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Twenty-four things to do  ·  Quindío  ·  we arrange them

Twenty-four reasons to leave your room.

Almost nothing on this list is ours: these are places around the Quindío that you reach from here. We help you arrange it and book whatever needs booking.

01Adventure · thirteen

From cloud forest to snow.

More than 350 bird species have been recorded around Salento. From here you set out towards the valley, towards the mountains or towards the water.

Wax palm in the Valle de Cocora
Wax palm · Valle de Cocora

Valle de Cocora

The Quindío wax palm has been Colombia’s national tree since Law 61 of 1985, and it is the tallest palm on earth: over 60 metres.

Salento

Sendero de las Cascadas

A hike through the mountains.

Salento

Birdwatching

Out into wild country, after winged mysteries.

Salento

Cloud forest

The biodiversity of an ecosystem unlike any other, further up the mountain.

Salento

Reserva Natural La Carbonera

The largest wax palm population on the planet, close to 300,000 adults. Declared a Flora Sanctuary by the Ministry of Environment on 6 August 2026 (Resolution 0993).

Quindío and Tolima

Reserva Natural Barbas Bremen

Cloud forest, rivers and a hidden waterfall. One of the best places in the country to hear howler monkeys: they carry for kilometres before you see one.

Between Filandia, Circasia, Salento and Pereira

Parque Nacional Natural Los Nevados

Snow-capped peaks, hot springs, rivers of a thousand colours and high lakes.

Quindío, Risaralda, Caldas and Tolima

Morrogacho

One of the highest and most demanding mountains around Salento.

Salento

Horseback riding

Hidden country, with a horse for company.

Salento

Quad biking

Along the back roads of Salento.

Salento

Traditional raft expedition

The Río de la Vieja, a journey full of biodiversity.

Quimbaya

Nature reserves of the Quindío

Where the ecosystems tell their day-to-day stories.

Quindío

Qinti, Parque Patas Arriba

One of the most unusual parks in the region.

Córdoba, Quindío

The snow-capped Nevado del Tolima above the clouds
El Nevado del Tolima · from the Parque Nacional Natural Los Nevados
02Culture · eight

Coffee, gold and the mule trails.

What made this landscape, back before it was a landscape to look at.

Salento at dusk with the moon over the mountains
Salento at dusk, with the moon

The heart of Salento

Craft market and colonial architecture, full of stories and colour.

Salento

Filandia

The Quindío’s other town of painted balconies, half an hour away. The Colina Iluminada viewpoint and specialty coffee.

Filandia

The coffee route

From soil to cup. These farms are not a coffee museum: they are the heritage itself, and they are still working.

Eje Cafetero

Museo del Oro Quimbaya

The secrets of the pre-Columbian civilizations, in a building by Rogelio Salmona.

Armenia

Parque de los Arrieros

An interactive plunge into the world of the old mule drivers.

Quindío

PANACA

Farming culture, bio-architecture and shows about how people work the land.

Quimbaya

Jardín Botánico del Quindío

Andean research and conservation, and a butterfly house holding more than 1,600 butterflies.

Calarcá

Cacao tour

A journey through the growing and processing of cacao.

Quindío

03Rest · three

And the option of doing nothing.

The saltwater hot tub and the herbal steam room are right here. The rest we arrange for you.

Hot springs

Where thermal water turns into a geological embrace.

Eje Cafetero

Cacao ceremony

Meditation, sound therapy and ritual out in the open.

By prior booking

Yoga

A deep connection with yourself, in natural surroundings.

By prior booking

The terrace at night with the hot tub steaming and the waterfall lit
The herbal steam room and the hot tub, at the end of the day
04How it works

You do not have to plan any of it.

Write to us before you come, or just ask when you arrive. We have known this area since 2009: we know what time the jeep leaves, which coffee farm takes you without booking, and which trail is closed this week.