RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Crystalline waters and dream forests: although it seems an idyllic setting, the Pato River in Colombia has a dark past that its inhabitants decided to leave behind to build a better future with the opportunity offered by the Peace Accords.
Even though reincorporation projects were being planned in the area, with crops such as cassava, beans, tomatoes, and fish farming, a pioneering initiative came up with other options by chance. Rafting came up at the time of the laying down of arms,” Durverney Moreno, a former FARC combatant, explained to DW.
A war scenario for years, in the Pato river, you can practice rafting with guides ex-combatants of the FARC. (Photo internet reproduction)