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Bogota to Salento

Roadtrip Bogotá-Salento Culture and Nature Trip

Colombia's biodiversity can be equivalent to 20% of the planet's total

This trip is made to complement any trip around the Coffee axis in Salento and enjoy in a different way the road between the capital of Colombia and the beautiful town of Salento with the Cocora Valley and in the middle different amazing places, like the surroundings of Manizales and Pereira. For doing this trip we will cross very different landscapes in the Andes of Colombia by the road, like the old town nearby the Magdalena river of Honda which in the Colonial times use to be a very important port to access the capital, then we will climb the central mountain range aside of Los Nevados National Park to cross by Manizales city and some hours later to arrive Salento our final destination before starting any tour around that area.

Capital

Bogotá

Roadtrip

Honda

San Francisco

Hummingbirds Reserve

Colonial Towns

Letras Paramo

PNN Los Nevados

Fog Forest

Manizales

Coffee Hacienda

Exotic Flowers

Salento

Filandia

Quindío

Aviturismo

Cocora Valley

Wax Palm Tree

Trekking

Capital

Roadtrip

San Francisco

Colonial Towns

Manizales

Exotic Flowers

Filandia

Quindío

Cocora Valley

Bogotá

Honda

Hummingbirds Reserve

Letras Paramo

Fog Forest

Coffee Hacienda

Salento

Aviturismo

Trekking

We will Take you to:

  • Travel by land from Bogotá to Salento, a place in the coffee region. We will appreciate a variety of landscapes, biodiversity, geographical changes going from 400 m to high mountains at almost 4000 meters, impressive views caused by many types of mountain forests and even snow-capped volcanoes!
  • Delight yourself with Colombian traditions. Along the way, we will make stops to get to know the culture, you will taste local food, many fruits and you can take photos.
  • Interact with local nature touring natural reserves made up of cloud forests and Andean forests. We will be accompanied by a multitude of bird species and we will also be able to see a great variety of flora, such as orchids and bromeliads, among others.
  • Learn through an interactive tour about the production process of Colombian coffee in a native coffee farm. Thanks to the country’s natural conditions, one of the best mild coffees in the world can be grown in Colombia.
  • Tour the beautiful colorful towns of Salento and Filandia. Peoples of Quindío. Places full of friendly people, cafes and beautiful craft shops.
  • Admire the beautiful and tall wax palms. This type of palm is the Colombian national tree. It is unique in the world and unfortunately, it is in danger of extinction. It can reach 80 m in height. This walk lasts 2 to 3 hours.

Duration:

7 days

Season:

All year

Accommodation:

Mid-range rural or town hotel with some higher-end options.

LEVEL ACTIVITY

Journey Type

Tourist:  This trip is for relaxing, having fun or both. The type of activities included do not require any sort of physical preparation. It is available for all types of people and all ages.

Sportive-Active: These types of trips are more physically demanding. You need to be mentally and physically prepared for long range routes of some sort of adventure sport. You should be in good physical shape.

Active: This type of journey means a certain type of physical effort as well as physical preparation is needed. This is the first of the Active levels, so only basic and low physical preparation is required.

Expedition: Adventure trips which require varying physical levels of fitness. They are only suitable for well-prepared people, and you may face some uncertainness due to time or weather in the trip location.  Some situations will require mental as well as physical strength.

Activity Level

1 For people with physical disabilities.

2 For people who have never done any sort of physical exercise. 

3 For people who have done some exercise in the past but may have spent the last 2 years not moving a finger. 

5 For people who exercise every month of the year but not necessarily with great regularity. People with good health and travelling experience.  You will face every day activities which require average physical effort, such as short treks, or other types of activity which are not longer than 2 to 3 hours a day during the trip. 

5: Para personas que hacen ejercicio todos los meses pero que no necesariamente tienen una continuidad o una exigencia alta, con buena salud en general, experiencia viajando. Pueden enfrentar actividades con esfuerzo físico todos los días, pero en lugares sin pendientes, o trayectos cortos, que no pasen de 3 horas al día de actividad durante el viaje.

 

6 For people who like to do exercise, even with some discontinuity during the year, and are in good physical shape and good health. Those who have travelling experience, as well as camping experience. You can face 17kms (11Milles) hikes in one day, and changes in altitude of 800mts (265Ft) height at least once a week.

 

7 For people who exercise 3 to 4 times a week, are in good physical shape, have experience in adventure sports, as well as experience of camping for periods of 3 to 5 days. You can face a 20km (12mile) hike every day for 4 days with changes in altitude of 900mts (290Fts) or more. You know your rhythm, as well as how your body performs in difficult weather conditions. 

8 The same characteristics as 7, plus technical knowledge of some adventure sports.  

9  For specialized professional sports people. Routes carefully designed for high performance. Only by request.  




NIVEL - HORIZONTAL

LEVEL ACTIVITY

Journey Type

Tourist:  This trip is for relaxing, having fun or both. The type of activities included do not require any sort of physical preparation. It is available for all types of people and all ages.

Sportive-Active: These types of trips are more physically demanding. You need to be mentally and physically prepared for long range routes of some sort of adventure sport. You should be in good physical shape.

Active: This type of journey means a certain type of physical effort as well as physical preparation is needed. This is the first of the Active levels, so only basic and low physical preparation is required.

Expedition: Adventure trips which require varying physical levels of fitness. They are only suitable for well-prepared people, and you may face some uncertainness due to time or weather in the trip location.  Some situations will require mental as well as physical strength.

Activity Level

1 For people with physical disabilities.

2 For people who have never done any sort of physical exercise. 

3 For people who have done some exercise in the past but may have spent the last 2 years not moving a finger. 

5 For people who exercise every month of the year but not necessarily with great regularity. People with good health and travelling experience.  You will face every day activities which require average physical effort, such as short treks, or other types of activity which are not longer than 2 to 3 hours a day during the trip. 

5: Para personas que hacen ejercicio todos los meses pero que no necesariamente tienen una continuidad o una exigencia alta, con buena salud en general, experiencia viajando. Pueden enfrentar actividades con esfuerzo físico todos los días, pero en lugares sin pendientes, o trayectos cortos, que no pasen de 3 horas al día de actividad durante el viaje.

 

6 For people who like to do exercise, even with some discontinuity during the year, and are in good physical shape and good health. Those who have travelling experience, as well as camping experience. You can face 17kms (11Milles) hikes in one day, and changes in altitude of 800mts (265Ft) height at least once a week.

 

7 For people who exercise 3 to 4 times a week, are in good physical shape, have experience in adventure sports, as well as experience of camping for periods of 3 to 5 days. You can face a 20km (12mile) hike every day for 4 days with changes in altitude of 900mts (290Fts) or more. You know your rhythm, as well as how your body performs in difficult weather conditions. 

8 The same characteristics as 7, plus technical knowledge of some adventure sports.  

9  For specialized professional sports people. Routes carefully designed for high performance. Only by request.  




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