This book captures the essence of “natural Colombia,” represented in fifty-nine areas belonging to the National Natural Parks System and the new conservation areas. In these pages, besides its spectacular photographs, we will find life, culture, traditional knowledge, and epic stories of nature itself, all told by Andrés Hurtado García, the outstanding champion of Colombian nature. Here is immersed a legacy, the true world where we all want to live, full of bright sunrises, warm sunsets, the simplicity of greatness. The world of colors, the wonderful world of our natural heritage expressed in our protected areas that provide us with incalculable environmental, social, and economic benefits, just as incalculable is the damage and transformation the planet has suffered due to human actions. In a time like the present, in which ecotourism gains more followers worldwide every day, the extraordinary beauty of our parks has been winning over more Colombians and foreigners daily, so much so that this beautiful book is by itself a seductive invitation to get to know them. On July 1st, the Serranía de Chiribiquete National Natural Park, located in the central part of the Colombian Amazon, was declared a Mixed Heritage (biological and cultural) of Humanity by UNESCO. This important news should awaken our desire to delve into the content of this book organized by the country's four major regions. Andean Region: El Cocuy, Los Nevados, Puracé, Galeras Fauna and Flora Sanctuary, Guanentá - Alto Río Fonce Fauna and Flora Sanctuary, Nevado del Huila, Serranía de los Yariguíes, Tatamá, Dona Juana – Cascabel Volcanic Complex, Pisba, Iguaque Fauna and Flora Sanctuary, Las Hermosas Gloria Valencia de Castaño, Farallones de Cali, Munchique, Chingaza, Sumapaz, Las Orquídeas, Florencia Jungle, Otún Quimbaya Fauna and Flora Sanctuary, Tatamá, Serranía de los Churumbelos – Auka Wasi, Orito – Ingi Ande Medicinal Plants Flora Sanctuary, Los Picachos Mountain Range, Alto Fragua – Indi Wasi, Cueva de los Guácharos, Los Estoraques Unique Natural Area, La Corota Island Fauna and Flora Sanctuary, Catatumbo Barí, Paramillo, *New area process Palmares de Tochecito, *New area process Serranía San Lucas. Amazon and Orinoquía Region: Sierra de La Macarena, Serranía de Chiribiquete, Amacayacu, Yaigojé – Apaporis, El Tuparro, Puinawai, Cahuinarí, La Paya, Tinigua, Río Puré, Nukak, *New area process Cinaruco, *New area process Serranía de Manacacías. Pacific Region: Sanquianga, Gorgona, Los Katíos, Utría, Urama Bahía Málaga, Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary, *Yuruparí – Malpelo National Integrated Management District, *Cabo Manglares, Bajo Mira and Frontera National Integrated Management Districts. Caribbean Region: Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Tayrona, Macuira, Rosario and San Bernardo Corals, Los Flamencos Fauna and Flora Sanctuary, Old Providence McBean Lagoon, Isla de Salamanca Road Park, Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta Fauna and Flora Sanctuary, El Corchal “El Mono Hernández” Fauna and Flora Sanctuary, Acandí Fauna Sanctuary, Playón and Playona, Los Colorados Fauna and Flora Sanctuary, Deep Corals, Bahía Portete Kaurrele.