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Cocora Valley and Salento Hike Tour
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Cocora Valley and Salento Hike Tour

By Gran Colombia Tours (Salento)
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Ages 5-75
Duration: 6h
Start time: Check availability
Mobile ticket
Live guide: English, Spanish
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  • Tours Guide
  • Hotel pick-up and drop-off
  • Cocora Valley entrance
  • All-risk insurance
  • Entry/Admission - Valle del Cocora
What's not included
  • Lunch
  • Extra purchases


Start:Multiple pickup locations offered.
    Pickup details
    • We pick up our clients anywhere within Armenia city, Pereira city Salento or Filandia - hotels, hostels, Air BnB, vacation rentals, points of interest, and also at El Edén International Airport and Matecaña International Airport.
    Airport pickup offered
    During checkout you will be able to select from the list of included airports.
    • El Edén International Airport, Cl. 23 #22-08, Armenia, El Eden, Armenia, Quindío, Colombia
    • Aeropuerto Internacional Matecaña, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia
    End:This activity ends back at the meeting point.

      • Not wheelchair accessible
      • Near public transportation
      • Infants must sit on laps
      If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 59388P56

      • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
      • Most travellers can participate
      • Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
      • Hike will go up and down through hills and rugged trails so bring comfortable hiking shoes, and a cane if you need it
      • Don’t forget your camera
      • Bring comfortable shoes and water
      • Keep hydrating constantly and use sunscreen
      • Jeep only available from Salento or Filandia
      • You do not visti a coffee farm
      • This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

      • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

      If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 59388P56

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      About the operator
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      • Gran Colombia Tours (Salento)
        207
        Salento, Colombia
        Joined in April 2017
      • JayenTan
        0 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Fantastic time
        We had a fantastic time. The tour guide was very patient and helpful. Overall, we enjoyed the tour. Definitely recommend.
        Written 12 January 2025
      • Louis C
        0 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Very reliable transportation
        Service was great and on time (actually slightly earlier), driver was professional and took us to the hotel in no time 😇 good experience having a transportation service already booked (secured) from Salento to Pereira, clean and new vehicle which for us was one of the most important aspect!
        Written 8 January 2025
      • F7463SXjuano
        0 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        An amazing experience
        Our tour guide was an absolute legend. Very knowledgeable, humble and funny. Made us feel like we were talking to a friend. He went above and beyond to give us the best places, and spots for pictures, coffee places and good restaurants. It’s an experience I will hold in my heart forever. Definitely will do this again!
        Written 30 December 2024
      • lucastY691MD
        0 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Cocora valley and coffee tour
        During our 3 week trip in Colombia, I realized it’s not necessarily the activity that creates a special memory but more the people. We were picked up in the morning by our amazing tour guide Pedro, where he brought us to the cocora valley in our drop top jeep, got some cool action shots along the way. Both me and the girlfriend got along with Pedro wonderfully as his English and humour was an added bonus. We spent all afternoon learning about the wax palms and taking some great photos. Pictures do no justice, something you need to experience. The coffee tour was excellent, our guide was 1 of a kind and it was super interesting to experience the entire lengthy process of making my favourite drink. We ended off the day with learning some history of Salento, it was so nice to see the passion Pedro takes in his city. He then invited us out later to have some drinks and give us some pointers for the rest of our trip. Amazing day, amazing guide 10/10 recommend!
        Written 30 December 2024
      • 212ralfj
        0 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        It was a good day
        Hei. Everything was amazing. Maria was a great and fun guide who showed us more than she was supposed to and really enjoyd getting to know her. Loved every minute of it! Gracias!
        Written 29 December 2024
      • 456waiwail
        0 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Great tour - would recommend
        Great way to plan a day trip to Salento from Bogotá. We landed in pereira around 8 am , with a driver picking us up - arrived in Salento before 930am. Had time for a quick breakfast or coffee. Met with our guide. Drove straight to Crocoa Valley and made it back to Salento for lunch at 1pm and made to the coffee farm around 2pm. The coffee farm tour lasted about two hours and finished around 4pm. We spent another hour in Salento exploring the streets and managed to leave for the airport around 530pm. Made it to our 8pm flight back to Bogotá. Our driver and guide were awesome. And having them really save time and making the day trip from Bogotá enjoyable. Communication with the tour company and the guide & driver via WhatsApp were easy. Loved the experience visiting the small family run coffee farm and learning about coffee plantation.
        Written 28 December 2024
      • SlavicaB_11
        0 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Súper tour
        We loved Sarah and the tour. She was very sweet and professional and went at our pace. We were exhausted at the end! Highly recommend this tour
        Written 25 December 2024
      • E4596GWjenniferm
        0 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Amazing! Highly recommend
        Amazing tour, Juan was our tour guide. He spoke excellent English, very informative. We went early to Corora Valley which i would recommend to avoid the crowds. The horse riding at the end was a great experience, the horses are well cared for on a small farm and only go out twice a day at the most and only small groups at a time. would highly recommend this tour!
        Written 4 December 2024
      • 341burcub
        0 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Great tour to learn about coffee and experience local life
        Great tour if you want to meet with local people, see how the coffee is made from zero to cup, enjoy the nature, and eat delicious food. We loved everything about this tour and cannot recommend it enough!
        Written 3 December 2024
      • landiandrea
        0 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Great experience
        Our guide Pedro was amazing and treated us as friends rather than as customers. He really went above and beyond and explained everything in Great detail as well as providing recommendations for the rest of our trip
        Written 28 November 2024
      • Paige G
        0 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Cocora Valley, Salento, and Coffee Farm day tour
        My friend and I did our Cocora Valley, Salento, and Coffee Farm day tour November 4th with Pedro. He was the best tour guide ever! This has been the most memorable day we have had in Colombia so far. He was very knowledgeable on the history of Salento which is something I appreciated. With my friend and I both being girls and the only two on the tour, he was very respectful. We have never laughed and smiled so much! He gave us many recommendations for our trip in Colombia. He was very kind! We loved him and would recommend everyone to take him for your tour in Salento 100%!!! Thank you Pedro!
        Written 17 November 2024
      • Rhi Rhi B
        0 contributions
        4.0 of 5 bubbles
        Juan was great. The valley was stunning
