The river Caño Cristales: The Rainbow River

The river Caño Cristales: The Rainbow River

The Caño Cristales is a river of Colombia. The river has been called "the river of five colors" or even "The most beautiful river in the world"; its beauty is that in the bottom of the algae colors like red, yellow, green and blue mainly occur, giving a variegated appearance to the river.

Being a little river length and width is less than 100 km. or length exceeds 20 m. wide; Caño Cristales is one of the most impressive displays, and a combination of bellesa naturalesa.

These rocks are considered among the oldest in the world. In Caño Cristales look fast, correones, waterfalls and pocetas. Its crystal clear waters let you see the bottom, to enjoy the spectacular scenery of this beautiful river. In the mountains there are numerous species of birds, reptiles, amphibians and primates, but no fish, shortage of materials trailing sedimentation.


Seven Machos El Caño lant has red winter, these plants adhere tightly to rocks in places most current of the river, but the most beautiful is the Caño Cristales. There is no doubt that nature never ceases to surprise us and offer us the best.

This river is one of the most spectacular wonders that exists on the planet without a doubt. This river is biological heritage of humanity.