The city of departure depends on the location of our travellers; it can be either Manizales or Pereira. Right after breakfast we will meet the guide and take a four-wheel drive car that will take us up to the mountains until Potosi, through a beautiful road embellished by many crops. Once in Potosi we will be welcome by National Park officials that will be giving us an informative talk and help us register. After registration, we will enjoy a typical lunch made by locals. We will have the afternoon for resting and acclimation while enjoying the beautiful landscape. We will spend the night in Potosi in shared rooms.

Distance: 40 km by car
Duration: 2 hours
Altitude in Potosí: 3.900 meters

Very early in the morning, before sunrise, we initiate our trip on a four-wheel drive vehicle to place known as Conejeras from where we will start our hike to the Santa Isabel snowy mountain summit. We will start our climb under the light of stars to later on be delighted by the sunrise over the Andean mountains, an amazing experience to recharge our batteries and keep going. Once we reach the glacial we will punt our climbing equipment on and continue our trip on the snow to reach the summit (4.950 meters). There, if the weather is good, we will be able to enjoy of an amazing view of the extended National Park. Our way back will be through the same route until Conejeras where the vehicles will be waiting for us to take us to Potosi, where we will have lunch and the rest of the afternoon to rest. We will have dinner and spend the night in Potosi (3.900 meters).

Duración: 6 – 8 hours (14 Km)
Altitude gain: 800 meters
Altitude loss: 800 meters
Altitude in Potosí: 3.900 meters
Initial altitude: 4.200 meters
Maximum altitude: 4.950 meters
Final altitude: 3.900 meters

In the morning we will have a space to share experiences from the previous day while we enjoy breakfast. Once we are ready, we will load our luggage on the mules to be taken to the next location. Our trek will last bout four hours and we will pass by the Otún Lake to enter the paramo, a very beautiful, special and bio diverse ecosystem that only exist in five countries on the planet and is important because houses water sources. At noon we will be arriving to Berlín farm, a heartwarming house that opens its door for us to rest and spend the night. In Berlín we will have a typical lunch and then, we will be able to rest and enjoy the magic of the place, also we will have the chance to know how people lives in the mountains.

Duration: 4 – 5 hours (19 Km)
Altitude gain: 600 meters
Altitude loss: 700 meters
Initial altitude: 3.900 meters
Maximum altitude: 4.150 meters
Final altitude: 3.800 meters

After breakfast we will start our trek to Arenales campsite. On our way we will go through a vast extension of paramo ecosystem and have the chance to pass by the base of Quindio Paramillo, an extinct volcano embellished with colorful sands and beautiful rocky picks that occasionally have snow on top of them. This place is where we will have lunch. Afterwards we will continue our trip crossing La Playa farm where we will start our ascent to Arenales (4.500 meters). Once there we will set up our camp, have dinner and rest.

Duration: 8 – 9 hours (18 Km)
Altitude gain: 900 meters
Altitude loss: 400 meters
Initial altitude: 3.800 meters
Maximum altitude: 4.500 meters
Final altitude: 4.500 meters

Very early before dawn, we will start our ascent through paramo towards Nevado del Tolima. Once we arrive to the glacier, we will put on the appropriate equipment (crampons, ice axes, ropes, harnesses, etc) to start the ascent on the snow towards the top. The route through the glacier takes around 1.5 hours until the summit at 5.240 meters with a spectacular view of other snowy mountains and peaks of Los Nevados National park. After reaching the summit, we will descent from the mountain until reaching our campsite where we will have breakfast, pack our equipment, clean up the camp site and carry on our hike for about two more hours, till we reach El Cañon hot springs, where we will set up our new cap site. Once there we can enjoy the hot springs, a well-deserved lunch and a quite afternoon in the middle of the mountains. In the evening, we will have diner and prepare to rest in our tent.

Duration: 10 – 12 hours (13 Km)
Altitude gain: 800 meters
Altitude loss: 1.300 meters
Initial altitude: 4.500 meters
Maximum altitude: 5.240 meters
Final altitude: 3.950 meters

After a pleasant night by the hot springs and a last bath in the morning, we will start our trekking to reach El Salto School (3.200 meters) where we will be able to enjoy the view over the mountains and share a local dinner with the two families that inhabit the place. We will spend the night there in shared rooms.

Duration: 4 – 5 hours (11 Km)
Altitude gain: 90 meters
Altitude loss: 800 meters
Initial altitude: 3.950 meters
Maximum altitude: 4.030 meters
Final altitude: 3.200 meters

On our last day in the mountains, we will take the descending path towards Ibagué. Walking through colonial pathways, we will cross the beautiful cloud forest until the village of Juntas on the other side of the mountain range. Once there, we will take a bus to the city of Ibagué (40 min aprox). At Ibagué we will have the option to take bus or plane to our city of origin.

Duration: 6 – 7 hours (13 Km)
Altitude gain: 400 meters
Altitude loss: 1.500 meters
Initial altitude: 3.200 meters
Maximum altitude: 3.600 meters
Final altitude: 1.900 meters