ALL YEAR ROUND

4 DAYS / 3 NIGHTS

Difficulty / INTERMEDIATE

COCORA – HOT SPRINGS – IBAGUÉ
LOS NEVADOS NATIONAL PARK

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Go across the Colombian Andes Central Mountain Rage. Enjoy the hot spring, the Andean forest, wetlands and the beautiful moorlands. 

Los Nevados National Park is located on the central mountain range of the Colombian Andes and has an extension of 61,200 hectares, a maximum altitude of 5,321 meters (Nevado del Ruiz summit), and a minimum altitude of 2,600 meters at the Andean forests. The park is located between Caldas, Risaralda, Quindío and Tolima departments. Its wide geography features three volcanoes (Ruiz, Santa Isabel and Tolima), large paramo areas (alpine moorland), forests, lakes and rivers where many species of animals and plants live; some of theme endangered species.

This excursion is a magic four-day trek that starts at the Cocora Valley, crosses cloud forests, climbs up to the paramo (alpine moorland), skirts the Nevado del Tolima volcano, reaches De Cañon hot springs, and finishes crossing the mountain range until reaching the city of Ibague.

DATES

We can leave on the date you prefer, prior coordination

+ This trip is for people in good shape; however, it is not necessary to neither be an athlete nor have any high mountain experience.
+ Accommodation in peasant houses is in shared rooms. Individual rooms are based on available and have an extra fee. This arrangement has to be done in the moment of reservation.
  • + ID Card
  • + A big backpack to fit all you need for the trip
  • + A small backpack for hiking (20 – 30 Lts)
  • + Sleeping bag suitable for high mountains
  • + Insulating mat
  • + Small towel
  • + Sun glasses with UV protection
  • + A raincoat poncho like
  • + Frontal torch/lantern with back up batteries, or a cell phone with torch.
  • + Cloths suitable for cold weather: waterproof jacket Gore- Tex kind, feathers or synthetic jacket, sweater, confortable hiking pants and an extra pair to sleep (we recommend thermic pants), thick socks (at least three pairs), gloves and hat that cover your ears.
  • + Hiking boots and light shoes.
  • + Re usable water bottle (thermo)
  • + Sunscreen
  • + Lip balm
  • + A small medical kit
  • + A small hygiene personal kit (toilet paper, tooth paste, tooth brush, etc.)
  • + A pair of big plastic bags to pack the cloths and to pack the garbage.

EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE

FOR RENT

SLEEPING BAG $60,000 COP
50 - 90 Lt. BACKPACK $40,000 COP
TREKKING STICKS $20.000 COP
JACKET + POLAR $50,000 COP
INSULATING MAT $20,000 COP
THERMO PANTS $20,000 COP
GLOVES $20,000 COP
HAT OR BUFF $10,000 COP
SUNGLASSES WITH UV PROTECTION $20,000 COP
FLASHLIGHT/TORCH (NO BATTERIES INCLUDED) $10,000 COP

FROM

$1´290.000 COP

PER PERSON

INCLUDED

+ Professional guide authorized by the National Park.

+ Medical insurance.

+ Camping equipment: portable stove, tend, plates, cups, cutlery, etc.

+ Mules to carry our luggage.

+ Full meals in the mountain: breakfast, lunch and dinner.

+ Snacks kit for every hike.

+ Land transport: Salento – Cocora Valley and Juntas – Ibagué.

+ Accommodation: two nights in peasant’s houses and one night camping.

+ Entrance permits to Los Nevados National Park.

+ All the activities described in the itinerary.

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NOT INCLUDED

+ Sleeping bag

+ Insulating mat

+ Meals in Salento and Ibagué.

+ Not specified expenses.

A journey through different and amazing landscapes. We departed from Cocora Valley to go across the paramo, skirt the Nevado, visit the hot springs and finally, arrive to Ibagué. The hot springs are a reward to the great effort they are really comforting. The group I went with was very nice and the guide was excellent.

Thanks SAWA for this trip.

Cristian Mena

It was a very beautiful trip. I enjoyed very much every little piece of vegetation in the paramos, I enjoyed every flower…the amazing mountains, the sunsets, the hot springs…the cold hit me very hard as well as the hikes…but all was worth, it is a wonderful place.

Thank you very much.

Olga Sierra

It is the fifth time I visit Los Nevados National Park and think keep going many times. This tour is very nice because of the variety of landscapes; also, the hot springs give the tour a special charm. Everything was very well planed and the guidance was perfect.

I hope to keep traveling with you. Thanks SAWA!

Juan Andrés Jiménez

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