{"id":61762,"date":"2026-02-22T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/?p=61762"},"modified":"2025-12-31T16:22:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T15:22:55","slug":"samaria-valley-complete-guide-to-the-authentic-alternative-to-cocora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/en\/samaria-valley-complete-guide-to-the-authentic-alternative-to-cocora\/","title":{"rendered":"Samaria Valley: complete guide to the authentic alternative to Cocora"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group eplus-wrapper is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><hr class=\"is-style-dots wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-a3cde3\" style=\"background-color:#da906b;color:#da906b\">\n\n<h2 class=\" wp-block-heading eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-2511c5\"><strong>In brief<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<hr class=\"is-style-dots wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-9a0b83\" style=\"background-color:#da906b;color:#da906b\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div  id=\"jtg-61726\" class=\"modula modula-gallery modula-columns\" data-config=\"{&quot;tabletHeight&quot;:800,&quot;mobileHeight&quot;:800,&quot;desktopHeight&quot;:800,&quot;enableTwitter&quot;:false,&quot;enableWhatsapp&quot;:false,&quot;enableFacebook&quot;:false,&quot;enablePinterest&quot;:false,&quot;enableLinkedin&quot;:false,&quot;enableEmail&quot;:false,&quot;randomFactor&quot;:0,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;grid&quot;,&quot;columns&quot;:12,&quot;gutter&quot;:10,&quot;mobileGutter&quot;:10,&quot;tabletGutter&quot;:10,&quot;desktopGutter&quot;:10,&quot;enableResponsive&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;tabletColumns&quot;:2,&quot;mobileColumns&quot;:1,&quot;lazyLoad&quot;:0,&quot;lightboxOpts&quot;:{&quot;animated&quot;:true,&quot;Thumbs&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;modern&quot;,&quot;showOnStart&quot;:false},&quot;Toolbar&quot;:{&quot;display&quot;:{&quot;right&quot;:[&quot;close&quot;]},&quot;enabled&quot;:true},&quot;Carousel&quot;:{&quot;Panzoom&quot;:{&quot;touch&quot;:true},&quot;infinite&quot;:false},&quot;keyboard&quot;:{&quot;Escape&quot;:&quot;close&quot;,&quot;Delete&quot;:&quot;close&quot;,&quot;Backspace&quot;:&quot;close&quot;,&quot;PageUp&quot;:&quot;next&quot;,&quot;PageDown&quot;:&quot;prev&quot;,&quot;ArrowUp&quot;:&quot;prev&quot;,&quot;ArrowDown&quot;:&quot;next&quot;,&quot;ArrowRight&quot;:&quot;next&quot;,&quot;ArrowLeft&quot;:&quot;prev&quot;},&quot;wheel&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;touch&quot;:true,&quot;backdropClick&quot;:&quot;close&quot;,&quot;l10n&quot;:{&quot;CLOSE&quot;:&quot;Close&quot;,&quot;NEXT&quot;:&quot;Next&quot;,&quot;PREV&quot;:&quot;Previous&quot;,&quot;Error&quot;:&quot;The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.&quot;,&quot;PLAY_START&quot;:&quot;Start slideshow&quot;,&quot;PLAY_STOP&quot;:&quot;Pause slideshow&quot;,&quot;FULL_SCREEN&quot;:&quot;Full screen&quot;,&quot;THUMBS&quot;:&quot;Thumbnails&quot;,&quot;DOWNLOAD&quot;:&quot;Download&quot;,&quot;SHARE&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;ZOOM&quot;:&quot;Zoom&quot;,&quot;EMAIL&quot;:&quot;Here is the link to the image : %%image_link%% and this is the link to the gallery : %%gallery_link%%&quot;,&quot;MODAL&quot;:&quot;You can close this modal content with the ESC key&quot;,&quot;ERROR&quot;:&quot;Something Went Wrong, Please Try Again Later&quot;,&quot;IMAGE_ERROR&quot;:&quot;Image Not Found&quot;,&quot;ELEMENT_NOT_FOUND&quot;:&quot;HTML Element Not Found&quot;,&quot;AJAX_NOT_FOUND&quot;:&quot;Error Loading AJAX : Not Found&quot;,&quot;AJAX_FORBIDDEN&quot;:&quot;Error Loading AJAX : Forbidden&quot;,&quot;IFRAME_ERROR&quot;:&quot;Error Loading Page&quot;,&quot;TOGGLE_ZOOM&quot;:&quot;Toggle zoom level&quot;,&quot;TOGGLE_THUMBS&quot;:&quot;Toggle thumbnails&quot;,&quot;TOGGLE_SLIDESHOW&quot;:&quot;Toggle slideshow&quot;,&quot;TOGGLE_FULLSCREEN&quot;:&quot;Toggle full-screen mode&quot;},&quot;Images&quot;:{&quot;Panzoom&quot;:{&quot;maxScale&quot;:2}},&quot;mainClass&quot;:&quot;modula-fancybox-container modula-lightbox-jtg-61726&quot;,&quot;Html&quot;:{&quot;videoAutoplay&quot;:0,&quot;videoTpl&quot;:&quot;&lt;video class=\\&quot;fancybox__html5video\\&quot; controls muted playsinline controlsList controlsList=\\&quot;nodownload\\&quot; poster=\\&quot;{{poster}}\\&quot; src=\\&quot;{{src}}\\&quot; type=\\&quot;{{format}}\\&quot; &gt;  Sorry, your browser doesn&#039;t support embedded videos, &lt;a href=\\&quot;{{src}}\\&quot;&gt; download &lt;\\\/a&gt; and watch with your favorite video player! &lt;\\\/video&gt;&quot;}},&quot;inView&quot;:false,&quot;email_subject&quot;:&quot;Check out this awesome image !!&quot;,&quot;email_message&quot;:&quot;Here is the link to the image : %%image_link%% and this is the link to the gallery : %%gallery_link%%&quot;,&quot;grid_type&quot;:&quot;automatic&quot;,&quot;rowHeight&quot;:250,&quot;lastRow&quot;:&quot;justify&quot;,&quot;lightbox&quot;:&quot;fancybox&quot;,&quot;lightbox_devices&quot;:&quot;both&quot;}\">\n\n\t\n\t<div  class=\"modula-items grid-gallery\">\n\t\t<div class=\"modula-item effect-pufrobo\" >\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-overlay\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-content\">\n\n\t\t<a data-image-id=\"61720\" role=\"button\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"jtg-61726\" data-caption=\"\" aria-label=\"Open image in lightbox\" class=\"tile-inner modula-item-link\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pic wp-image-61720\"  data-valign=\"middle\" data-halign=\"center\" alt=\"Palmiers de cire, vall\u00e9e de la Samaria (Caldas), Colombie\" data-full=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-35-palmiers-andes-caldas.jpg\" title=\"valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-35-palmiers-andes-caldas\" crop=\"\" width=\"1680\" height=\"945\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-35-palmiers-andes-caldas.