Filandia looks a lot like Salento: bahareque houses, colorful balconies and a square with a church. But it gets fewer visitors, and on weekends you notice. If you already know Salento, it is the best half-day or full-day trip from the valley. Getting there from Lumbre It is 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes […]
Salento is the oldest town in Quindío and the gateway to the Cocora Valley. Lumbre is a 15-minute drive away, so you do not need to sleep in town to enjoy it. The best plan is to go in the afternoon, after hiking the valley in the morning. Salento had little damage in the August […]
Three out of four bookings at Lumbre are couples, and many come to celebrate something. This is what works best, based on what we see every week. Arrive before sunset Check-in starts at 3 pm. If you arrive at 4, you have time to settle in, light the fireplace on your terrace and watch the […]
Lumbre sits at 2,200 meters (7,220 feet) above sea level. That explains almost everything. Temperature Daytime: between 15 and 20 °C (59 and 68 °F). Nighttime: between 10 and 14 °C (50 and 57 °F). Sun, rain and mist can all happen in the same afternoon. Rain It rains all year, but there are two […]
The Quindío wax palm is Colombia’s national tree and the tallest palm in the world. It can grow up to 60 meters (200 feet). It lives between 2,000 and 3,000 meters (6,560 and 9,840 feet) above sea level, and Cocora is one of the few places where you can still see whole forests of them. […]
There are two ways to walk Cocora: the short route, straight to the palms, and the loop, which goes into the cloud forest and comes out at the top. The loop About 4 to 5 hours at an easy pace, roughly 12 km (7.5 miles). You start through the forest, following the Quindío River. There […]
Lumbre is at km 7 on the road from Salento to the Cocora Valley. On Google Maps it appears as “Lumbre Forest Lodge”. By air The closest airports are Armenia (El Edén) and Pereira (Matecaña). From either one it is about 1 hour and 15 minutes by car. By car From Bogotá: about 7 to […]
Most people who visit Cocora sleep in Salento. It makes sense: the town has restaurants, bars, Calle Real and the Willys jeeps that leave from the main square to the valley. If it is your first time in the Coffee Region and you want to walk around at night, Salento works. But there is another […]