Location: Located in northern Colombia, in the provinces of Magdalena, La Guajira and Cesar.

Dimensions:  It’s the tallest coastal mountain range in the world, elevating abruptly from Caribbean Sea with its snow capped peaks reaching an altitude of 5,775.

The sustenance of the planet’s biodiversity. The Sierra was declared as a Biosphere Reserve of Humanity in 1979 by UNESCO. Scientifically speaking, the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta is an anomaly to the world, as its snow capped peaks reach 5,775 meters, despite being located 42 kilometers from the Caribbean Sea, home to one of the hottest climates in the world. It’s the world’s tallest coastal mountain range, with two of the highest peaks in Colombia, the Mount Colón and Mount Bolívar. Formed by an equilateral triangle, with a total surface of 17000km2 located northern corner of South America, it constitutes its own system, isolated from the Andes.

It has every thermal floor, from warm and dry to perpetual snow. The entire region’s climate is determined by isolated winds and by elevation in respecto sea levels. That’s why the temperature ranges from 30 °C in the lowlands to  0 °C at the highest altitudes of the Sierra. The spiritual sustenance and balance among all living entities and territories on the planet remind us of what we have to learn and do. It’s like a spine of the human body, without which nothing would be able to hold itself  or move, a center that harmonizes and makes everything possible. Gonawindua is where intelligence , wisdom, strength, physical and material meaning, and the meaning of our responsibility are kept and encoded.

The name Gonawindua refers to the most important peak in the Sierra Nevada. In the moment of transition from the spiritual world to the material world, this peak was the first to emerge as a constant reminder of what we have to learn and do. It’s like a spine of the human body, without which nothing would be able to hold itself  or move, a center that harmonizes and makes everything possible. Gonawindua is where intelligence , wisdom, strength, physical and material meaning, and the meaning of our responsibility are kept and encoded.

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