Spread through hectares of forest around the town of San Agustin, is the largest collection of pre-Columbian statues and monuments, most of which were found to be guarding burial sites filled with pottery and gold offerings. Little is known about the people of this northern Andean culture, one of the earliest complex sociaties in the americas, who appeared to flourish from the 1st to the 8th century, and then disappeared.
The entrance to a typical tomb, guarded by some pretty imposing characters..
Two-headed statue that appears to be holding a baby upside down ... early midwifery?
An unearthed tomb structure! Pretty cool..
Colombia's tallest waterfall ... oh, and the 3rd tallest in South America. Not as spectacular as we were expecting, but definitely worth a look.
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