The Muzo mines lie some 60 miles north-west of Bogotá in a far-flung corner of Boyacá department in the high Andes mountains. The path weaves its way from high cold altitudes among sheer cliffs in the clouds, finally dropping down through the semitropical jungle to humid warm valleys where the gems are hidden.
Muzo emeralds are the national pride of Colombia. These glittering beauties, each one unique, are steeped in the millennial tradition of the emerald mines in Muzo.