Casanare is a department in the llanos region, east of Bogotá. This is the region of the Colombian cowboys, where you can discover an incredible culture combining strong traditions and landscapes of flooded savannahs populated by incredible wildlife!
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Casanare general information
Casanare Travel guide
Along with Meta, Casanare is the most accessible department in the Orinoquia region. Yopal is easily reached by air or road from Bogota or Sogamoso. This department is a land of cattle breeding, the cradle of the llanera culture built around huge cattle farms.
- Foundation: 1660
- Capital: Yopal
- People: Casanareños
- Natural region : Orinoquia (llanos)
- Population: 450.000
- Average altitude: 154m
- Climate: hot (dry or humid)
- Average temperature : 26°C
- Dry season: November to April
- Rainy season: May to October
- When to go: all year round
Best things to do in Casanare
Casanare Travel guide
Visiting the Casanare means discovering a culture that is unique in Colombia: the llanera culture. One of the country’s least-known cultures, yet one of its strongest and most vibrant.
Visiting the Hatos is a must: these immense cattle farms are veritable nature reserves, where horseback rides turn into a veritable wildlife photo safari! It was here that we were able to observe the greatest quantity and variety of wildlife in Colombia.
Best places to visit in Casanare
- Yopal
- San Luis de Palenque and Trinidad
- Pore
- Sabanalarga
- Morichales de Paz de Ariporo
- Laguna del Tinije
- Visit hatos: Hato La Aurora, Hato Berlin, Hato Los Deseos, Hato Las Gaviotas
Contact a local guide in Casanare
Casanare Travel guide
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Where to stay in Yopal
Casanare Travel guide
Yopal
Hotel
Villa Lisseth
Double room : $150.000 to $200.000 COP
A hotel where we stayed in Yopal at the end of our return from Safari Llanero. A nice place in a quiet area of town, in a pretty garden with a swimming pool, large, clean and modern rooms, and a very warm welcome from the staff!
