Discover Ramiriquí

When planning your trip to Ramiriquí, two distinct focuses may be important: the annual festival in town or the landscape and cultural features of the entire municipality. If you are looking for a hotel, first decide which occasion matters to you. A visit to the festival depends on the dates of that year’s edition; an interest in landscapes, regional foods, crafts or named visitor attractions, by contrast, offers a broader view of Ramiriquí and its municipal area. This lets you tailor your search to the reason for your trip, rather than combining different themes into a single excursion plan.

The festival as a reason to visit

The Festival Internacional del Maíz, el Sorbo y la Arepa is held annually in Ramiriquí and attracts visitors from various regions of Colombia as well as from abroad. The festival’s name refers to corn, Sorbo and arepa. If the festival is the main reason for your trip, the dates of that year’s edition matter. Check them before planning your trip around the event. The festival is tied to specific dates; landscape, food and craft themes, by contrast, provide a focus for your trip that is not tied to a single edition of the festival.

Landscape and municipal area

The municipality of Ramiriquí extends across the foothills of the Cordillera Oriental. Its distinctive landforms include the El Ermitaño and Las Coloradas ridges, the Redondo and la Cruz heights, and the Serranía de Pata de Gallo. The named landforms therefore also differ in how they are described: in addition to ridges, the list includes heights and a serranía. Their location in the foothills of the Cordillera Oriental places these individual landforms within a broader geographical context. If you are interested in the landscape, the municipality as a whole is the appropriate frame of reference.

The main rivers in the municipality of Ramiriquí are the Guayas and Jenesano. River names thus complement the named ridges, heights and serranía as additional geographical reference points. Those seeking an overview of the landscape can consider different features of the municipal area side by side, rather than associating Ramiriquí with just one landscape name.

Arepas and fique crafts

Corn and cheese arepas are well known in the municipality of Ramiriquí. The festival’s name also refers to corn and arepa, linking the festival thematically with these well-known foods. Fique crafts include ruana ponchos and alpargatas. These examples give local crafts concrete forms: ruana ponchos and alpargatas are another way to experience municipal culture, alongside culinary traditions. When planning your trip, you can therefore distinguish between a visit focused on the festival and a broader interest in food and crafts.

Places to visit in the municipal area

The chapel of Señor de los Tunos is one of the places to visit named within the municipality of Ramiriquí. Puente Camacho, the Guacamayo Cave and La Piedra de los Mil Huecos are also listed as places to visit in the municipal area. These names represent different kinds of destinations: a chapel, a bridge, a cave and a place whose name refers to Piedra de los Mil Huecos. If you would like to include these places in your travel plans, check the respective access conditions before visiting.

Monuments in the main park

Monuments to José Ignacio de Márquez and the racing cyclist Mauricio Soler stand in Ramiriquí’s main park. De Márquez was president of the Republic in 1837 and 1841 and is described as the first president of Boyacá origin. The other monument is dedicated to the racing cyclist Soler. The main park thus brings together two distinct points of reference: 19th-century political history and cycling. For a cultural and historical perspective on Ramiriquí, this juxtaposition offers a different focus from the landforms, arepas or fique crafts.

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