Pacific

Fish soups, arroz Atollado con carne ahumada (rice with smoked meat and vegetables), bacalao de pescado seco-liso (cod fish stew), filled avocados, shrimps or prawns ceviche, fish empanadas, shrimp casserole, fish with lulo fruit from Choco, pickled fish, snapper with mustard sauce, squid salad, shrimps or prawns, crayfish or shrimp empanadas, prawn head cream soup, lentils soup with smoked fish, pusandao (catfish, sea bass or snapper soup), rice with squid in black sauce, filled squid, chaupazi (small fish), tapajeño bean stew, piando eggs, rabbit stew, quebrao (beef jerky soup), clam soup, crab soup, rice with crabs or clams, turtle meat in its shell, plumuda con platano (local fish with plantain), patacones, and finally, the tapao de pescado (fish stew), the most iconic dish of the pacific region.

Cultural Visits

In Quibdo, Carrasquilla College, the Episcopal Palace, and the Modelo School. The Santa Maria y Darien Church. In Cali, the Cayecido Square, the Centenario Library, the Calima Gold Museum, the Cali Sugar Cane Museum, the Hill of Three crosses, the Ermita Church. The Historical Center of Popayan, its museums, churches, and historical landmarks such as the Humilladero bridge. The Historical Center of Pasto, the Gold Museum of Pasto, and las Lajas Sanctuary in Ipiales.

The Marimba de Chonta, an iconic music instrument famous in the region, the palm hats, and other objects made from coconut palm trees. Handicrafts from the Cauca Valley and Nariño regions, and ruanas (ponchos) from the region of Pasto.

The San Pacho Festival, Choco, starting on September 20. The Currulao Festival and the Fire Festival, both in Tumaco. The Virgin of Atocha Processions in Barbacoas. The Pacific Coast Folk Festival in Buenaventura. The Cali Fair, from December 25 to December 30. The Purisima Festivities in Guapi. The Blacks and Whites’ Carnival in Pasto, Nariño.