TOURISTIC PLACES

The touristic places of Nariño are very diverse, many of this places are natural, architectural, religious places and most, there are places for everyone...

some of this places are:

Las Lajas Sanctuary:

(Spanish: Santuario de Las Lajas) is a basilica church located in the southern Colombian Department of Nariño, municipality of ipiales and built inside the canyon of the Guáitara River.

The present church was built in gothic Revival style between 1916 and 1949. The name ´´Laja´´ comes from of one rock flat sedimentary.         

Laguna de Cocha (Lake):

This is a beautiful place surrounded by mountains. This is the second biggest lake of the country.  It is located 20 Km. from Pasto.  It is a natural stream that comes from a glaciaer. 

La Cocha is a beautiful and expansive mountain lake, although a lot of it is ecological in nature. is unique and a rewarding spot to visit.

Volcano Cumbal:   
                                          

It is situated 15 Km. from the city of Ipiales. It is covered by snow.

Many lava flows extend from the Cumbal volcano, the southernmost historically active volcano of Colombia. The eruptions in 1877 and 1926 are the only known historical activity from Cumbal. the thermal springs are located on the SE.

Volcano Galeras:

Galeras volcano is located in southern Colombia close to the border with Ecuador. The volcanic complex consists of small calderas, cinder cones and a stratovolcano.

The city of Pasto is located on the eastern part of Galeras. The volcano Galeras is one of the volcanos most active of Colombia.

Volcano Chiles:

Chiles is a volcano on the border of Colombia and Ecuador. It lies 3 km south-east of the volcano Cerro Negro de Mayasquer, and the two peaks are considered part of the  Chiles-Cerro volcanic complex. 

Volcano Azufral:

Is a volcano located in the department of Nariño in southern Colombia, 12 km west of the town of Túquerres. The volcano has an altitude of 4,070 metres, and in the north-western side of the crater there is a lake named Laguna Verde. The green color of the lake is of the sulfur and iron in the crater. There are also two other much smaller lakes in the crater, Laguna Negra and Laguna Cristal.

Hill black of mayasquer:

The Cerro Negro is a stratovolcano with a 1.8 km crater opening to the west. The lava flows of Holocene age and solfataras that there is on the shore of a small crater lake are signs of recent volcanic activity.

Doña Juana-Cascabel Volcanic Complex:

Is a Colombian National Natural Park. The park is located in the South of departments of Nariño and Cauca; The park is named after three volcanoes which are Doña Juana, petacas and Animals. These are in the municipalities of El Tablón, San Bernardo, La Cruz, San Pablo in Nariño Department, and Bolívar, Santa Rosa in the Cauca Department.