As Colombia shakes its negative rap, more intrepid travellers are finding their way to this formerly out of bounds country and rather than sticking to the ubiquitous destinations of Bogota and Cartagena are pushing further afar to regions such as the awe inspiring desert region of the Guajira.
Where is the Guajira Peninsula?
Located up in the country’s far north-eastern corner bordering Venezuela on one side and the Caribbean Ocean this semi autonomous Colombian department is the northernmost tip of South America and home to spectacular beaches, irresistible sunsets and inhabited by a proud indigenous people called the Wayuu.
The History of the Guajira Peninsula
Populated and inhabited by the Wayuu people this region was first spotted by the Spanish when the Conquistador Alonso de Ojeda (the first European to create a settlement in Colombia in Uraba) sailed around its coast in 1498, although he never ever set foot on this semi arid land. What is now the town of Cabo de la Vela was founded by Martín Fernández de Enciso in 1526 and what ensued was a bitter rivalry between the colonial seats of power in Santa Marta and Venezuela for control of the lucrative trade in pearls. Harried by pirates and the Wayuu people the Spanish headquarters was moved to the actual departmental capital of Riohacha in 1544. In 1898 the department of La Guajira was created and it is worth noting that the Wayuu people were never cowed into submission by the Spanish and remain proud of their culture of resistance.
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