Full-Day Private Coffee Tour in Cocora Valley and Salento
Description
To discover the Coffee Cultural Landscape is to be in contact with nature, coffee culture and the shapes and colors of the houses on its villages. In Salento, we have these three experiences in one day. In the morning, we visit Cocora Valley where we walk under the highest wax palms in the world, going up to the mountain to meet up with the mysterious cloud forests. We have lunch at one of the best restaurants in the region, then you will give life with your own hands to a wax palm from Quindio, Colombia’s national tree. In the afternoon, we visit Finca El Ocaso, to learn about coffee process and to discover the best kept secrets of Colombian coffee. At the end of the day, we walk through the charming streets of Salento, the main street, the square and its viewpoints.
Tour Options
Itinerary
WALINKING.
COFFEE TOUR.
HERITAGE.
Este es uno de los pueblos con encanto del Paisaje Cultural Cafetero de Colombia. Reconocido como uno de los 50 pueblos más lisndos del mundo.
La mejor vista del Valle del Cocora y la cordillera central de los andes.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
We will pick up you wherever you are staying or in the meeting point we have accorded with you before starting the tour around from Pereira.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(60)
Visiting Cocora Valley and Salento was an unforgettable experience. Cocora Valley is absolutely breathtaking. The towering wax palms and rolling green hills were beautiful but the birds and wildlife were also unique and vibrant. Our guide Jhon was phenomenal. Not only was he incredibly knowledgeable about Cocora, he also knew everything about the coffee region and was able to provide information the coffee guide didn't even know. Also, he is a biologist and had an uncanny ability to recall every species of bird just by their calls. He could also call them (people surrounded us to witness this). He helped us locate rain ponchos in town, and some delicious pastries at a local shop. The visit to Finca Entrebusques was very interesting. We picked coffee seeds, roasted them and learned about the process from start to finish. This was definitely one of the highlights of our trip to Colombia and I can confidently recommend this tour.
The tour was fantastic, thanks to the explanations of the guide Eduardo, with whom I learned a lot about the palms and all the nature of that wonderful area of Colombia! We were even offered to plant a tree, to leave our mark there. The views of the Cocora Valley are beautiful, as well as the colorful streets and architecture of Salento. It is an essential excursion to enter the heart of Colombia!
This was our second visit to this area and a first for our two grown kids. It was just as beautiful as ever. Pictures don't do it justice.
It is a quite beautiful place that you should visit in addition to the towns that are nearby. I recommend them.
The experience was incredible and our guide Mauricio was the best, highly recommended and an experience that will take a long time to forget, it has been brutal
Excellent paradise, what an incredible and well-preserved place, it is an earthly paradise, one of the best in life.
we had a wonderful time with Gustavo! he knew so much about the wildlife and history of colombia, which was an added bonus during our tour. you could tell he was very passionate about his job and his country, which just made our time with him every greater! i would highly recommend this tour. the hike was easy and beautiful, the lunch stop was our favorite meal that we had in colombia, and the coffee tour was also beautiful and informative.
Gustavo led our family on a scenic and educational tour of Cocora Valley and Salento. We hiked in the valley and saw the breathtaking diversity of the surroundings. The wax palms, the condor, parrots, and flowers were beautiful. Gustavo was very friendly and knowledgeable, that also has a cinematographic eye with the pictures he took for us.
Gustavo was our tour guide for the day and did a fabulous job. We started off at a family coffee farm and Anderson was our guide. He brought the whole experience to life and made it so interesting! We even got to pick coffee beans. After experiencing the coffee farm we headed to the town of Salento and Gustavo helped us find the souvenirs we were looking for. You could easily spend a whole day there...lots of shopping. We then headed to lunch after we left Salento and it was delicious. They even had a special lunch for my mom who is vegetarian. After leaving lunch we headed to Cocora Valley. There are no words absolutely breathtaking. We did some hiking and Gustavo told us the history behind it. He also took some fabulous pictures for us :-) Highly recommend this tour. From them picking us up at our resort/hotel to dropping us off everything was very well organized.
Thank you so much for your words. We will extend them to Gustavo and the entire Nature Trips Colombia team who had the opportunity to participate in the organization and development of his tour. His words fill me with emotion and give us the reason for the value we place on the creation of our travel experiences.
5 stars! The trip was very well planned and our guide, Juan, was super friendly, helpful, and extremely knowledgeable about the local plants and birds, and the history and conservation of the beautiful places we visited.