        We ended up being just me and my friend which was good fun. Juan our guide was a natural and we chatted the whole way up to the valley and throughout the tour he was very informed and not just the valley but Salento in general, he gave us some great tips for our trip as well as the facts about the valley and the nature. The only downside is that being a tour we didn’t have the time to walk very far around the valley. I guess cause we booked the 2pm one but most people go to the valley and walk around themselves and then have the opportunity to go deeper to the jungley part and £44 if it wasn’t for juan’s great tour guiding it would of felt like a waste of money. If you’re not bothered about the information then I recommend going by yourself but if you want the information and the advice about Salento get Juan to take you round.
        Written 3 October 2024
      • kieranc419
        0 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        A positive experience with an awesome tour guide
        Pedro is a very informative, energetic, and friendly guide. He was kind enough to be patient with me while I was practicing my Spanish, accommodated extra time for exploring the town of Salento, and answered all my questions eagerly. I would highly recommend this tour to any solo travelers interested in seeing most of the major sites of Salento and understanding its history while under a time-crunch.
        Written 19 September 2024
      • jesss148
        0 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Fun, informative and beautiful!
        We had a great time with our tour guide Jorge Corcora Valley is beautiful, and the hiking was great to see the different view points. We went in the morning and it was quiet quiet which we enjoyed! The coffee tour was so fun, really great to learn about the coffee process from bean to drink and also understand the growing process for coffee and other plants such a bamboo, citrus, plantain and bananas- first time seeing pink bananas and Steven our guide was great and very passionate! Would highly recommend and great if you've only got a few days in Solento
        Written 13 September 2024
      • 49leighaa
        0 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Great experience, highly recommend!
        Absolutely worth the full day trip! The views from the Cocora valley are stunning and our guide was extremely knowledgeable of the local history as well as flora/fauna. The coffee tour was also super interesting and informative. This was our favorite tour we did in Columbia and would highly recommend.
        Written 9 September 2024
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      Giacomo Pianta
      Zurich, Switzerland111 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      My day started very well when Daniel picked me up in Pereira at 8am and we had a pleasant ride while talking about various topics until we reached Salento, where my guide for the day Yazmin was waiting for us. Yazmin was knowledgeable, energetic, charmingly ironic and a truly delightful companion during my day visiting Valle del Cocora and Salento. Extra points for Yazmin when I told her that I hadn't yet tried any of the local fruits that you can't find in Europe, so she brought me to a fruit shop in Salento and selected 6 local fruits for me so I could taste them all over lunch. AMAZING and unexpected: thank you to the best guide Yazmin and best driver Daniel for a memorable day!
      Written 5 June 2023
      This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
      Hola Gia, thank you very much for choosing Gran Colombia Tours. We are very happy to know Yazmin and Daniel were amazing and helped you to have a once-in-a-lifetime experience. The Cocora Valley and Salento are definitely 2 of the most beautiful spots in our country, and we are very happy to know you got to see them with your own eyes. Our local fruits are super delicious and tasty, so taking the chance to try them was the best choice! Thank you again for leaving your comment, it motivates us to understand the great impact our services have on travelers!
      Written 6 June 2023
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      ilaria clara m
      1 contribution
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Aug 2022 • Friends
      The experience with Ivan to discover the Cocora Valley was wonderful.
      Ivan, our guide, was very kind and smiling, he told us about every wonder of this unspoiled landscape and was able to guide us through the paths of the woods.
      thanks ivan!
      Written 9 August 2022
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      Hola! Thank you so much for your review! We are glad that you had a great experience with us in your tour. Hopefully, you can be back soon! Kind regards, Andrea
      Written 26 September 2022
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      Aditya_Talwar
      London, England, United Kingdom34 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Gran Colombia arranged an excellent tour of the Cocora valley for me. The tour guide David was friendly, knowledgeable and knew all the best spots to take pictures. The journey was very comfortable in an open air jeep. I highly recommend booking the Cocora valley tour with Gran Colombia - The landscapes and palm trees are truly spectacular.
      Written 15 August 2023
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      Hello! Thank you so much for taking the time to leave this review and for recommending our tour to Cocora Valley. We're extremely happy to know you had such a great experience visiting this wonderful place with David as the guide. We'll let him know you appreciated his work.That is what we work for!
      Written 16 August 2023
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      FedeZani
      Dubai, United Arab Emirates201 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      I’ve been here with my wife for the first time.
      We were based in Salento and we booked a day trip to the Parque Valle de Cocora y Salento.
      The organization was perfect, all on time, safe and well managed.
      The guide was very professional and gave us all the explanation about history and traditions of both the park and in the town of Salento.
      We have really enjoyed the day and we recommend this trip and this tour operator
      Written 18 July 2023
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      Hi! We are thrilled to know that everything went smoothly with your tour, and we thank you for choosing us and recommending us!!
      Written 9 August 2023
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      Hannah
      2 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Sept 2023 • Couples


