Bogotá Bioparque La Reserva – Full Day Visit to an Environmental Project

Experience Colombia´s flora and fauna at its best, only a few km away from the center of the buzzing big city of Bogotá...

We have been working with Bioparque La Reserva for a while already and would love to send more visitors there. It is a environmental project with the aim to conserve Colombia´s flora and fauna and above all educate its visitors about this topic. We consider it an extraordinary project, worth of being promoted stronger amongst our clients.

Here a brief description of the project:

Colombia is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world. About 1900 species of birds are native to the different climate zones of Colombia. At the same time the country faces an increasing endangering of its biggest capital: the biodiversity.

In Cota a few kilometers in the northwest of Bogota the foundation “Bioparque La Reserva” is working with heart, soul and a lot of love for the nature to counteract destructive dynamics that affect the Colombian flora and fauna gradually and in silence. Their mission is to maintain Colombia’s biodiversity by fighting for threatened bird species, creating ecosystems by planting different native trees and to distribute their knowledge about Colombia’s biodiversity as well as about sustainability and the science of animal behaviour among the population. In order to spread their message the foundation dedicates itself to a playful, experimentative such as critical information and sensibilisation of the inhabitants in their park. Besides tourists also schools are visiting the park.

The respectful and sensitive handling of the animals and plants is reflected in the tour around the park which is made off of recycled materials. Under the guidance of an expert of the team the tour leads through different ecosystems, that are recreations of the bird’s natural habitat. In the species-appropriate enclosures the animals themselves are prevailing and humans that enter, explore their habitat with caution and respect.

The animals’ sense of security in combination with a particular training by the ethologist and the  foundation’s co-founder makes them lose their fear of humans and give the visitors the unique opportunity to be very close to the animals and observe them in action. The basic principles of the park include a human’s submissive attitude and the confrontation with the destinies of animals, being just one animal, their conspecifics or the whole specie. This marks a main difference between the Biopark and a traditional zoo. Among others thematised problems concern the consequences of human life style to the flora and fauna, the illegal international trading with certain species and the inadequate handling of animals as pets.

We as Neptuno took this project into our heart. In our opinion the foundations makes an incredibly important contribution to protect and conserve the biodiversity without which Colombia wouldn’t be the Colombia that we love and appreciate. Therefore we want to give a chance to the people that travel with us to Colombia to deal with their own and mass behaviour and the consequences to the environment of the country. We want to intensify our collaboration with the foundation in the near future and want to go on a journey of knowledge, a journey of critical reflection, a journey to the incredible flora and fauna in the Bioparque La Reserva in Cota.

The Full day tour includes transfer to and from the Bioparque, guided tour through the reserve and lunch.

Feel free to have a look at their homepage and to contact your local travel agent for further information.