If anyone truly knows where the paradises of Colombia are, because there are many, it is Andrés Hurtado. And this, as he himself says, he has learned step by step, walking. The result of this suma cum laude is this book, which introduces the reader-viewer to a very powerful duality: to travel to these incredible and moving places or, respectfully, to allow Chiribiquete National Natural Park, for example, to continue shining without the devastating and abusive presence of man. The author contributes eco-philosophical texts that are almost as striking as the photographs, because Hurtado is what could be called a “humanist of the 21st century,” someone who connects us with that nature, with other travelers, and with his own soul as a poet. In this book, 15 paradises appear to which, as the author says, “I approach with emotion. Five regions of the country: the Cordilleras, the Atlantic, the Pacific, the Eastern Plains, and the Amazon Rainforest. From each region I choose one or two representative landscapes and, from them, I extend into the surrounding environment… For all readers in love with the country, here are my affectionate and determined steps across the beautiful and sometimes troubled skin of Colombia.”