Bahía Solano is a municipality and town in the

Chocó Department Chocó Department () is a department of the Pacific region of Colombia known for hosting the largest Afro-Colombian population in the nation, and a large population of Amerindian and mixed African-Amerindian Colombians. It is in the west of the ...

Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ...

. Bahia, as it is locally known, is an economic and tourist center of coastal Choco. The municipal head is Ciudad Mutis. Bahia is home to

José Celestino Mutis Airport José Celestino Mutis Airport () is an airport serving Bahía Solano, a municipality of the Chocó Department in Colombia. Facilities The airport resides at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one runway In aviation, a runw ...

as well as seaport, and along with daily flights to and from Medellin, Quibdo, Cali, and Bogota, there are bi-weekly ships that take passengers and cargo from Bahia to the port of Buenaventura. The region around Bahia Solano is home to scuba diving and sport fishing opportunities, providing a plethora of marine activities to the traveller. 18 km away from Bahia Solano is the beach town of El Valle, Choco, which is the closest community to the Ensenada de Utria National Park, located only down the beach.

Climate

Bahía Solano has a very wet

tropical rainforest climate A tropical rainforest climate or equatorial climate is a tropical climate sub-type usually found within 10 to 15 degrees latitude of the equator. There are some other areas at higher latitudes, such as the coast of southeast Florida, United States ...

(Af).

References

External links

Alcaldía Municipal de Bahía Solano
(Spanish)
Website for Eco Tourism
(English) Municipalities of Chocó Department {{Chocó-geo-stub