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-35-palmiers-andes-caldas.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-35-palmiers-andes-caldas.jpg 1680w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-35-palmiers-andes-caldas-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-35-palmiers-andes-caldas-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-35-palmiers-andes-caldas-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-35-palmiers-andes-caldas-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-35-palmiers-andes-caldas-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1680px) 100vw, 1680px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"figc no-description\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"figc-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div class=\"modula-item effect-pufrobo\" >\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-overlay\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-content\">\n\n\t\t<a data-image-id=\"61696\" role=\"button\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"jtg-61726\" data-caption=\"\" aria-label=\"Open image in lightbox\" class=\"tile-inner modula-item-link\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pic wp-image-61696\"  data-valign=\"middle\" data-halign=\"center\" alt=\"Mirador, vall\u00e9e de la Samaria (Caldas), Colombie\" data-full=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-31-mirador.jpg\" title=\"valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-31-mirador\" crop=\"\" width=\"1680\" height=\"945\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-31-mirador.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-31-mirador.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-31-mirador.jpg 1680w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-31-mirador-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-31-mirador-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-31-mirador-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-31-mirador-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-31-mirador-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1680px) 100vw, 1680px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"figc no-description\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"figc-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div class=\"modula-item effect-pufrobo\" >\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-overlay\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-content\">\n\n\t\t<a data-image-id=\"61582\" role=\"button\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"jtg-61726\" data-caption=\"\" aria-label=\"Open image in lightbox\" class=\"tile-inner modula-item-link\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pic wp-image-61582\"  data-valign=\"middle\" data-halign=\"center\" alt=\"Mirador de la vall\u00e9e de la Samaria (Caldas), Colombie\" data-full=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-12-vue-depuis-le-mirador.jpg\" title=\"valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-12-vue-depuis-le-mirador\" crop=\"\" width=\"1149\" height=\"1531\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-12-vue-depuis-le-mirador.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-12-vue-depuis-le-mirador.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-12-vue-depuis-le-mirador.jpg 1149w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-12-vue-depuis-le-mirador-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-12-vue-depuis-le-mirador-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-12-vue-depuis-le-mirador-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-12-vue-depuis-le-mirador-768x1023.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1149px) 100vw, 1149px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"figc no-description\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"figc-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div class=\"modula-item effect-pufrobo\" >\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-overlay\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-content\">\n\n\t\t<a data-image-id=\"61522\" role=\"button\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"jtg-61726\" data-caption=\"\" aria-label=\"Open image in lightbox\" class=\"tile-inner modula-item-link\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pic wp-image-61522\"  data-valign=\"middle\" data-halign=\"center\" alt=\"Palmier sous le soleil, vall\u00e9e de la Samaria (Caldas), Colombie\" data-full=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-2-palmier-sous-le-soleil.jpg\" title=\"valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-2-palmier-sous-le-soleil\" crop=\"\" width=\"1149\" height=\"1531\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-2-palmier-sous-le-soleil.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-2-palmier-sous-le-soleil.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-2-palmier-sous-le-soleil.jpg 1149w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-2-palmier-sous-le-soleil-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-2-palmier-sous-le-soleil-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-2-palmier-sous-le-soleil-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-2-palmier-sous-le-soleil-768x1023.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1149px) 100vw, 1149px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"figc no-description\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"figc-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div class=\"modula-item effect-pufrobo\" >\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-overlay\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-content\">\n\n\t\t<a data-image-id=\"61612\" role=\"button\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"jtg-61726\" data-caption=\"\" aria-label=\"Open image in lightbox\" class=\"tile-inner modula-item-link\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pic wp-image-61612\"  data-valign=\"middle\" data-halign=\"center\" alt=\"\u00c9glise du village de San Felix (Caldas), Colombie\" data-full=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-17-eglise-de-san-felix.jpg\" title=\"valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-17-eglise-de-san-felix\" crop=\"\" width=\"1149\" height=\"1531\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-17-eglise-de-san-felix.