Cerro de la Bandera

Cerro de la Bandera, PCR

The Cerro de la Bandera is the best viewpoint of Puerto Carreño capital of Vichada, it has a height of 97 meters and from it you can see the entire urban area of the municipality, as well as the mouth of the Meta and Vita rivers towards the Orinoco river. History of the Cerro de la Bandera: The Cerro de la Bandera is a rock formation known as Precambrian stone which is more than 350 million years old, being a sample of the Guayanés Massif. Previously it was an observation point that allowed to monitor the access of river boats and was known by the name of Picacho until in 1913 when General Buenaventura Bustos, commissioner of Vichada, with the purpose of exercising sovereignty, placed the Colombian Flag on its top; Since then it has been called "El Cerro de la Bandera".