Chingaza National Natural Park, National natural park in Cundinamarca Department, Colombia

Chingaza National Natural Park sits in the Eastern Cordillera and spans two departments, with elevations ranging from 800 to 4,020 meters (2,620 to 13,190 feet). The landscape shifts from dense cloud forests at lower levels to open grasslands dotted with frailejón plants at higher elevations.

The Colombian government established the area as a national park in 1977 to protect water sources and biodiversity. In September 2020, the wetlands gained Ramsar status for their importance to waterbirds and freshwater systems.

Chingaza is a Chibcha (Muisca) name meaning "middle of the width"; recent studies suggest the Muisca may have called the area Chim-wa-za, "God's Night Mountains". The Siecha Lakes, three bodies of water in Guasca municipality, were sacred ceremonial centres of worship. No indigenous groups live in the park today; the surrounding population is a rural smallholder community with its own forms of organisation.

Visitors must register with park authorities before entering the trails. Warm, waterproof clothing is essential because weather at high elevations changes quickly and fog often rolls in.

Chingaza holds about 40 natural glacial lakes, not hundreds. The largest, Lake Chingaza, lies in the southwest at 3,250 metres. The three Siecha Lakes in Guasca were sacred Muisca ceremonial waters, and four species named after the park include the orchid Epidendrum chingazaënse.