Sierra Nevada, above Minca — real photograph
Sound Trail · La Tigra Reserve
Ulukundua Trail
Sound Trail of Ancestral Wisdom in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta — a living experience that invites you to walk with attention through the land's sacred landscapes.
A trail, not an attraction
“To walk the land, you must first listen to its soul.”
Ulukundua runs through La Tigra Reserve. Inspired by the ancestral knowledge system of the Sierra's indigenous peoples, it activates deep listening, respect for the Earth, and a reencounter with our common root. It's not consumer tourism or spectacle: it's encounter, learning, regeneration.
“We don't come to take, but to give back. We don't come to learn, but to remember.”
The six stations of the sound trail:
Creation
How the universe arose, from the vision of the Sierra's peoples.
Feminine and Masculine Energy
The balance between the two as the foundation of all harmony.
The Call
The sound of the mountain, the voice of the water, the echo of the jaguar.
Rituals and Payment
Giving so that everything continues: reciprocity with nature.
The Kogui Today
Today's challenges, and the call to the modern world.
The Law of Origin
The age-old principles that guide life and its balance with the Earth.
Experiences: a guided walk along the Sound Trail; a cacao experience, taking part in its transformation within La Tigra Reserve; and "Birding to Conserve," alongside the youth environmental-monitor club, in a citizen-science outing.
- LocationLa Tigra Reserve, Vereda Orinoco, Guachaca — Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
- Emailulukundua@gmail.com
- Instagram@ulukunduaregenera
Visitor code of ethics
“The land is not covered in a hurry, it is honored with presence.” Co-created from the voice of the communities that guard this land.
The land that sustains it
It's not an isolated project.
La Tigra Reserve
The forest where the trail physically runs.
Learn about La Tigra
CUCACO Travel
How this route is booked and experienced, guided.
Experience it with CUCACOCultivating the Journey
Where these stories are also told in writing.
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Agroecological Products
The trail's cacao experience is born from this same work.
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