Ecotourism Regional Park Arví (Arví Park), located in the village of Santa Elena (Medellín - Colombia), is an open park developed land for public use, created for the enjoyment of all local, national and international community, which by the construction of an organized tourism, consolidates a conservation strategy and promotion of the potentials and strengths of the township, exalting its cultural and environmental wealth and archaeological heritage, tradition and silletero entrepreneurship of its people, through a proposal for sustainable nature tourism.
With abundant cloud forests, which are one of the most important natural resources of the territory, Arví Park preserves the quality of the waters that flow into the valleys of Aburrá and San Nicolás also be the habitat of flowers, mosses, fungi, sarros, frogs, birds, butterflies and many other species that are vital to forest conservation.
The word Arví, has no exact definition and meaning; it is said, that it comes from an Indian word which seeks to symbolize abundance, being directly associated with the term "Bocachico", a fish that was found in large quantities in the territory by the Indians. Likewise, the term refers to a legend that goes back to the era of colonization where the Spaniards sought the "Valley Arví" with the intention of finding a territory rich in gold and salt.
Arví Park is open to the public from Tuesday to Sunday between 9:00 am and 6:00 pm. When Monday is a holiday (in Colombia) the Park opens at that time and closed for maintenance next Tuesday public holiday.