation to observe the nature that exists there. is found.

Hato Altamira: Altamira enchants its guests with the singing of its birds since dawn, resting in the chinchorro with the breeze of the savannah is an experience that our visitors will not want to miss. n lose.

Surrounded by the Caño Suárez, it houses a perfect balance between water and plain. Its vegetation is lively and robust with the perfect shade to appreciate the landscape and its central location allows it to receive the refreshing breezes of the savannahs.

Hato Montana: Montana is located in the deepest part of the Reserve, an enigmatic place surrounded by ravines and forests that are the habitat of wild and wild life. .

Its ecolodge-type house has rooms with balconies and bathrooms open to the sky to enjoy the reddish plains sunsets that will give you an experience of contact with the landscape and the immensity of the plain.

NATURE EXPERIENCES

Experience the immensity of the plain and the gallery forests, letting yourself be surprised by wild animals and the magical plains landscapes on walks or tours on horseback, by bike or by curiara

BIRD AND WILDLIFE WATCHING

Discover all our great biodiversity! The Natural Reserve and AICA is home to more than 275 species of birds, 18 species of mammals, and 30 species of reptiles, and more than 350 animals have been released, thus returning to the wild. to its natural habitat.

You can easily see large herds of chigüiros, white-tailed deer, wild horses,
babillas, foxes, morrocoys, anacondas, among many other animals that live in their natural habitat.</p >

PLANERA CULTURE AND TRADITION

Live the llanero charm on a plain job, listening to the dairy songs, enjoying a llanero party, or reliving the myths and legends. Our “Plain Work” It allows guests to live first-hand the experience of a Creole, going out into the savannah to surround the cattle, herding them and taking them to the corral listening to the “Cantos de Vaquería” declared Intangible Heritage of Humanity, it is an indescribable experience.

GASTRONOMY AND FLAVORS OF THE PLAIN

Delight yourself with the flavors of the plain! The water wealth and vegetation of our region allowed our ancestors to take advantage of this wealth. diversity, which allows us to enjoy today different typical and unique dishes from this region such as pisillo, hallacas, shredded meat, amasijos, llanero provisions and of course Iconic dishes such as llanera beef or roasted Cerrero pig. In our Gastronomy workshops our guests will be able to learn how to prepare some of these dishes.

DAY ONE - HATO MATA DE PALMA

8:30 am – You will enter El Encanto de Guanapalo, it is always recommended to enter during the day because from the entrance you will be able to encounter herds of deer, morrocois, chigüiros and a great variety of birds, it is an appetizer of what you will enjoy for the next 4 days.

9:00am - You will arrive at Hato Mata de Palma, there. will receive them the Creole guide who will accompany you during all tours and will take care of to introduce them to this plains and native experience. He will share with you the history of the herds, how they came together and formed the El Encanto de Guanapalo Natural Reserve.

10:00 am - They will live the first experience, a Guided Walk along ecological trails where they will reconnoitre the surroundings of the herd and will be able to enjoy magical landscapes and the wealth of flora and fauna that the Natural Reserve has.

12:00 pm - Back at the ranch you will enjoy a delicious Creole lunch and then you will have a rest time on a chinchorro under a mango or cruzeto tree.< /p>

3:00 pm - They will go on the first horseback ride through the flooded savannahs towards Las Queseras, the meeting point of the 3 herds that make up the El Encanto de Guanapalo nature reserve. , a 3-5 hour tour where you will be able to see the great abundance of biodiversity that exists in our Natural Reserve such as birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles and fish in their natural environment. Along the way they will share the plain supplies.

6:00 pm - On the way back to the Hato you will be able to appreciate an impressive plains sunset with its dazzling colors.

7:00 pm - You will enjoy a delicious outdoor dinner in front of the waterfall, and then rest in the rooms of Hato Mata de Palma.

DAY TWO - HATO MONTANA

5:00 am - You will wake up very early and with a coffee. Cerrero and typical llanero amasijo will go out to see the sunrise on a ride in a curiara (type of canoe) through the canyons of the reserve, where they will enjoy the calm waters and the sound of the birds that will accompany them ( Only in winter season May to November). They will be able to do artisanal fishing, they will learn about this traditional practice that the llaneros carry out with hooks for their subsistence.

7:00 am - They will return to the Hato to enjoy a delicious typical llanero breakfast with beech, torrejas and prepared.

9:00 am – In the company of their Guide they prepare to train their horses to go on the second horseback journey through the flooded savannahs to Hato Montana along the El Molino road.

