Average altitude:
995 meters above sea level
Average temperature:
23° C (73.4°F)
Inhabitants:
About 3 million
Chipichape Plaza Shopping
Cl 38N 6N-35
Phone: 6592199
www.chipichape.com
Unicentro Cali
Cl 5 Cruce Av Pasoancho
Phone: 3396626
www.unicentro.com
"Federico Carlos Lehmann Valencia" Natural Science Museum
Carrera 2 Oeste No. 7-18
Phone: 8930982
Open Mondays through Fridays, 8:00 am to 12:30 m and from
2:00 pm to 5:00 pm. It has a collection of 700 pieces, which
represent all the fauna existing in Valle del Cauca, an archeological
exhibition, ethnological samples, a room of snails and mollusks,
and a room showing insects from southwestern Colombia.
La Tertulia Modern Art Museum
Av. Colombia No. 5-105 Oeste
Phone: 8932941
Open Tuesdays through Saturdays, 9:00 am to 1:00 pm and from
3:00 pm to 7:00 pm
This museum is one of the best pieces of the city’s modern architecture. Painting
and sculpture exhibitions.
La Merced Archeological Museum
Carrera 4 No. 6-59
Phone: 8893434
Gold Museum
Calle 7 No. 4-69, Banco de la República
Phone: 8834353
Open Mondays through Saturdays, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Gold smithy, pottery pieces, and other samples of regional indigenous cultures.
El Paraiso Ranch: A historical site
Located 36 km north of Cali, setting of the important novel "Maria", written
by Jorge Isaacs. It was built at the beginning of last century. Open Tuesdays through
Sundays, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
The Cali Zoo
Cr 2 Oeste Cl 14
Phone: 8927474
www.zoologicodecali.com.co
The zoo is located by the riverside and has over 270 animals of
different species.
CIAT offers several bus routes between different sites in the cities of Cali and
Palmira and CIAT headquarters.
Sebastián de
Belalcazar founded Cali in 1536. It is a progressive and civic city, internationally known
for its industrial, sporting, cultural, and commercial characteristics, and for the
kindness of its people, the beauty of its women, and its intensive nightlife. Santiago de
Cali is a pioneer city in popular recreation in the Latin American area, and you may find
many places of cultural and touristic interest.