      We really enjoyed our tour with David. The communication was excellent, he speaks English perfectly fine which made it possible to get a lot of information and good conversations. What we really liked about the tour was that David not only explained about the Cocora valley (which he did really elaborate!!) but also gave it a personal touch. This was possible because he lived in Europe and was able to explain the differences between the European culture and nature and the Colombian one. We gained a lot of knowledge and understanding for the South American way of living. David made us feel really comfortable, the conversation were natural and therefore we were easily able to let him know what was convenient for us. After the tour he brought us up hill in Salento and gave us a recommendation for a local beer. The day ended perfect because Maik and I were able to enjoy another beautiful view with a refreshing beverage due to David!
      Next to that, he told us that we could always text him for information on our journey in different parts of Colombia (tayrona, Palomino, Cartagena, Rosario). Conclusion, we will recommend David 100%. Thank you for the great experience, we will never forget! PS: David is an excellent photographer
      Written 4 September 2023
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      Hello! Thank you so much for your thorough review of your experience, and for recommending David and this tour! We're thrilled to have friendly, helpful and professional guides like David, who are always going beyond and trying to show you the best of places and people of their regions. We'll make sure to let him know you were really happy with him. We're glad you enjoyed a lot your trip around the Coffee Region. You're always welcome to keep discovering Colombia with us!
      Written 14 September 2023
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      Madison R
      Austin, TX118 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      We had a great time hiking the cocora valley with Pedro! He knew so much about the area and we learned so much. He also takes great pictures and he took a ton for us. We had a tight schedule and also book an airport transfer with the same company and the whole experience could not have gone smoother and they were happy to accommodate us. Would recommend this company again and if you are doing this cocora valley ask for Pedro!
      Written 7 March 2022
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      Hola Madison, Thank you so much for your review! We are glad that you enjoyed your tour with us and Pedro. I wish you the best, Kind regards, Mario.
      Written 4 April 2022
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      cfern005
      Wadsworth, IL4 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Had the most memorable and amazing experience with Ivan! He was excellent outlining the importance and principal of The Valley. Everything any tourist wants , his top priority was our safety and how we felt hiking up. He always looked out for us and made such a great company the entire time! I’d love to come back and take the longer hiker - I skipped it since I had my younger son with me. Ivan also did an incredible job photography me. Feel free to reach out to me on Instagram if you would like more details about the tour. @_claudia_5
      Written 23 March 2022
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      Shannon H
      1 contribution
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      May 2023 • Friends
      This was an incredible tour! Maria Fernanda is an excellent guide. Her knowledge and love of the Cocora Valley and surrounding area is unmatched and made for a very interesting and informative hike. The hike to Finca la Montaña can be steep but is worth it for the views! This is such a beautiful area and is a must see when visiting Quindio. The tour of Salento was a nice way to end the tour, with interesting historical tidbits and some local recommendations. Confirming the tour and coordinating pick up was very easy- I will use Gran Tours Colombia for future excursions!
      Written 16 May 2023
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      Hello there, thank you so much for choosing Gran Colombia Tours. We are very happy to know you got to see Salento and Cocora Valley to understand the full importance of coffee for our country and our economy. It makes us proud to know Maria Fernanda did everything she could to provide a great experience. Knowing that our tours are unforgettable and amazing experiences makes us want to keep working hard to make more travelers happy. Thank you again for leaving your comment. We hope to hear back from you on your next visit to Colombia.
      Written 29 May 2023
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      LisaB
      18 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Fantastic experience, Yazmín, our Guide was very good and accompanied us through the Cocora Valley and Salento throughout the day, telling us curiosities and anecdotes of the place. Time has passed quickly!
      We had fun and ate the best trout ever in a local place in Salento recommended by Guide.
      To be redone!!
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      Written 11 October 2024
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      Thank you so much for your comment! We’re thrilled to hear that you had a fantastic experience with Yazmín as your guide. It’s great that you enjoyed the stories and anecdotes she shared while exploring the Cocora Valley and Salento. How wonderful to know that time flew by and you also got to enjoy the best trout ever at a local spot recommended by her. We hope you get to experience it again soon!
      Written 19 November 2024
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      Irene P
      2 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Dec 2024 • Friends
      We found it a very interesting route, we were with a small child so we travelled less. The guide Nicolai was a great guide, explained everything very well, answered all of us questions. It made everything very enjoyable. It was an amazing experience for Nicolai’s landscape and company.
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      Written 25 December 2024
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      ¡Muchas gracias por tu comentario! Nos alegra mucho saber que disfrutaron de la ruta y que, a pesar de recorrer menos por ir con un niño pequeño, la experiencia fue increíble. Nicolai es un gran guía, y nos encanta saber que hizo el tour ameno, explicó todo muy bien y respondió a todas sus preguntas. Nos alegra que el paisaje y la compañía de Nicolai hayan hecho de esta una experiencia inolvidable. Esperamos recibirlos nuevamente en el futuro para más aventuras con Gran Colombia Tours. ¡Gracias por elegirnos!
      Written 27 December 2024
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