Punta Gallinas is South America's most northerly point and offers one of the continent's most dazzling landscapes. This is the beauty of remote, wild simplicity and so will not appeal to all. Its access point, Bahía Hondita, is where burnt-orange cliffs surround an emerald bay with a wide and wild beach, beyond which a large colony of pink flamingos make their home. Otherwise the bay is home to just eight Wayuu families, who dwell in a feral desertscape peppered with vibrant green vegetation and shared only with herds of goat and locusts.
As the continent gives way to the Caribbean, massive sand dunes toppling 60m in height push right up against the shimmering turquoise sea like a five-story sand tsunami in reverse. This is Playa Taroa, Colombia's most beautiful and least trampled-upon beach, accessed by sliding down a towering sand dune right into the water.
As you walk back through the desert at dusk, check out the ancient smashed ceramic pots and the rubbish piles of burnt conches – evidence of simple dinners eaten round campfires thousands of years ago.
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