Gorgona, Colombia

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Gorgona is an island located about 50km off the Colombian Pacific coast. It is best known for the yearly visit of humpback whales and is really a diving paradise. It used to be a prison until 1985 but now is a National Park.

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Places to stay:

Barco Doña Mariela (0 comments) Website: http://www.arrecifesdelpacifico.com/
This is not a hostel but a boat. I traveled to Gorgona in this boat, it departures from Buenaventura, the trip takes about 12 hours, you can sleep all this time until you arrive early in the mourning to Gorgona. The boat is equipped with tanks, 2 sodiac boats, and all the necessary gear to dive. It has small shared cabins with air conditioned. All the meals are included, also any snacks. My trip was arranged by Arrecifes del Pacifico (http://www.arrecifesdelpacifico.com/) which is the dive school where I got my training and is located in Cali.

Things to do:

Diving and whale watching are some of the most common activities in Gorgona. You can see manta rays, white tip sharks, moray eels, octopuses and if you're really lucky whale sharks.

Getting around & transportation:

You can get to Gorgona by boat from Buenaventura. Also small boats departure from Guapi.

 

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sbf says on Aug 3, 2009, 09:33: SCT-"Safe Colombian Tours" Inexpensive English speaking guides and interpeters starting from 3 usd per hour (groups can share the cost, i.e. a group a 4 people will pay less than one dollar per traveler!!!!!!!!) We can find you the cheaper option available in road and air tickets (clearing out the always present tentation of overpricing goods and services to foregin looking visitors) only paying a very small fee Low Cost Travel Agency but with a very warm an personal touch. contact: cafemaya at telefonica.net 0 funny, 0 helpful.

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