National Parks of Colombia: Guide to the Protected Areas
Protected Areas and Nature Parks
Colombia is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world and has many nature parks and ecological reserves.
The National System of Protected Areas (SINAP) is the body in charge of conserving and protecting the country's various natural areas.
Source and credit: National System of Protected Areas — SINAP.
Guide to Colombia's nature parks
Cueva de los Guácharos National Natural Park
Department: Huila
Region: Andean (Eastern Andes)
Hectares: 9,000
Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta National Natural Park
Department: Magdalena, La Guajira, Cesar
Region: Caribbean
Hectares: 383,000
Isla de Salamanca Park
Department: Magdalena
Region: Caribbean
Hectares: 56,200
Farallones de Cali National Natural Park
Department: Valle del Cauca
Region: Andean (Western Andes)
Hectares: 150,000
Puracé National Natural Park
Department: Cauca, Huila
Region: Andean (Central Andes)
Hectares: 83,000
Tayrona National Natural Park
Department: Magdalena
Region: Caribbean
Hectares: 15,000
El Tuparro National Natural Park
Department: Vichada
Region: Orinoquía
Hectares: 548,000
Sierra de La Macarena National Natural Park
Department: Meta, Vaupés
Region: Orinoquía
Hectares: 620,000
Ensenada de Utría National Natural Park
Department: Chocó
Region: Pacific Coast
Hectares: 54,300
Las Orquídeas National Natural Park
Department: Antioquia
Region: Andean (Western Andes)
Hectares: 32,000
Los Katíos National Natural Park
Department: Chocó, Antioquia
Region: Pacific Coast
Hectares: 72,000
Los Nevados National Natural Park
Department: Risaralda, Tolima, Caldas, Quindío
Region: Andean (Central Andes)
Hectares: 38,000
Amacayacu National Natural Park
Department: Amazonas
Region: Amazon
Hectares: 293,500
Las Hermosas National Natural Park
Department: Tolima, Valle del Cauca
Region: Andean (Central Andes)
Hectares: 125,000
Nevado del Huila National Natural Park
Department: Huila, Tolima, Cauca, Valle del Cauca
Region: Andean (Central Andes)
Hectares: 158,000
Cordillera de los Picachos National Natural Park
Department: Meta, Caquetá, Huila
Region: Andean (Eastern Andes)
Hectares: 444,740
Chingaza National Natural Park
Department: Cundinamarca, Meta
Region: Andean (Eastern Andes)
Hectares: 76,600
Sumapaz National Natural Park
Department: Meta, Cundinamarca, Huila
Region: Andean (Eastern Andes)
Hectares: 154,000
El Cocuy National Natural Park
Department: Arauca, Boyacá, Casanare
Region: Andean (Eastern Andes)
Hectares: 306,000
Pisba National Natural Park
Department: Boyacá
Region: Andean (Eastern Andes)
Hectares: 45,000
Tamá National Natural Park
Department: Norte de Santander
Region: Andean (Eastern Andes)
Hectares: 15,000
Iguaque Flora and Fauna Sanctuary
Department: Boyacá
Region: Andean (Eastern Andes)
Hectares: 6,750
Corales del Rosario y San Bernardo National Natural Park
Department: Bolívar, Sucre
Region: Caribbean
Hectares: 120,000
Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta Flora and Fauna Sanctuary
Department: Magdalena
Region: Caribbean
Hectares: 26,810
Sanquianga National Natural Park
Department: Nariño
Region: Pacific Coast
Hectares: 80,000
Macuira National Natural Park
Department: La Guajira
Region: Caribbean
Hectares: 25,000
Paramillo National Natural Park
Department: Córdoba, Antioquia
Region: Caribbean (Western Andes)
Hectares: 460,000
Munchique National Natural Park
Department: Cauca
Region: Andean (Western Andes)
Hectares: 44,000
Los Colorados Flora and Fauna Sanctuary
Department: Bolívar
Region: Caribbean
Hectares: 1,000
Isla de La Corota Flora and Fauna Sanctuary
Department: Nariño
Region: Andean (Central Andes)
Hectares: 16
Los Flamencos Flora and Fauna Sanctuary
Department: La Guajira
Region: Caribbean
Hectares: 7,682
Isla Gorgona National Natural Park
Department: Cauca
Region: Insular
Hectares: 61,687
La Paya National Natural Park
Department: Putumayo
Region: Amazon
Hectares: 422,000
Galeras Flora and Fauna Sanctuary
Department: Nariño
Region: Andean (Nudo de los Pastos)
Hectares: 7,615
Cahuinarí National Natural Park
Department: Amazonas
Region: Amazon
Hectares: 575,000
Tatamá National Natural Park
Department: Chocó, Risaralda, Valle del Cauca
Region: Andean (Western Andes)
Hectares: 51,900
Los Estoraques Unique Natural Area
Department: Norte de Santander
Region: Andean (Eastern Andes)
Hectares: 640
Serranía de Chiribiquete National Natural Park
Department: Caquetá, Guaviare
