Boutique hacienda on a cacao estate, Quindío
Hacienda Bambusa
Seven rooms in a house of guadua bamboo and earth above a cacao plantation; suites with a private pool and cooking from the kitchen garden.
Quindío · Risaralda
Eje Cafetero
Here the mountain is farmed. Above 1,800 metres, Quindío orders its slopes into rows of coffee, stands of guadua bamboo and pasture, and finishes them with wax palms of up to sixty metres that grow like this nowhere else. A worked landscape, not merely a contemplated one.
Why go
What makes this destination unique
Unlike other Colombian destinations, the draw here is neither a monument nor a beach: it is a living agricultural system. UNESCO inscribed the Coffee Cultural Landscape in 2011 as cultural heritage, not natural. Salento and Filandia are among its towns: settlements of bahareque, the local wattle and daub, still living off the beans picked up the slope.
- When to goDecember to March and June to September are the driest stretches: clear mornings in Cocora, which usually clouds over after midday. October to December coincides with the main coffee harvest.
- Getting thereA direct flight from Bogotá to Armenia (El Edén, AXM) or Pereira (Matecaña, PEI), close to an hour. Road transfer to Salento: forty-five minutes from Armenia.
What to see
What you should not miss
Where to stay
Hotels we recommend
A selection of houses with character. We work with others too: tell us what you are looking for and we will propose the one that fits.
Boutique eco-lodge on the edge of Salento
Kawa Mountain Retreat
Bungalows and cabins with a private jacuzzi on the hillside, minutes from the town and from the entrance to Cocora. Restaurant and spa.
Boutique hotel with spa, Cerritos (Pereira)
Sazagua Hotel Boutique
Twenty individually designed rooms among tropical gardens full of birds, with its own spa and the restaurant Tributo.
Historic 1888 hacienda, Risaralda
Hotel Hacienda San José
A family house in tapia pisada, rammed earth, raised in 1888: eleven rooms, period furniture and a restaurant of its own. The domestic history of coffee, not stage set.
Where to eat
The destination's table
The kitchens worth a reservation. We take care of the booking and the transfer.
Contemporary Colombian (Filandia)
Helena Adentro
The reference table of Quindío: produce from small neighbouring growers, its own kitchen garden, a solid bar and a terrace open over the valley.
Colombian Pacific (Filandia)
Bakúrú
Pacific cooking and Emberá and Afro-Colombian tradition carried up to the mountains. Open Wednesday to Sunday; worth booking.
Single-origin coffee and food to linger over (Salento)
Café Jesús Martín
Its own roastery half a block from the square; cuppings and workshops to understand Quindío coffee beyond the tinto, the everyday black cup.
Grill (Salento)
Camino Real Parrilla Bar
The best-known grill on the Calle Real, with live music and cocktails; lively rather than intimate.
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