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-17-eglise-de-san-felix.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-17-eglise-de-san-felix.jpg 1149w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-17-eglise-de-san-felix-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-17-eglise-de-san-felix-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-17-eglise-de-san-felix-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-17-eglise-de-san-felix-768x1023.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1149px) 100vw, 1149px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"figc no-description\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"figc-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\n\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n\t{\n\t\t\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n\t\t\"@type\"   : \"ImageGallery\",\n\t\t\"id\"      : \"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/en\/samaria-valley-complete-guide-to-the-authentic-alternative-to-cocora\/#modula-gallery-61726\",\n\t\t\"url\"     : \"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/en\/samaria-valley-complete-guide-to-the-authentic-alternative-to-cocora\/\"\n\t}\n\n\t<\/script>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:3em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\" wp-block-spacer eplus-wrapper\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">Nestled in the verdant heights of the Caldas department, the Samaria valley is one of the best preserved natural wonders of Colombia&#8217;s coffee region. Less well known than the famous <a href=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/en\/visit-the-cocora-valley-the-famous-hike-among-the-wax-palms\/\">Cocora Valley<\/a>, it offers an equally spectacular experience, with its <strong>giant wax palms<\/strong>, winding trails and breathtaking panoramas. Far from the tourist crowds, the valley appeals to travelers in search of <strong>authentic nature<\/strong>, hiking and immersion in rural Colombian life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">To get there, the colonial village of <strong>Salamina<\/strong> is an ideal base. Colorful, charming and well-connected to the rest of the region, it offers easy access to the valley and a wide range of accommodation and restaurants. The Samaria Valley can be explored in a variety of ways: on a guided tour, to benefit from local knowledge and anecdotes about the centuries-old palm trees, or more independently, by <strong>bus or Willys jeep<\/strong>, for adventurers who like to organize their own itinerary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">In this article, we offer you a complete guide to preparing your visit to the Samaria Valley, with all the practical information you need, tips for enjoying the trails and landscapes, and tricks for an authentic experience in the heart of green Colombia.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns eplus-wrapper is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex eplus-styles-uid-313a95\"><div class=\"wp-block-column eplus-wrapper is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow eplus-styles-uid-5e7490\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Samaria Valley<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\" wp-block-list eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-48ebc0\">\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\">County: Caldas (Andes)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\">Altitude: 2,823 m<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\">Climate: Cool mountain climate<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\">Tourism: not very touristy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\">Direct access: Salamina<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column eplus-wrapper is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow eplus-styles-uid-5e7490\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Our verdict: Cocora without the mass tourism<strong>\u2605\u2605\u2605<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">The Samaria Valley is well worth a visit. Unlike <a href=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/en\/visit-the-cocora-valley-the-famous-hike-among-the-wax-palms\/\">Cocora<\/a>, which is easily accessible, fast and economical from Salento, reaching the Samaria requires a little more effort and organization. It is only accessible from Salamina, or from Manizales via a day trip. But it&#8217;s well worth the detour. The site has managed to preserve its natural character, despite the presence of a few scattered fincas and pastures, with no artifice or decor intended for the perfect photo. Here, nothing is overrated: the beauty of the valley is revealed in its simplicity and authenticity. A must is the Samaria Valley viewpoint, a small family-run hotel-restaurant that also owns the surrounding grounds. From this vantage point, you can admire the majestic Andes mountains of Caldas, as well as a multitude of wax palms, more numerous than at Cocora. The hike that follows is short and accessible: it winds through small forests, down to a river nestling at the bottom of the valley, before ascending to higher ground. Less long and easier than Cocora, it offers a quiet, contemplative stroll, where each step brings you a little closer to the tranquility of this unspoilt valley.