Salento Cocora Valley Filandia Tour: Full-Day Private Guide
Customize your day discovering Salento’s wax palms, Cocora’s trails, and Filandia’s charm with your own guide and van
A full-day private tour departing from Pereira or Armenia that covers Cocora Valley, Salento and Filandia with a bilingual guide, lunch at a local restaurant, and all park entries included. You choose your departure time and can request stops along the route. The tour runs 7 to 8 hours and includes a 1- to 2-hour walk through the wax palm forest, a stroll through Salento's colonial streets, and a viewpoint visit in Filandia overlooking the coffee plantations.
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2 optionsStep-by-step itinerary
Explore Cocora Valley, Salento, and Filandia
- Depart from agreed location
- Stop along the way on request
- Walk in Cocora Valley with guide
- Return to vehicle and travel to Salento
- Walk along Salento's royal street
- Travel to Filandia
- Visit illuminated hill viewpoint
- Tour Filandia town
- Return to point of origin
What’s included
- Bilingual guide in English and Spanish.
- transportation in a van or microbus from your hotel or airport in Pereira or Armenia.
- lunch at a local restaurant.
- one hot drink and bottled water per person.
- entry to Cocora Valley palm forest.
- entry to Filandia illuminated hill viewpoint.
- medical assistance insurance.
Times
- Every day No fixed time
Before you book
Operated by transporte & turismo del eje S.A.S
Prices and times updated 8 days ago
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The experience
The day starts from your hotel or the airport in Pereira or Armenia at a time you set. Your bilingual guide and driver pick you up in a van or microbus and head toward Cocora Valley, stopping along the way if you ask. Once there, you walk into the palm forest for 1 to 2 hours (the length is yours to choose), surrounded by the world's tallest wax palms and the habitat of the Andean condor. The guide walks with you the whole way and explains what you're seeing.
After the valley, you drive to Salento, a colonial town where the streets are narrow and the buildings are painted in bright colors. You walk the royal street on your own, browsing handicrafts and local shops, and the guide points out the typical balconies and facades that draw people here. Then it's on to Filandia, where you visit the illuminated hill viewpoint to see the coffee territory spread across the mountains. You have time to walk the town itself before heading back to your starting point.
Lunch happens at a typical local restaurant called Laurita, and the tour includes a hot drink and bottled water. You get a Willys Jeep experience (the classic vehicle is part of how the region moves), and medical assistance insurance covers the day. The guide speaks English and Spanish, so language isn't a barrier. Because this is a private tour, the route and timing bend to what you want to see.
Is this one for you?Choose the Pereira departure if you're staying in or flying into that city. Choose Armenia if that's where you are based. Because the tour is private and you set the start time, it works around your schedule: the guide and van don't move until you're ready, and you can ask for stops along the route that interest you.
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Top questions
What languages is the tour guided in?
Live guide in English and Spanish.
What happens if it rains?
It may be canceled due to bad weather. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund. Free cancellation up to 24 h before the start.
How long is the walk through Cocora Valley's palm forest?
The walk lasts between 1 and 2 hours depending on your pace and preference. Your guide walks with you the entire time and you choose how long you want to spend in the forest.
What is Cocora Valley actually like when you get there?
Cocora Valley is a forest of wax palms, the world's tallest palm trees, set in a mountain landscape. It's also home to the Andean condor. The walk takes you into the palm forest itself, not just a viewpoint of it from a distance.
Does the tour include food and drinks?
Yes. Lunch is at a typical local restaurant called Laurita, and the tour includes one hot drink per person and bottles of water throughout the day.
Can I choose when the tour starts?
Yes. You tell the operator your preferred start time and pickup location (either your hotel or the airport in Pereira or Armenia), and they arrange it that way.
What's included in the entrance fees?
The tour covers entry to Cocora Valley's palm forest, the illuminated hill viewpoint in Filandia, and all transportation between the three towns. Lunch and drinks are separate from park fees but included in the price.
Is this tour private or shared with other travelers?
This is a private tour. You book it for your group, and the guide and van are yours for the day. You're not combined with other bookings.
Salento Cocora Valley Filandia Tour: Full-Day Private Guide
7h–8h · EN · ES
from US$ 256.87 per person
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