Salinas de Manaure
Expansive coastal salt pans and white salt mounds where Wayuu workers harvest salt by hand, with pink-tinted pools that make great photo spots.
Salinas de Manaure is Colombia's largest sea-salt producer. Seawater is channeled into shallow pools to evaporate, forming white salt mounds, and some pools turn pink from algae. Wayuu workers still harvest salt by hand using traditional methods. Tours from Riohacha to Cabo de la Vela often detour here, or you can visit on a separate half-day trip from Riohacha, about an hour's drive. Within the salt pans, visitors must go with a local guide, and should protect themselves from the strong sun.
Opening hours
Daytime
Nearby sights
- Uribia
- Riohacha
- El Faro (Cabo de la Vela Lighthouse)
- Ojo de Agua Beach
- Cabo de la Vela Village & Kitesurf Bay
- Pilón de Azúcar & Playa del Pilón
- Los Flamencos Fauna and Flora Sanctuary
- Bahía Portete