Discover what to do in Barichara

The unmissable places in Barichara

"Place of rest and flowering trees" in the Guane language, It is located on a beautiful terrace plateau located between the Suárez river canyon and the Chicamocha river, from where you can see the Suárez or Saravita river and the royal road that leads to Guane. At 1,280 meters above sea level, at a distance of 340 km from Bogotá, 118 from Bucaramanga and 20 from San Gil, by paved road Founded in 1705 by Francisco Pradilla y Ayerbe, it is a beautiful region where History is breathed in every corner.

Community tourism

An organized group of peasants in the Vereda Santa Elena de Barichara who dedicate their days to pampering and harvesting a special coffee that grows in the shade of ceiba, anacos, snail and guamos forests, among orchids and birds, have found themselves doing community tourism, improve the quality of life of their families by publicizing their beautiful region and work generating unique experiences with the diversity of the environment, gastronomy and their peasant caste.

Adventure sports

Enjoy an unprecedented extreme adventure. With this activity in the company of expert and professional guides, you will get to know the most beautiful landscapes of Santander through the different extreme activities carried out such as: Hikes, Rappel, Cayoning through the Chicamocha canyon, Paragliding, Torrentism, Speleology, Canoping, Rafting.

Unique experiences

The San Lorenzo Barichara Foundation offers different experiences to connect and value with traditional trades. Among them the activity of CERAMICA TÉCNICA RAKU. This traditional Japanese technique consists of removing the red-hot ceramic piece from the oven and transferring it to a pan with sawdust, thus obtaining a striking and surprising effect on the applied glazes.