VICHADA NETWORK · INDEPENDENT REFERENCE
About Vichada Network
An independent initiative to stimulate tourism and connect knowledge, visitors and providers throughout Vichada.
UNDERSTAND THE TERRITORY. CONNECT ITS PEOPLE.
Information That Helps Tourism Grow
Vichada Network exists to stimulate Vichada’s tourism industry through useful information, knowledge of the territory and connections between visitors, providers and local hosts. We want more people to discover what the department offers and to help the people who live and work here participate in its tourism development.
A Reference for All of Vichada
Our coverage spans Puerto Carreño, Cumaribo, La Primavera and Santa Rosalía, including their rural areas. The network’s scope includes all tourism-industry providers based in Vichada and the department’s known destinations, attractions, trails and roads.
We are building this reference progressively. Published content is the starting point for a wider inventory: each new record should provide location, context, sources and practical information, distinguishing checked information from details still needing an update.
Explore the PlacesConnections for Visitors and Providers
Visitors can research freely, compare options and submit a request for help arranging a trip. Accommodation providers, operators, transport businesses and other industry participants can contribute service information and request a review of their network presence.
The tourism register is one of our sources, not the boundary of participation. Community hosts, interpreters, translators, educators, researchers and people with local knowledge are also invited to contribute their own proposals.
Introduce Your ActivityOpen, Useful Information
Public information is available without payment, mandatory registration or an app installation. We aim to explain the territory in enough detail for people to learn, ask better questions and make practical decisions before travelling.
Sources, review dates and open questions help readers assess each record. A documentary reference, an arranged visit and an experience available for booking are presented as different states.
Read Our Editorial StandardsAn Independent Initiative
Vichada Network is an independent initiative. Its role is to connect information and people, increase the sector’s visibility and support knowledge of the department. The five related Puerto Carreño sites retain their own directory, visitor-information, journalism and organizational roles.
Local contributions help improve coverage: a missing place, a service update, a documented trail or a well-supported correction can become the network’s next improvement.
Contact UsPublishing and Affiliations
Vichada Network is an independent network of Asociación Puerto Carreño, an association in formation. It was established as an informational website about Vichada. Vichada Network is a member of Unify Cooperative, which publishes this site from the United States.
Unify Cooperative
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Richmond, KY 40475
United States
+1-859-379-8277
OUR IDENTITY
The Jaguar in Our Logo
Vichada Network’s logo draws on the composition of the department’s coat of arms. Our distinguishing choice is the jaguar, a cat native to the Americas, shown with spots and rosettes. The departmental emblem retains the figure of a striped tiger.
Vichada Department Coat of Arms
The departmental coat of arms shows a black-striped tiger beside the shield.
Heraldic reproduction by Milenioscuro, via Wikimedia Commons. Original file · CC BY-SA 3.0
Vichada Network Logo
Our adaptation places a jaguar with spots and rosettes in the striped feline’s position.
Vichada Network adaptation supplied by Col. David Wright. Reference heraldic composition attributed to Milenioscuro / Wikimedia Commons. Composition reference and license
The departmental coat of arms represents Vichada Department. Our logo identifies Vichada Network, an independent informational initiative.
A Memory of Abuelo Bolívar
Col. David Wright recalls his friend Abuelo Bolívar, who lived in Alto Carinagua, explaining the difference in these words.
“There are no tigers, there are only jaguars.”
That memory expresses our choice of the jaguar for the logo and the importance of recognizing the wildlife of the territory we describe.
Stripes, Rosettes, and Names
The tiger (Panthera tigris) is an Asian species with a striped coat. The jaguar (Panthera onca) is native to the Americas and has dark rosettes, often containing spots. Colombia’s national parks authority documents jaguars in El Tuparro, Vichada.
In traditional Colombian and Venezuelan Spanish, “tigre” can also mean jaguar, a usage recorded in the Diccionario de americanismos. In explaining our design, we use “jaguar” to identify precisely the species we chose to represent.
Sources and Credits
- Wikimedia Commons · Vichada coat of arms and reproduction credit
- UPRA · Vichada regional document, departmental symbols (PDF)
- Smithsonian’s National Zoo · Tiger
- Carnegie Museum of Natural History · Big Cats, Big Personalities
- ASALE · Diccionario de americanismos · Tigre
- Colombia’s national parks authority · Jaguar in El Tuparro