2023-05-22 18:51:12
One of the favorite weekend plans for people from Cali and tourists continues to be enjoying the magic of the Pance River, a space that has become a meeting point to share with family and friends, where water, landscape, the good weather.
“We come to Pance as a family to bathe in the river and we get together to have a nice time, we take the opportunity to cool off from the heat that has been lately and we enjoy the environment that is very beautiful and clean,” said Herminia Rodríguez, a visitor.
The wide green areas and its trails make the Pance River an appropriate place to enjoy, even with pets. “The environment is very favorable for people who come with pets because it is allowed to put them in the river, we have a group that meets on weekends to go for a walk with them and one of the points to take the tour and distract the hairy is the Health Park”, said Gilberto Gutiérrez.
Also read: Corazón de Pance, example on Biological Diversity Day, May 22. https://www.cali.gov.co/dagma/publicaciones/175931/corazon-de-pance-ejemplo-en-el-dia-de-la-diversidad-biologica-22-de-mayo/
The Pance River belongs to everyone, therefore, the invitation to citizens is to care for and preserve it, as well as its environment, starting with the correct disposal of solid waste, be careful when making stoves, to avoid emergencies due to fire, particularly at this time of the dry season.
“As responsible visitors we must be very aware of the stoves, it is important to be careful and turn everything off very well when we finish cooking the food; likewise, we must have a garbage bag to throw the waste and leave the place where we settle clean, ”said Deyvin Bonilla.
In the Pance sector, the Mayor’s Office of Santiago de Cali advances one of the 5 Parks for Life, it is the ‘Corazón de Pance’ Environmental Park, a space that was created to stop the urbanization that had been occurring in the sub-basin of the river , thus creating a place made up of 920,000 square meters for social gathering, the protection of water and biodiversity.
It may interest you: ‘Heart of Pance’: a city commitment to mitigation and adaptation to climate change. https://www.cali.gov.co/dagma/publicaciones/175861/corazon-de-pance-una-apuesta-de-ciudad-para-la-mitigacion-y-adaptacion-al-cambio-climatico/
It should be noted that, “in addition to the reasons stated for visiting the river, it can be observed that 34% of visitors associate the destination as a space where they find well-being or health, 20% visit it by the river or by the puddles that They are there and for reasons of rest.
Although it is true that the Pance River is a very attractive component for visitors, especially in high season, it is important to highlight that, at a general level, the destination is associated with positive aspects of people’s quality of life, such as well-being and safety. health, being in large spaces away from the noise of the city and in contact with nature.
With lower percentages, the reasons for visiting vary between the desenguayabe with 2%, the rumba and the spiritual rituals that do not have a representative percentage in the surveys”.*
*Report on the results of the surveys applied to identify the rural and nature tourism demand at the municipal level and the analysis of the potential tourism demand for nature tourism in Santiago de Cali. 1002, surveys carried out, weekends from November 19, 2017 to March 31, 2018.
Stephanie Hoyos Valencia
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