The atmosphere that exists in the city the week of December 24, is recognized because the vast majority of people are planning to "go out and do something" with family or friends and among the options that exist in the tradition of some Bogotans to these dates, we know that going to see Christmas lights in public spaces can be a good alternative.

The Botanical Garden this year is the stage with the most visited Christmas lights by whoever is in the city at this time. I am one of them, so I went to see it with my friends.

The first time we went on Sunday the 19th at around 7 at night, we were surprised to have to stand in line that went around the Botanical Garden, in vain, because the tickets had run out. The staff told us that tickets for another day could be purchased at Tu Boleta for a cost of 15,000 per person and we did so. The second time we went on Wednesday the 22nd we arrived by SITP with route 142 at 6 in the afternoon, with a ticket on our cell phone and a vaccination card in our wallet so that nothing would stop us, the line at the entrance did not last more than 15 minutes and once inside the experience begins.

The first thing you see are the colorful installations that are on each side in the first corridor of trees, covered by a sea of blue lights that were welcoming you to Pacificanto, a tour inspired by the Pacific Ocean that makes its visitors aware to the care and conservation of the seas. The jellyfish hang above you and then you walk accompanied by some fish, in a corner to your left you see the crabs where you begin to hear orchestral music that gives the rhythm to the dolphins and light whales that swim in the lake. At this point of the tour your senses can perceive the real song of the toads, crickets and cicadas that inhabit the Garden and at the same time feel the music of the orchestra and see the lights in the form of sea animals in a single moment.

Fantastic!

After passing the lake you enter an alley of corals and fish and then straight ahead you have the corridor of palms with a choreography of lights guided again by orchestral music. To look up in that corridor is to understand the greatness of nature in the Garden, and not only because of the height of the palms, but because of the universe of ecosystems that are found in the same space. You keep walking and suddenly you see sculptures of marine animals such as turtles, dolphins, sharks, etc. You continue on your way and pass through the food court, here I stopped at a notice that said: Pira corn and I tried the caramel one that was very good.

When you finish eating you have the opportunity to visit the Tropicario, an architectural structure with bioclimatic design and irrigation systems where ecosystems such as the tropical dry forest, the humid forest, useful plants, the Amazon, the Chocó and the superpáramo live. This space had no Christmas lights and it did cost an additional 5,000, however it was a very good idea to enter.

How could the experience improve?

• One of the first installations at the beginning of the tour is that of the jellyfish with tentacles that hung from them but had no movement that would generate other types of sensations.
• The food court is located in the middle of the route and in its gastronomic offer we do not find anything linked to the Pacific.
• The orchestra music is super good but it would have been great to have interpreted sounds from this region as well.
• The Tropicario superpáramo does not have a large number of plants and species that actually inhabit this ecosystem.