Astrocamping Villa de Leyva

Start your trip with a wander around Villa de Leyva – this pretty little town has lots of colonial buildings to admire along with the impressive Plaza Mayor (the biggest such square in Colombia, in fact). The history goes back much further than colonial times though, as you’ll find out when you visit the Prehistoric Museum, the Fossil Museum and the Palaeontology Museum (or the Sol Muisca theme park if you’ve brought kids). A little further out of town are several farms with waterfalls, as well as the attractive Pozos Azules (15 minutes’ drive) for a walk by the stunningly blue lakes. To see some of the area’s wildlife, take your binoculars to Iguaque Natural Park (20 minutes), where birds gather by a sacred lagoon, or head south to the Ostrich Farm (15 minutes). If you’d like to up the activity levels after you’ve done a couple of walks, take a trip to Aventura Park (half an hour), where all sorts of thrills await, including a climbing wall, aerial bikes, ziplines and bungee jumping – all with a gorgeous landscape as the backdrop.