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:1em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\" wp-block-spacer eplus-wrapper\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns eplus-wrapper is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex eplus-styles-uid-c62161\"><div class=\"wp-block-column eplus-wrapper is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow eplus-styles-uid-5e7490\">\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>When to visit the <strong>Samaria Valley<\/strong><\/strong> As is often the case in Colombia, the valley can be visited all year round. We were there in early October, in the middle of the rainy season, but enjoyed pleasant sunshine despite a slight chill. What&#8217;s more, it was a Sunday and the site wasn&#8217;t very busy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tourism in <strong><strong><strong>the <strong><strong>Samaria Valley<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>: <\/strong>the Samaria Valley in the Caldas department is still a confidential destination, frequented mainly by travellers in search of nature and tranquillity, far from the mass tourism that now characterizes the Cocora Valley. Its relatively isolated access from Salamina or San F\u00e9lix, via mountain trails, limits the influx of visitors and contributes to moderate attendance, with a more marked presence on Colombian weekends and public vacations, or during the December-January vacation period. For the time being, this controlled use of the area preserves the wild character of the landscape and encourages the development of rural and community-based tourism, centred on small fincas, local guides and wax palm conservation projects run by the valley&#8217;s farmers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Climate in <strong><strong><strong>the <strong><strong>Samaria Valley<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>: <\/strong>the Samaria Valley enjoys an Andean mountain climate, typical of the heights of the Caldas department. Temperatures remain cool all year round, between 12 and 18\u00b0C, with foggy mornings and brighter afternoons. The region has two main seasons: the rainy season, from April to May and September to November, when showers are frequent and maintain the lush vegetation; and the dry season, from December to March and June to August, when the weather is more stable and sunny, ideal for hiking. Even in the dry season, it&#8217;s advisable to bring waterproof clothing and warm layers, as the mountain climate can change rapidly. This mild, humid climate makes for pleasant walks and varied panoramas, from mysterious mists at sunrise to bright sunshine in the afternoon.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:3em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\" wp-block-spacer eplus-wrapper\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns eplus-wrapper is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex eplus-styles-uid-4d2b9b\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column eplus-wrapper is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/2\/embed?mid=16q64UAJO3di743lPRG1wbLikH0hTAnA&amp;ehbc=2E312F&amp;noprof=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\" eplus-styles-uid-dfcfe5\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-369901 wp-block-paragraph\">Legend: <span style=\"color:#3787cb;\">Blue: transport terminal<\/span> &#8211; <span style=\"color:#f9d649;\">Yellow: activities &amp; visits<\/span><\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"is-style-dots wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-a3cde3\" style=\"background-color:#da906b;color:#da906b\">\n\n<h2 class=\" wp-block-heading eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-2511c5\"><strong>About the Samaria Valley and the village of San Felix<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<hr class=\"is-style-dots wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-9a0b83\" style=\"background-color:#da906b;color:#da906b\">\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Samaria Valley<\/strong>, in Colombia&#8217;s <strong>Caldas department<\/strong>, is a natural gem nestled in the heart of the <strong>Paisaje Cultural Cafetero<\/strong>. It&#8217;s not far from the <strong>charming little village of San F\u00e9lix<\/strong>, a picturesque place where time seems to pass more slowly. With its <strong>quiet streets<\/strong>, colorful houses and authentic atmosphere, San F\u00e9lix allows visitors to discover the daily life of the region&#8217;s inhabitants, far from mass tourism. The village is also known for its <strong>renowned milk production<\/strong>: between <strong>25,000 and 30,000 liters of milk<\/strong> are produced here every day, mainly from <strong>Normandy cattle<\/strong>, rich in <strong>proteins and fats<\/strong>. Traditional <strong>cuajada<\/strong> cheese is one of the <strong>local specialties<\/strong> and can be found in the markets of <strong>Caldas, Antioquia and Cundinamarca<\/strong>, offering visitors a tasty insight into the village&#8217;s <strong>gastronomic heritage<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>road from Salamina<\/strong> offers <strong>superb views of the Andes<\/strong>, adding a spectacular dimension to the journey even before arriving in the valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">What makes the <strong>Samaria Valley <\/strong>so unique is its <strong>rich and diverse environment<\/strong>. It is home to one of the largest reserves of<strong> wax palms (<em>Ceroxylon alpinum<\/em>)<\/strong>, <strong>Colombia&#8217;s national emblem<\/strong>, which punctuate the landscape with their slender, majestic silhouettes. The intense green contrasts between forests, meadows and mountains create a peaceful yet striking setting. The rivers that meander through the valley add a refreshing dimension and offer perfect spots for nature lovers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">The classic point from which to fully discover the valley is the <strong>Valle de la Samaria viewpoint<\/strong>. Perched high up, it offers <strong>spectacular panoramic views<\/strong> over the entire valley and its verdant landscapes. The site is run by a <strong>local family<\/strong> who bought the surrounding land at a dark time in the country&#8217;s history, when <strong>guerrillas were still