Calima lake, more than just a lake

Located in the municipality of Darien in the Valle del Cauca Department, Calima lake is the largest artificial lake in Colombia, and it is a part of a hydroelectric Project for generating power to the department. Calima lake has become a place for water sports like Kitesurfind, windsurfing and leasure activities. Vacational centers, restaurants and camping zones were built near the lake and now is a very popular and visited place from both national and international tourist, specially from near cities and towns like Cali and Buga.

But, like I said, it is not just a lake, there are another places to see at Calima lake as Calima Museum, where you will find the most complete resource of Calima’s culture (One of the oldest in América). The museum has more than 4.000 pieces including ceramicas, textils  and all traces of its four societies: hunter-gatherers, Ilama, Yotoco and Sonso.

You also can visit the EPSA hydroelectric , a must take picture scene, where the mist meets the lake and engineering blends with nature.

The  Perpetuo Socorro cathedral is an impositing structure that rises at the heart of downtown Darien between colonial balconies.

And the Gringa’s waterfall where an urban leyend says a nude girl appears at midnight to take a shower in its cold water.

I want to keep going back!

Calima lake becomes a wonderful place to me, I want to return with my family and show them the beauty of this country and prove that we do not have to go far away from our city to meet incredible places, this is just one of the  paradises that Colombia has to be uncovered.