Ash and Holly’s adventures in the Americas

After nearly a week relaxing in the lovely Airbnb cabin in Minca, we packed up the bikes and headed an hour east along the carribean coast to our next stop: a hostel just outside the Tayrona National Park.  The Tayrona National Park is an area of protected land lying between the Sierra Nevada mountains (the highest coastal mountains in the world!) and the carribean sea. The National Park has lots of walking trails through forest and mangrove swamp to beautiful beaches and coves. The land is owned and inhabited by indigenous Kogi people, who believe it is sacred land. The Kogi people allow public access for most of the year, closing the park for one month each year for spiritual cleansing and rituals. It’s actually the most visited national park in the whole of Colombia.  We stayed at a lovely family run hostel just outside the park entrance, and there were two huge but friendly dogs, and one smaller one. The hostel had a pool and lots of hammocks to chill it. It also had a lov...