active<\/strong> in the region. Today, the situation has fortunately changed, and this family can make a living from <strong>tourism<\/strong> by offering <strong>accommodation and catering services<\/strong>, as well as access to the <strong>hiking trail<\/strong>. Their warm welcome and commitment make the visit an authentic, human experience, as well as a breathtaking natural spectacle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">In terms of tourism, the Samaria Valley attracts <strong>hikers, photographers<\/strong> and lovers of <strong>Colombian biodiversity<\/strong>. The trails allow you to venture out into <strong>nature without the crowds<\/strong>, offering an <strong>immersive experience<\/strong>. Visitors can also discover the <strong>rural way of life<\/strong>, <strong>milk production<\/strong> and <strong>typical villages<\/strong> such as San F\u00e9lix, enriching the trip both <strong>culturally<\/strong> and <strong>visually<\/strong>. The valley can be visited <strong>all year round<\/strong>, with each season offering its own charm: the <strong>rainy season<\/strong> colors the landscape in <strong>deep greens<\/strong> and brings <strong>spectacular waterfalls<\/strong>, while the <strong>dry season<\/strong> offers <strong>easier hiking<\/strong> and a <strong>pleasant climate<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\" wp-block-spacer eplus-wrapper\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div  id=\"jtg-61728\" class=\"modula modula-gallery modula-columns\" data-config=\"{&quot;tabletHeight&quot;:800,&quot;mobileHeight&quot;:800,&quot;desktopHeight&quot;:800,&quot;enableTwitter&quot;:false,&quot;enableWhatsapp&quot;:false,&quot;enableFacebook&quot;:false,&quot;enablePinterest&quot;:false,&quot;enableLinkedin&quot;:false,&quot;enableEmail&quot;:false,&quot;randomFactor&quot;:0,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;grid&quot;,&quot;columns&quot;:12,&quot;gutter&quot;:10,&quot;mobileGutter&quot;:10,&quot;tabletGutter&quot;:10,&quot;desktopGutter&quot;:10,&quot;enableResponsive&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;tabletColumns&quot;:2,&quot;mobileColumns&quot;:1,&quot;lazyLoad&quot;:0,&quot;lightboxOpts&quot;:{&quot;animated&quot;:true,&quot;Thumbs&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;modern&quot;,&quot;showOnStart&quot;:false},&quot;Toolbar&quot;:{&quot;display&quot;:{&quot;right&quot;:[&quot;close&quot;]},&quot;enabled&quot;:true},&quot;Carousel&quot;:{&quot;Panzoom&quot;:{&quot;touch&quot;:true},&quot;infinite&quot;:false},&quot;keyboard&quot;:{&quot;Escape&quot;:&quot;close&quot;,&quot;Delete&quot;:&quot;close&quot;,&quot;Backspace&quot;:&quot;close&quot;,&quot;PageUp&quot;:&quot;next&quot;,&quot;PageDown&quot;:&quot;prev&quot;,&quot;ArrowUp&quot;:&quot;prev&quot;,&quot;ArrowDown&quot;:&quot;next&quot;,&quot;ArrowRight&quot;:&quot;next&quot;,&quot;ArrowLeft&quot;:&quot;prev&quot;},&quot;wheel&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;touch&quot;:true,&quot;backdropClick&quot;:&quot;close&quot;,&quot;l10n&quot;:{&quot;CLOSE&quot;:&quot;Close&quot;,&quot;NEXT&quot;:&quot;Next&quot;,&quot;PREV&quot;:&quot;Previous&quot;,&quot;Error&quot;:&quot;The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.&quot;,&quot;PLAY_START&quot;:&quot;Start slideshow&quot;,&quot;PLAY_STOP&quot;:&quot;Pause slideshow&quot;,&quot;FULL_SCREEN&quot;:&quot;Full screen&quot;,&quot;THUMBS&quot;:&quot;Thumbnails&quot;,&quot;DOWNLOAD&quot;:&quot;Download&quot;,&quot;SHARE&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;ZOOM&quot;:&quot;Zoom&quot;,&quot;EMAIL&quot;:&quot;Here is the link to the image : %%image_link%% and this is the link to the gallery : %%gallery_link%%&quot;,&quot;MODAL&quot;:&quot;You can close this modal content with the ESC key&quot;,&quot;ERROR&quot;:&quot;Something Went Wrong, Please Try Again Later&quot;,&quot;IMAGE_ERROR&quot;:&quot;Image Not Found&quot;,&quot;ELEMENT_NOT_FOUND&quot;:&quot;HTML Element Not Found&quot;,&quot;AJAX_NOT_FOUND&quot;:&quot;Error Loading AJAX : Not Found&quot;,&quot;AJAX_FORBIDDEN&quot;:&quot;Error Loading AJAX : Forbidden&quot;,&quot;IFRAME_ERROR&quot;:&quot;Error Loading Page&quot;,&quot;TOGGLE_ZOOM&quot;:&quot;Toggle zoom level&quot;,&quot;TOGGLE_THUMBS&quot;:&quot;Toggle thumbnails&quot;,&quot;TOGGLE_SLIDESHOW&quot;:&quot;Toggle slideshow&quot;,&quot;TOGGLE_FULLSCREEN&quot;:&quot;Toggle full-screen mode&quot;},&quot;Images&quot;:{&quot;Panzoom&quot;:{&quot;maxScale&quot;:2}},&quot;mainClass&quot;:&quot;modula-fancybox-container modula-lightbox-jtg-61728&quot;,&quot;Html&quot;:{&quot;videoAutoplay&quot;:0,&quot;videoTpl&quot;:&quot;&lt;video class=\\&quot;fancybox__html5video\\&quot; controls muted playsinline controlsList controlsList=\\&quot;nodownload\\&quot; poster=\\&quot;{{poster}}\\&quot; src=\\&quot;{{src}}\\&quot; type=\\&quot;{{format}}\\&quot; &gt;  Sorry, your browser doesn&#039;t support embedded videos, &lt;a href=\\&quot;{{src}}\\&quot;&gt; download &lt;\\\/a&gt; and watch with your favorite video player! &lt;\\\/video&gt;&quot;}},&quot;inView&quot;:false,&quot;email_subject&quot;:&quot;Check out this awesome image !!&quot;,&quot;email_message&quot;:&quot;Here is the link to the image : %%image_link%% and this is the link to the gallery : %%gallery_link%%&quot;,&quot;grid_type&quot;:&quot;automatic&quot;,&quot;rowHeight&quot;:250,&quot;lastRow&quot;:&quot;justify&quot;,&quot;lightbox&quot;:&quot;fancybox&quot;,&quot;lightbox_devices&quot;:&quot;both&quot;}\">\n\n\t\n\t<div  class=\"modula-items grid-gallery\">\n\t\t<div class=\"modula-item effect-pufrobo\" >\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-overlay\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-content\">\n\n\t\t<a data-image-id=\"61516\" role=\"button\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"jtg-61728\" data-caption=\"\" aria-label=\"Open image in lightbox\" class=\"tile-inner modula-item-link\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pic wp-image-61516\"  data-valign=\"middle\" data-halign=\"center\" alt=\"Chemin de randonn\u00e9e dans une for\u00eat, vall\u00e9e de la Samaria (Caldas), Colombie\" data-full=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-1-chemin-dans-foret.jpg\" title=\"valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-1-chemin-dans-foret\" crop=\"\" width=\"1149\" height=\"1531\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-1-chemin-dans-foret.