Hotels near Riohacha Airport - RCH, Ríohacha

Riohacha feels more like a stop gap for those headed up to Cabo de la Vela. Its a small town with lots of conveniences, like an airport, a lot of hotels, bus terminal, lots of convenience stores, groceries, pharmacies and banks. The beach is OK, not amazing. it might be possible to swim sometimes but the water doesn't look clear and clean. The people are generally friendly but you must be able to speak some Spanish -as much as the rest of Latin America.. It's a good place to get your bearings and rest or catch up on a little work if you find a place with good wifi. Its nice for cocktails and a romantic stroll down the pier.

We loved the Flamingo Sanctuary; the outing on the lake in the little boat is very enjoyable. The Salinas de Manaure are amazing and beautiful. The Rancheria, a Wayuu village is interesting and worth a visit.

The town itself isn't particularly interesting, although it does have some nice options for seafood and urban beach type activities. The main point of it seems to be as a base of operations for either day trips to places of interest in the surrounding area or longer trips into the desert peninsula of La Guajira. Both of which seem easy to arrange.

I loved the Luna Nueva, where we stayed. I did not see much of Rioacha, we went to see family, who we hadn't seen in 40 years. I live in aruba, island with the most beautiful beaches so we were not very interred in any of that.

It's a small city with a nice beachwalk (malecon) The part closer to the beach is more nice. A typical Colombian city, nice to see & explore it, but nothing to return to. We also went to Mayapo in Manaure = PLAYA ISAASHI, but not worth the bumpy 45 min drive without any signs or internet coverage.

This was our center of operations, from this Hotel we went to Palomino Beach to the south and after that we took a tour up to Cabo de la Vela. There are many good restaurants and although we did not get in the ocean water, the beach was clean. We just did not have time to go.