The Inga are an Indigenous people of the Andean-Amazon foothills, especially in Putumayo and neighboring regions. Their history connects the Quechua-speaking Andean world with Amazonian territories, medicinal plants, yagé traditions, and forest-based knowledge.
Inga culture includes agriculture, healing, craftwork, language, family networks, trade routes, and community organization. Their communities show that the Amazon is not separate from the Andes. Mountain waters, medicine paths, migration routes, and cultural exchange connect both worlds.
Many Inga authorities and healers are involved in efforts to protect medicinal knowledge, traditional practice, and forest territories. They have faced pressures from colonization, armed conflict, extractive economies, and the commercialization of sacred traditions.
For Dulce Amazónica, the Inga help visitors understand that the Amazon begins before the lowland forest. It is connected to mountains, rivers, medicine, and Indigenous knowledge systems that bridge different ecological worlds.
One of Many Voices
This community is one of many Indigenous peoples whose presence, knowledge, and artisanías are represented through Dulce Amazónica in Guatapé, Colombia. When you visit, you meet an ambassador from one of our partner communities in person.