Cerro Pintao is one of the richest ecosystems Biotic biodiversity in the department of La Guajira, that is where born major rivers supplying source of the municipalities that comprise its jurisdiction within the Villanueva River are, rio Marquesote, Urumita river, Arroyo el Quemao, Cañaverales river and the river Capuchino.

This important ecosystem includes the municipalities of La Jagua del Pilar, El Molino, Urumita and Villanueva and has heights up to more than 3.000 meters above sea level.

Known conservation objectives of this protected area

• Moorland protect ecosystems, high moist forest and montane forest
• Ensure the supply of essential goods and environmental services for human well-being.
• Protect microwatersheds that there are birth.
• Protect the habitat of Andean or spectacled bear, the Tapaculo de Perija and the Condor

If you want to visit Cerro Pintao note the following information

Not allowed	Permitted
Burnings and fires	Research and environmental education
Human intervention in restricted zone	Eradication of exotic animals and plants
Construction of facilities for recreation	Ecological restoration
logging, fishing and commercial hunting	Protection, regulation and management
Use of pesticides or any toxic substance	Trekking, landscaping
speaks, Conducting Socol, Thinning and make rocerías	Improving infrastructure for monitoring purposes, investigation, protection and control
diggings	Bird watching