Chocó is an amazing destination. It is one of the 32 departments that are part of Colombia and is located on the Pacific coast of the country, where the African heritage has a very large cultural legacy. This is the reason why Chocó is a destination not only to know but to enjoy, live and experience.

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Chocó has everything so that your trip to this territory becomes one of the best trips and experiences in Colombia that you can have. Discover everything you can do in Chocó with these five plans and activities that we bring you below.

What to do in Chocó?

Make bird and whale watching

Chocó is a place blessed by nature. The diversity of fauna and flora that you find here is totally amazing. Just to give you an idea, every year the waters of the Colombian Pacific are visited by hundreds of whales that come to rest and give birth to their whales, so every year between May and October, Chocó is an ideal destination to do whale watching in Colombia . And not only of these mammals, you can also do bird watching in Chocó , specifically in the Solano Bay area where there is a nature reserve where you can see a large number of endemic birds in this area.

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Get in touch with nature

Visiting Chocó means getting in touch with a lot of nature, and with a lot of nature we mean totally magical places where nature has created incredible landscapes that causes you to build a small house and stay living there. Places like Nuquí , Bahía Solano, Sapzurro and the Ensenada Utría National Natural Park , are just some of the hundreds of paradises you'll find in Chocó.

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Eat delicious dishes

Other things that you can definitely not do is miss the opportunity to taste its cuisine and not eat any of the delicious typical dishes of Chocó . A characteristic of the Pacific region in Colombia is that they eat a lot of rice, and Chocó is no exception, but they are definitely the masters of rice, because they manage to do things that literally suck your fingers. Some of the richest rice is corn rice with river shrimp, atollado rice and bochinche rice, among others. Cheese soup is another delicacy that is worth trying.

To practice water sports

Playa Brava and Playa El Almejal are some of the places to practice extreme sports in Chocó , especially for surfing, because the waves of these beaches are more than perfect for such activity. In its waters you can also dive to dive and discover a universe of colors, shapes, textures and all kinds of fish.

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Admire the historical and cultural heritage

History lovers also have things to do and see in Chocó . Although it cannot be as vast as in other cities in Colombia , the historical heritage of Chocó deserves to be admired. For example, the Cathedral of San Francisco de Asís and the Convent of the Claretians are two architectural works of a colonial and republican style worthy of the time, which also tell a little of the history of the liberation of the Chocoano people and for all that they have past.

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