HISTORY OF GUICAN

Hernan Perez de Quesada was the conqueror of this territory, came there with his army in search of gold. Aborigines hid behind the Spanish Sierra Nevada. The town was founded by Miguel Blasco, the father on 26 February 1756. In its beginnings, was named ‘’Nuestra Señora de la Concepción de Guican’’

Taken from: http://www.guican-boyaca.gov.co/sitio.shtml?apc=B--1--&x=1983068

                     

HISTORY OF ''EL COCUY''

The people started being populated by nomadic inhabitants, in the north, they brought agriculture. These created the Indian population there, with great socio-political organization, one of the best among groups u'waso Tunebo, laches and Muisca. The most important activities were the pezca, hunting, farming corn, potatoes, coca beans, among others .. They say Hernan Perez de Quesada is the founder of this town, who together with his soldiers en1542 was searching the house of the sun, they also came Augustinians and Dominicans.

Taken from: http://www.boyaca.gov.co/?idcategoria=9464

GENERAL FACTS

* Temperature..Entre -4 y 30 °C
* Generally the economy of this region is agriculture, livestock, and tourism, tourism thanks to the snow.
 * Visitors 4.543 (in 2006)
 * Surface 3.060 km²
 * The Nevado del cocuy natural national park was declared the May 2, 1977.

ROUTS AND MAPS

Routs :

To get to the snow covered cocuy, there are 3 routes, which are, by Güicán Cocuy, and Tame Arauca.
>   Bogotá - Tunja - Duitama - Soatá - Capitanejo - El Cocuy, or   Bogotá - Tunja - Duitama - Boavita - Panqueba - El Cocuy
Later..
< Guicán - 'kanwara' - 'Laguna Grande de los Verdes' or for the 'glaciar de los Ritacubas'
< Cocuy  - 'Hacienda la esperanza' - 'Laguna Grande de la Sierra' - 'La Cueva de la Cuchumba'
< Cocuy - 'Alto de la Cueva' - 'glaciar de Pan de Azúcar'
....Taken from.. http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parque_nacional_natural_El_Cocuy

Maps : 

Taken from  http://cabaaselcocuy.blogspot.com/2010/04/generalidades-recomendaciones-y-rutas.html

Taken from  http://vickykarpfviajeracocuy.blogspot.com/

GEOGRAPHY

Highest peaks and important

   * Ritacuba blanco : 5330 msnm
   * Ritacuba negro: 5300 msnm
   * Puntiagudo,  sirara,  cóncavo, 
       San Pablines Norte, Montkowski, 
       San Pablines Norte  : 5200
    * Pan de azucar : 5120
    * Concavito, el pulpito del diablo  : 5100 

Taken from: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parque_nacional_natural_El_Cocuy

Rivers

• Snow water down to the rivers Magdalena and Orinoco
• Also decreases the natural national park the ''rio nevado''

Lakes

•  Laguna Plaza
•  Laguna Grande de la Sierra
•  Laguna de Los Verdes
•  Laguna del Avellanal
•  Laguna La Isla.

Taken from: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parque_nacional_natural_El_Cocuy

Taken from  http://www.nevados.org/es/sierra-nevada-del-cocuy.html

Ecological Reflections

 * To go to the snow, you need, if you do not know exactly the route, go with a guide
 *Not drinking alcohol at least one day before you go
 *About two weeks ago eating foods that provide calories, preparing to leave
 *Wear clothes and shoes suitable for the cold and the walk
 * No littering on PNN
 * Caring vegetative species that are there
 * Going green in your daily life, and that global warming is slowly killing the Snowy, and other PNN