Ramiriquí: Festival, Arepas and Landscapes

Ramiriquí brings together an annual festival, regional food culture, crafts, and landscapes that unfold across the municipality. The Festival Internacional del Maíz, el Sorbo y la Arepa is a specific cultural landmark; rivers, mountain ranges, and named visitor attractions reveal other sides of the municipality. To plan your trip, it helps to first decide what you want to focus on: should a festival date shape your stay, or are you particularly interested in landscapes, local traditions, and culture?

An annual festival

The Festival Internacional del Maíz, el Sorbo y la Arepa takes place annually in Ramiriquí and draws visitors from various regions of Colombia and from abroad. Its name alone places corn and arepas at the center, making the festival a distinct reason to plan a trip. If you want to visit Ramiriquí for the event, check the dates for that year's edition before choosing your travel dates. This helps you fit the festival into your travel plans without assuming it takes place on the same fixed date every year.

The municipality's landscape

The municipality of Ramiriquí extends across the foothills of the Cordillera Oriental. Its main rivers include the Guayas and Jenesano. Prominent landforms include the ridges of El Ermitaño and Las Coloradas, the elevations of Redondo and la Cruz, and the Serranía de Pata de Gallo. These names encompass rivers, ridges, elevations, and a serranía, offering a broad impression of the municipality's landscape. This view of the municipality complements Ramiriquí as the clearly named festival location with another perspective on the trip: culture and the festival sit alongside these named landforms.

Corn, arepas, and fique crafts

Local traditions also offer specific points of interest. Corn and cheese arepas are well known in the municipality of Ramiriquí. Corn thus appears both in the name of the annual festival and in a regionally popular dish; arepas are a culinary feature in their own right. Crafts made from fique are also produced in the municipality, including ruana shawls and alpargatas. These examples represent different forms of craft: shawls and footwear. If you are interested in food and traditional crafts, these are two distinct themes to explore alongside the festival and the landscape.

Named attractions and places of remembrance

Named visitor attractions in the municipality include the chapel of Señor de los Tunos, Puente Camacho, Guacamayo Cave, and La Piedra de los Mil Huecos. The names range from a chapel and a bridge to a cave and another named attraction. If you want to visit any of these places, it is a good idea to check access and visiting conditions in advance.

Statues of José Ignacio de Márquez and cyclist Mauricio Soler stand in Ramiriquí's main park. Márquez was president of the Republic in 1837 and 1841 and is described as the first president of Boyacá origin. The two statues represent different themes: political history on the one hand and cycling on the other. The main park thus brings together two notable figures from different fields.

Plan your stay around your interests

Your travel interests can guide your search for a holiday rental in Ramiriquí. If the festival is your main reason for visiting, the dates of that year's edition are an important planning consideration. If you are more interested in the landscape, arepas and fique crafts, or the named visitor attractions, these themes can shape the character of your trip.

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