On this tour you will be able to see anteaters and honeyeaters, owls that are small owls that nest on the ground, also foxes and a large number of birds. They will pass through the canyons on horseback where they will see chiguiros, babillas and herons.

11:00 am – You will arrive at Hato Montana and receive a prepared snack to refresh yourself and take some time to rest.

1:00 pm – They will enjoy a Creole lunch outdoors under the shade of a tree, then they will be able to rest in the hammock area of the Hato house.

3:00 pm – They will go out on a new journey on horseback in search of the howler monkey, who with his cries will warn them that he is nearby. </ P>

5:00 pm – You will appreciate a beautiful sunset in the middle of the savannah with a delicious snack and return to the Hato.

7:00 pm – You will enjoy dinner outdoors accompanied by our vaquianos with their traditional Night of Songs, Myths, and Legends. Where in the heat of a bonfire and torches you will listen to the cowboys narrate stories from the oral tradition of the region accompanied by the typical sounds of the plain.

8:30 pm - They will rest in the rooms of Hato Montana.

DAY THREE - HATO ALTAMIRA

6:00 am - Early in the morning you will be able to appreciate the majestic llanero sunrise, and your guide will take you to live an experience typical of the llanero herds, you will live a morning ;milking ana and Work in the Corral accompanied with dairy songs, live this ancestral work and learn to milk a tame cow, they will rope a foal, brush it and groom it.

8:00 am – They will return to the Hato to enjoy a delicious typical breakfast.nero.

9:00 am -  They will hold a Crafts Workshop to see how, with natural resources, Creole cowboys create useful elements for typical work in the plains. Where the Creole will teach them to make a halter, harness or commando with horsehair or leather like those used in horse implements.

11:00 am – A new journey begins towards Hato Altamira. A tour where you will be able to see the great abundance of biodiversity that exists in our Natural Reserve such as birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles and fish in their natural environment.

1:00 pm – You will enjoy a delicious Creole Lunch and will be able to rest in the Chinchorros del Hato area.

3:00 pm – They will depart on a new journey to the Galapagos Garcero, where more than 15 species of herons nest, such as the corocoras, bony heron, and pallet heron, among others. Along the way you will also find birds such as the Orinoco goose, ducks, egrets and curlews.

5:00 pm – You will appreciate a beautiful sunset in the middle of the savannah with a delicious snack and return to the Hato.

7:00 pm – You will enjoy a delicious outdoor dinner and rest in the rooms of Hato Altamira.

DAY FOUR -  LEAVE A MARK

8:00 am – You will enjoy a delicious typical llanero breakfast.

9:00 am – They will have an experience where they will leave their mark on our Reserve through the planting of a tree with which they will help us conserve and maintain our gallery forests where new species of birds will arrive.

11:00 am - We will check out and El Encanto De Guanapalo will say goodbye to you. with a snack and food.

COMMERCIAL CONDITIONS AND CANCELLATION POLICY

• Given the particular conditions of the El Encanto de Guanapalo Natural Reserve, advance payments are necessary to begin the logistical organization of each service. This is why our cancellation policies are very delicate for our operation.
• A service may be canceled without penalty up to one month before the service is provided. This means that, in ordinary situations, a service that is canceled one month before its provision will have a refund of 100% of the advance.
• If the cancellation is made fifteen days before the service is provided, then there will be a penalty of 30% of the value quoted for the service. This means that it will be reintegrated 70% of the final value or 50% of the advance payments paid. 
• If the cancellation is made eight days or less before the service is provided, then the penalty will be: 50% of the final value.

GENERAL CONDITIONS IN THE PROVISION OF THE SERVICE

TRAVEL INSURANCE:

All our plans are covered by travel insurance and medical assistance managed by Colasistencia, it is the responsibility of the contracting party to provide the timely information with the necessary data of each traveler to activate the insurance policies before to start your visit at the RNSC EEDG.

ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND FOOD POLICY:

Within the Natural Reserve there is Moderate consumption of liquor is allowed, for this we have a limited menu of alcoholic beverages, if you want a special drink you can inform us so we can have it at your disposal. Any alcoholic beverage brought into the Nature Reserve will be subject to corkage for consumption, the corkage value of any alcoholic beverage is 50% of the value on our price list, or of the commercial value of the beverage if it is not corkage. in the price list.

CHILDREN POLICY:

Children under 4 years old do not pay, from 5 to 10 years old have a 30% discount. Children 11 years and older pay 100% of the rate