Bahía Solano
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Bahía Solano is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department
, Colombia
. Bahia, as it is locally known, is an economic and touristic center of coastal Choco. Bahia is home to an airport as well as seaport, and along with daily flights to and from Medellin, Quibdo, Cali, and Bogota, there are bi-weekly ships that take passengers and cargo from Bahia to the port of Buenaventura. The region around Bahia Solano is home to world class scuba diving and sport fishing, providing a plethora of marine activities to the traveller. Only 18km away from Bahia Solano, is the stunning beach town of El Valle, Choco
. It's beaches, rivers, waterfalls, and cultural diversity are but some of the attractions that make this village a must see on any Colombian travel list. El Valle's Almejal Beach is gaining the reputation as one of the premier surf breaks in Colombia. In addition, El Valle is the closest community to Ensenada de Utria National Park, located only 9km down the beach.
Chocó Department
Chocó is a department of Colombia known for its large Afro-Colombian population. It is in the west of the country, and is the only Colombian department to have coastlines on both the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. It also has all of Colombia's border with Panama. Its capital is...
, Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
. Bahia, as it is locally known, is an economic and touristic center of coastal Choco. Bahia is home to an airport as well as seaport, and along with daily flights to and from Medellin, Quibdo, Cali, and Bogota, there are bi-weekly ships that take passengers and cargo from Bahia to the port of Buenaventura. The region around Bahia Solano is home to world class scuba diving and sport fishing, providing a plethora of marine activities to the traveller. Only 18km away from Bahia Solano, is the stunning beach town of El Valle, Choco
El Valle, Choco
El Valle, Choco, is a beach town located in the Municipality of Bahia, Department of Choco, on Colombia's Pacific Coast, some 150km West of Medellín....
. It's beaches, rivers, waterfalls, and cultural diversity are but some of the attractions that make this village a must see on any Colombian travel list. El Valle's Almejal Beach is gaining the reputation as one of the premier surf breaks in Colombia. In addition, El Valle is the closest community to Ensenada de Utria National Park, located only 9km down the beach.