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-1-chemin-dans-foret.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-1-chemin-dans-foret.jpg 1149w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-1-chemin-dans-foret-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-1-chemin-dans-foret-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-1-chemin-dans-foret-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-1-chemin-dans-foret-768x1023.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1149px) 100vw, 1149px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"figc no-description\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"figc-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div class=\"modula-item effect-pufrobo\" >\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-overlay\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-content\">\n\n\t\t<a data-image-id=\"61714\" role=\"button\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"jtg-61728\" data-caption=\"\" aria-label=\"Open image in lightbox\" class=\"tile-inner modula-item-link\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pic wp-image-61714\"  data-valign=\"middle\" data-halign=\"center\" alt=\"Montagnes andines, vall\u00e9e de la Samaria (Caldas), Colombie\" data-full=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-34-andes-caldas.jpg\" title=\"valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-34-andes-caldas\" crop=\"\" width=\"1680\" height=\"945\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-34-andes-caldas.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-34-andes-caldas.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-34-andes-caldas.jpg 1680w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-34-andes-caldas-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-34-andes-caldas-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-34-andes-caldas-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-34-andes-caldas-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-34-andes-caldas-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1680px) 100vw, 1680px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"figc no-description\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"figc-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div class=\"modula-item effect-pufrobo\" >\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-overlay\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-content\">\n\n\t\t<a data-image-id=\"61690\" role=\"button\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"jtg-61728\" data-caption=\"\" aria-label=\"Open image in lightbox\" class=\"tile-inner modula-item-link\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pic wp-image-61690\"  data-valign=\"middle\" data-halign=\"center\" alt=\"Finca dominant les montagnes, vall\u00e9e de la Samaria (Caldas), Colombie\" data-full=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-30-finca-andes-caldas.jpg\" title=\"valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-30-finca-andes-caldas\" crop=\"\" width=\"1680\" height=\"945\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-30-finca-andes-caldas.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-30-finca-andes-caldas.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-30-finca-andes-caldas.jpg 1680w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-30-finca-andes-caldas-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-30-finca-andes-caldas-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-30-finca-andes-caldas-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-30-finca-andes-caldas-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-30-finca-andes-caldas-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1680px) 100vw, 1680px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"figc no-description\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"figc-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div class=\"modula-item effect-pufrobo\" >\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-overlay\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-content\">\n\n\t\t<a data-image-id=\"61528\" role=\"button\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"jtg-61728\" data-caption=\"\" aria-label=\"Open image in lightbox\" class=\"tile-inner modula-item-link\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pic wp-image-61528\"  data-valign=\"middle\" data-halign=\"center\" alt=\"Tronc de palmier de cire, vall\u00e9e de la Samaria (Caldas), Colombie\" data-full=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-3-tronc-de-palmier.jpg\" title=\"valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-3-tronc-de-palmier\" crop=\"\" width=\"1149\" height=\"1531\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-3-tronc-de-palmier.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-3-tronc-de-palmier.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-3-tronc-de-palmier.jpg 1149w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-3-tronc-de-palmier-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-3-tronc-de-palmier-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-3-tronc-de-palmier-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-3-tronc-de-palmier-768x1023.