San Agustín, Huila, Colombia: San Agustin is another small Andean town that I loved. It’s a bit bigger than Salento but fair less touristy. 

  

It is known for funerary statues found in tombs in the surrounding mountains. The people who carved the statues settled the region c. 1000 BC and died or abandoned the area c. 1300 AD. 

  

Not a lot is known about their culture, language, or why the statues were put in tombs. 

  

Some of the figures are similar to those found in other Andean cultures. 

  

Just outside of San Agustin is an archeological park that has the best preserved stones. 

  

I also went on a jeep tour to the archeological sites in Isnos, a town that is a mountain away from San Agustin. 

  

Also on the tour was a stop along the Magdalena River. There is a part called the narrows where the river is forced between rocks 2 meters apart. 

  

And we also saw a few cascades.  The tour is largely designed for tourists from Bogota and this allows them some additional time in nature. 

  
The statues are interesting, but you get the idea pretty quickly.