San Agustín Things to Do Tips by hanspeter_W.

visit archael.park alto de los idolos

The best-preserved funerary complexes of the Agustinian culture are found at Alto de los Ídolos. The park stands out for its very particular characteristics in the representation of anthropomorphic and zoomorphic sculptures, their dimensions, the presence of sarcophagi and ceremonial baths made from stone, and the paintings of both the statues and the sepulcher and temple walls. The tallest figure in the park measures seven meters.

Directions: located on the left margin of the Magdalena River, just 30 kilometers in a straight line from San Agustín, in the Department of Huila.

Website: http://www.colombia.travel/en/international-tourist/sightseeing-what-to-do/history-and-tradition/archaeological-tourism/archaeological-parks-alto-de-l

visit archaelogical park

The San Agustín Archaeological Park, located on the Department of Huila, is the only place in the world highlighted by 500 imposing stone statues carved in accordance to the mythology of their Indian sculptors.
Most of the statues were part of the funerary paraphernalia of the ancient inhabitants of the area and were related to funerary rites, the spiritual power of the dead, and the supernatural world.
the four mesitas (small man-made hills), where monumental funerary complexes, stone statues, tombs, and artificial monticules may be admired;
the Bosque de las Estatuas (forest of statues), where 39 statues stand in the open air amid the flora of the region

Directions: 5 km outside of San Agustin, you can reach by taxi, local bus or by foot

Website: http://www.colombia.travel/en/international-tourist/sightseeing-what-to-do/history-and-tradition/archaeological-tourism/san-agustin-archaeological-par