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1149px) 100vw, 1149px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"figc no-description\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"figc-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div class=\"modula-item effect-pufrobo\" >\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-overlay\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-content\">\n\n\t\t<a data-image-id=\"61588\" role=\"button\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"jtg-61728\" data-caption=\"\" aria-label=\"Open image in lightbox\" class=\"tile-inner modula-item-link\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pic wp-image-61588\"  data-valign=\"middle\" data-halign=\"center\" alt=\"Chien au mirador de la vall\u00e9e de la Samaria (Caldas), Colombie\" data-full=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-13-portrait-de-chien.jpg\" title=\"valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-13-portrait-de-chien\" crop=\"\" width=\"1149\" height=\"1531\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-13-portrait-de-chien.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-13-portrait-de-chien.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-13-portrait-de-chien.jpg 1149w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-13-portrait-de-chien-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-13-portrait-de-chien-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-13-portrait-de-chien-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-13-portrait-de-chien-768x1023.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1149px) 100vw, 1149px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"figc no-description\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"figc-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div class=\"modula-item effect-pufrobo\" >\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-overlay\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-content\">\n\n\t\t<a data-image-id=\"61672\" role=\"button\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"jtg-61728\" data-caption=\"\" aria-label=\"Open image in lightbox\" class=\"tile-inner modula-item-link\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pic wp-image-61672\"  data-valign=\"middle\" data-halign=\"center\" alt=\"Place principale de San Felix, vall\u00e9e de la Samaria (Caldas), Colombie\" data-full=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-27-place-centrale-village-de-san-felix.jpg\" title=\"valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-27-place-centrale-village-de-san-felix\" crop=\"\" width=\"1680\" height=\"945\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-27-place-centrale-village-de-san-felix.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-27-place-centrale-village-de-san-felix.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-27-place-centrale-village-de-san-felix.jpg 1680w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-27-place-centrale-village-de-san-felix-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-27-place-centrale-village-de-san-felix-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-27-place-centrale-village-de-san-felix-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-27-place-centrale-village-de-san-felix-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-27-place-centrale-village-de-san-felix-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1680px) 100vw, 1680px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"figc no-description\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"figc-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\n\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n\t{\n\t\t\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n\t\t\"@type\"   : \"ImageGallery\",\n\t\t\"id\"      : \"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/en\/samaria-valley-complete-guide-to-the-authentic-alternative-to-cocora\/#modula-gallery-61728\",\n\t\t\"url\"     : \"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/en\/samaria-valley-complete-guide-to-the-authentic-alternative-to-cocora\/\"\n\t}\n\n\t<\/script>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group eplus-wrapper is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><hr class=\"is-style-dots wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-a3cde3\" style=\"background-color:#da906b;color:#da906b\">\n\n<h2 class=\" wp-block-heading eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-2511c5\"><strong>Our experience<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<hr class=\"is-style-dots wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-9a0b83\" style=\"background-color:#da906b;color:#da906b\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">At <strong>8:30 sharp<\/strong>, Alejandro is waiting for us at the hotel. Punctual, smiling &#8211; no surprise, after the superb guided tour of <strong>Salamina<\/strong> he had given us the day before. Barely enough time to say hello before we&#8217;re off to meet our driver of the day and his gleaming <strong>yellow Willys<\/strong>, straight out of the 70s. The sky is fairly mild, with a few clouds floating lazily about, but nothing threatening. The air, on the other hand, is already cool&#8230; and it&#8217;s only going to get cooler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">Caro and I take our places in the back of the Jeep. We slowly leave Salamina, its colorful streets, and the village disappears behind us. The narrow, winding <strong>mountain roads<\/strong> soon take over. Time and again, the <strong>Andean panoramas<\/strong> take our breath away. Just a few kilometers after the start, our first stop: an isolated house with typical architecture, perched on the edge of a canyon. The view is breathtaking. Quick photos, admiring silence, then we&#8217;re back on the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">As we make our way around the bends, we come across some courageous cyclists, braving slopes and altitude. Landscape follows landscape: <strong>deep canyons<\/strong>, rolling mountains, entire slopes covered with <strong>coffee<\/strong>, <strong>banana<\/strong> and tropical fruit <strong>plantations<\/strong>. Superb. The higher we climb, the colder it gets, accentuated by the wind and the vehicle&#8217;s bumps. We soon leave the main road for a broken, narrower track, as if swallowed by the mountain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">New stop. In front of us, an