Region: Amazon
Hectares: 1,280,000
Nukak National Natural Reserve
Department: Guaviare, Vaupés
Region: Amazon
Hectares: 855,000
Puinawai National Natural Reserve
Department: Guainía
Region: Amazon
Hectares: 1,092,500
Tinigua National Natural Park
Department: Meta
Region: Amazon
Hectares: 201,875
Catatumbo Barí National Natural Park
Department: Norte de Santander
Region: Andean (Eastern Andes)
Hectares: 158,125
Guanentá Alto Río Fonce Flora and Fauna Sanctuary
Department: Boyacá, Santander
Region: Andean (Eastern Andes)
Hectares: 10,429
Old Providence McBean Lagoon National Natural Park
Department: San Andrés y Providencia
Region: Insular
Hectares: 995
Malpelo Flora and Fauna Sanctuary
Department: Valle del Cauca
Region: Insular
Hectares: 120
Otún Quimbaya Flora and Fauna Sanctuary
Department: Risaralda
Region: Andean (Central Andes)
Hectares: 489
Río Puré National Natural Park
Department: Amazonas
Region: Amazon
Hectares: 999,880
Alto Fragua Indi-Wasi National Natural Park
Department: Caquetá
Region: Amazon
Hectares: 68,000
El Corchal "El Mono Hernández" Flora and Fauna Sanctuary
Department: Sucre, Bolívar
Region: Caribbean
Hectares: 3,850
Selva de Florencia National Natural Park
Department: Caldas
Region: Andean (Central Andes)
Hectares: 10,019
Serranía de los Yariguíes National Natural Park
Department: Santander
Region: Andean (Eastern Andes)
Hectares: 78,837
Complejo Volcánico Doña Juana – Cascabel National Natural Park
Department: Cauca, Nariño
Region: Andean (Nudo de los Pastos)
Hectares: 65,858
Serranía de los Churumbelos Auka-Wasi National Natural Park
Department: Cauca, Caquetá, Putumayo, Huila
Region: Amazon
Hectares: 97,189
Orito Ingi-Andé Medicinal Plants Flora and Fauna Sanctuary
Department: Nariño, Putumayo
Region: Amazon
Hectares: 10,204
Yaigojé Apaporis National Natural Park
Department: Vaupés, Amazonas
Region: Amazon
Hectares: 1,060,603
Uramba Bahía Málaga National Natural Park
Department: Valle del Cauca
Region: Pacific
Hectares: 47,094
Map of the nature parks

National Parks by region
Amazon region
PNN Alto Fragua Indi Wasi
PNN Amacayacú
PNN Cahuinarí
PNN La Paya
PNN Río Puré
PNN Serranía de Chiribiquete
PNN Serranía de los Churumbelos Auka Wasi
PNN Yaigojé Apaporis
RNN Nukak
RNN Puinawai
Orito Ingi-Andé Medicinal Plants Sanctuary
Northeastern Andes
Los Estoraques Unique Natural Area
PNN Catatumbo Barí
PNN El Cocuy
PNN Pisba
PNN Serranía de Los Yariguíes
PNN Tamá
SFF Guanentá Alto Río Fonce
SFF Iguaque
Western Andes
PNN Complejo Volcánico Doña Juana – Cascabel
PNN Cueva de los Guácharos
PNN Las Hermosas - Gloria Valencia de Castaño
PNN Las Orquídeas
PNN Los Nevados
PNN Nevado del Huila
PNN Puracé
PNN Selva de Florencia
PNN Tatamá
SFF Otún Quimbaya
SFF Galeras
SFF Isla de la Corota
Caribbean region
PNN Bahía Portete – Kaurrele
PNN Corales de Profundidad
PNN Corales del Rosario y de San Bernardo
PNN Macuira
PNN Old Providence McBean Lagoon
PNN Paramillo
Cordillera Beata Natural Reserve
PNN Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
PNN Tayrona
Acandí, Playón y Playona Fauna Sanctuary
SFF Los Flamencos
SFF Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta
SFF El Corchal "El Mono Hernández"
SFF Los Colorados
Isla de Salamanca Park Way
Orinoquía region
DMI Cinaruco
PNN Chingaza
PNN Cordillera de Los Picachos
PNN El Tuparro
PNN Sierra de la Macarena
PNN Sumapaz
PNN Tinigua
Pacific region
DMI Cabo Manglares
DMI Colinas y Lomas Submarinas de la Cuenca Pacífico Norte
DMI Yuruparí – Malpelo
PNN Farallones de Cali
PNN Gorgona
PNN Los Katíos
PNN Munchique
PNN Sanquianga
PNN Uramba Bahía Málaga
PNN Utría
SFF Malpelo
Key:
PNN: Parque Nacional Natural (National Natural Park)
SFF: Santuario de Flora y Fauna (Flora and Fauna Sanctuary)
DMI: Distrito Nacional de Manejo Integrado (Integrated Management District)
Frequently asked questions about National Parks
Colombia is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world and has dozens of nature parks and reserves managed by the National System of Protected Areas (SINAP).
Among the most visited are Tayrona Park, the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, the Farallones de Cali and El Cocuy.
The National System of Protected Areas (SINAP), the body in charge of conserving and protecting the country's natural areas.
Many parks require entry tickets or permits and have visiting rules, opening seasons and capacity limits set by National Parks. Check the status of each park before you go.