Caño Cristales - The Five Colors River

The National Natural Park, in the south end of the department of Meta, Colombia, has an area of 650.000 square kilometres where they will be able to see fascinating waterfalls of all the sizes, mighty rivers, cachiveras, streams and natural meadows. The river has this pigmentation because the stones are covered with the moss and the algae. Yellow, blue, green, black and red, they are his five colors, which explain for the presence of algae of different colors. The red color owes to a plant named Macarenia clavigera. When the level of the water goes to the ideal point, the moss and the algae bloom with the brilliant colors. A unique biological wonder Caño Cristales is one of those places you have to see to believe. link