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Discover Laguna de Otún and El Nevado de Santa Isabel
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Discover Laguna de Otún and El Nevado de Santa Isabel

This is an experience where you have the opportunity to get acquainted with foggy forests and the moorland ecosystem. You can enjoy the song of the birds in their natural habitat, contemplating the mystical peaks of the Andean mountains. With our experiences and our logistics you will be completely safe.

Itinerary

Day 1: Salento and Cocora Valley

Stop At: Valle del Cocora, Salento Colombia
Salento - Cocora Valley (2,400 masl) - Finca La Argentina (3,450 masl)

We will take a Jeep Willys in Salento at 7:00 am towards the Cocora Valley. This trail allows us to cross the incredible landscape of Las Palmas de Cera in the high Andean forest. The height and difficulty of the terrain will lead us to connect little by little with our rhythm and with the best kept thoughts while we recognize the depth of our breathing, we will pause to have a marching lunch over 3,000 mtrs. We follow an ascent in which we already begin to understand our body and its way of mimicking the difficulties of mud, wind and cold, the landscape begins to stabilize in our memory and we become one with our footprints. Around 5:00 pm we will arrive at “La Argentina”, farm of farmers who have been in the area for more than 30 years, we will sleep in bed, in shared rooms.
Duration: 10 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Rural estate in shared rooms with shared bathroom

Day 2: Chispas hill and view of the Nevado del Tolima

Stop At: Nevado Santa Isabel, Pereira Colombia
Argentina - Cerros Chispas (4,300msnm) - Finca Berlin (3,400msnm)

After a typical peasant breakfast, we will go to Chispas Hill, a peculiar neck of an extinct volcano with an altitude of 4,300 meters above sea level. If you prefer, you have the option of visiting the Pantanos del Quindío (3,200 meters above sea level), where you can appreciate the water mattresses, the typical vegetation of the paramunas peat bogs. After a well-deserved lunch with an impressive 360 ° view of the Los Nevados National Natural Park, we will go to the Finca Berlin, where we spend the night, with an altitude of 3,400 meters above sea level.
Duration: 10 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Finca Berlin, shared room with shared bathroom.

Day 3: Otún Lagoon

Stop At: Lake Otun, Via al Parque Nacional Los Nevados, Pereira Colombia
This day will be to ascend constantly, we will cross the Otún river basin, until we find the Mosquito lagoon located on the slopes of the Paramillo de Santa Rosa. Our goal for this day is La Laguna del Otún, the largest glacial lagoon in the Los Nevados National Park, we will stop to rest, observe from this point the snowy peaks, find some birds that enjoy resting in this place and Surprise travelers. After enjoying this incredible landscape we will continue our interpretive walk of plants and birds until we reach the place where we will rest peacefully, after 3 hours of walking, Finca Campo Alegre.
Duration: 10 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Cheerful country estate, shared room with shared bathroom

Day 4: Santa Isabel snowy peak attempt

Stop At: Nevados Santa Isabel, Calle 20 25 Nr. 20-25 Parque Nacional Natural los Nevados Zona centro sut, Manizales 170006 Colombia
It is not a secret that we should get up early to start our summit day, at 2:00 am, we will have a hot drink and have breakfast while we take our breath and strength to start this day full of adventure, the most important day of the trip.

We will travel by car for 3 hours to the Conejeras sector, the starting point of this hike. First we will see once again the ecosystem of Páramo until the Glacier Edge of the Snowy Santa Isabel, will be 3.7kmts. Upon reaching the edge of the glacier we will put on our snow equipment before starting the ascent, it is important to connect body and soul with the stage to understand the importance of this path for our mind and get the most out of two hours of walking until 5,000 masl The summit is the only space where we can be naked and recognize ourselves tired in the vastness. Upon returning, as we walk the moraine and turn our eyes to say goodbye to the mountain.

We will walk to the vehicle and take lunch, then we will arrive at a place where we can take a shower and get ready to finish our trip in Manizales around 5:00 pm.
Duration: 10 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
No accommodation included on this day.



Duration:4 days
Commences in:Salento, Colombia
Country:Colombia
City:Salento

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