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REFUGIO NATURAL ALTAMIRA
It is a self-sustaining agricultural producer farm located in the Montes de María, more precisely in the mountains of the town of Chalán?
This project has a tourism focus, implementing the logo and ecotourism as a methodology based on sustainable development.
El REFUGIO ALTAMIRA is designed to work together with visitors as volunteers. The activities carried out by these would be sowing, harvesting, and processing of products. the volunteers, in return for their work, will receive food, hosting and the opportunity to enjoy of the touristic places.
OFFERED FOOD
El REFUGIO ALTAMIRA offers us organic food and the harvest of the moment, like Rice, Yucca, Yam, Banana, Avocado, etc. These are some of the foods you will find at the moment. The vegetables and other accompaniments (cheese, egg, tuna etc) is the responsibility of the volunteers.
there is not electricity 100% nature*.
EXPERIENCE
The experience in the REFUGIO NATURAL ALTAMIRA is based on a pedagogical and at the same time leisure routine that will allow you to be part of a Montemarian community. You can learn from their customs, philosophy, history, agricultural techniques and at the same time, you can enjoy the exotic beauty that this sub-region of the sucre department offers us.
The place is strategically located in the middle of three waterfalls known as:
El salto de la Garrapata. (≈25 mnts)
El salto de la Colina (≈15 mnts)
Las tinas(≈20 mnts)
There are also several trails through which you can trek and enjoy the majestic landscape of the mountains, meet and learn about the vast flora and fauna that characterize these lands, and if you like photography, this is the perfect place.
Some registered species
Heliconia Bihai.
Alouatta palliata
morpho elenor
Solenopsis solenopsidis
Guacharaca
Ortallis garrula
Saguinus oedipus
Sciurus granatensis
Sicalis flaveola