immense, almost unreal valley, with a <strong>tiny finca<\/strong> in the background, dwarfed by the grandeur of the landscape. Alejandro then tells us about the region&#8217;s <strong>agricultural and livestock activities<\/strong>, in particular potato cultivation. Then we head back to <strong>San F\u00e9lix<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">Nestled between the mountains, <strong>San F\u00e9lix<\/strong> seems timeless, almost cut off from the world. Life is peaceful and slow. Renowned for its <strong>milk and cheeses<\/strong>, the village welcomes us for a coffee break in the main square &#8211; a welcome way to warm up. Alejandro tells us the story of a region that was still totally isolated in the early 2000s, marked by the presence of guerrillas and the total absence of tourism. Today, thanks to the peace agreements, the situation has profoundly changed, allowing these territories to open up and live again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">San Felix is the nearest village to the <strong>Samaria Valley<\/strong>, just a few kilometers away as the crow flies. A must. We climb back into the car and take a path lined with <strong>pastures<\/strong>, where horses and cows watch us placidly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">Then suddenly, the <strong>watchtower<\/strong> appears. A building on a hill, a few parked cars: there&#8217;s no doubt we&#8217;re there. The Willys pulls into an improvised parking area. The owner, all smiles, welcomes us warmly and asks us about our lunch preferences &#8211; fish, meat or vegetarian option &#8211; which will await us after the hike. The <strong>view of the Samaria valley<\/strong> from the mirador is spectacular. And there they are at last: the <strong>wax palms<\/strong>. Immense, slender, almost unreal, like gigantic toothpicks planted in the valley. The sun was out and the crowds thin &#8211; just 15 or so on a Sunday. The wind is fresh, but we were prepared: vests and ponchos in the bag, unused to our delight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">A darker note, however, marks this moment: two calves, barely two days old, tied to fences, already separated from their mother. Caro is deeply affected by this reality of breeding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">Alejandro then invites us to start the hike &#8211; or rather, a <strong>nice walk<\/strong>. Approximately <strong>1h30<\/strong>, punctuated by many stops: a plant, an anecdote, a tradition. The trail descends from the viewpoint to the valley floor, passes through small forests, skirts a stream and then loops back up. Nothing too difficult for experienced walkers, despite the altitude of around <strong>2,800 meters<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">This walk allows us to admire the palm trees <strong>from every angle<\/strong>: from above, from below, from far and near. We discover a cool, humid ecosystem, rich in <strong>mosses, fungi and lichens<\/strong>, and learn that there are several species of wax palm in Colombia. The <strong>Ceroxylon alpinum<\/strong>, the national tree, dominates here, unlike in the Cocora Valley &#8211; although, let&#8217;s be honest, the distinction is not obvious to the uninitiated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">What&#8217;s most impressive is to know that a large part of this natural area belongs to the owner of the watchtower, who acquired the land during the <strong>country&#8217;s dark years<\/strong>, with no certainty about the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">Back at the watchtower, it was time for lunch. A <strong>traditional meal<\/strong> with soup and fruit juice rounds off the visit perfectly. Then it&#8217;s time to set off again. Sitting in the back of the Willys, we take one last look at the palm trees and the valley before heading back down to San F\u00e9lix, then on to Salamina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s <strong>3pm<\/strong> when we arrive at the village square. Tired, happy, and once again deeply impressed by all that <strong>Colombia<\/strong> has to offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\" wp-block-spacer eplus-wrapper\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div  id=\"jtg-61729\" class=\"modula modula-gallery modula-columns\" data-config=\"{&quot;tabletHeight&quot;:800,&quot;mobileHeight&quot;:800,&quot;desktopHeight&quot;:800,&quot;enableTwitter&quot;:false,&quot;enableWhatsapp&quot;:false,&quot;enableFacebook&quot;:false,&quot;enablePinterest&quot;:false,&quot;enableLinkedin&quot;:false,&quot;enableEmail&quot;:false,&quot;randomFactor&quot;:0,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;grid&quot;,&quot;columns&quot;:12,&quot;gutter&quot;:10,&quot;mobileGutter&quot;:10,&quot;tabletGutter&quot;:10,&quot;desktopGutter&quot;:10,&quot;enableResponsive&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;tabletColumns&quot;:2,&quot;mobileColumns&quot;:1,&quot;lazyLoad&quot;:0,&quot;lightboxOpts&quot;:{&quot;animated&quot;:true,&quot;Thumbs&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;modern&quot;,&quot;showOnStart&quot;:false},&quot;Toolbar&quot;:{&quot;display&quot;:{&quot;right&quot;:[&quot;close&quot;]},&quot;enabled&quot;:true},&quot;Carousel&quot;:{&quot;Panzoom&quot;:{&quot;touch&quot;:true},&quot;infinite&quot;:false},&quot;keyboard&quot;:{&quot;Escape&quot;:&quot;close&quot;,&quot;Delete&quot;:&quot;close&quot;,&quot;Backspace&quot;:&quot;close&quot;,&quot;PageUp&quot;:&quot;next&quot;,&quot;PageDown&quot;:&quot;prev&quot;,&quot;ArrowUp&quot;:&quot;prev&quot;,&quot;ArrowDown&quot;:&quot;next&quot;,&quot;ArrowRight&quot;:&quot;next&quot;,&quot;ArrowLeft&quot;:&quot;prev&quot;},&quot;wheel&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;touch&quot;:true,&quot;backdropClick&quot;:&quot;close&quot;,&quot;l10n&quot;:{&quot;CLOSE&quot;:&quot;Close&quot;,&quot;NEXT&quot;:&quot;Next&quot;,&quot;PREV&quot;:&quot;Previous&quot;,&quot;Error&quot;:&quot;The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.&quot;,&quot;PLAY_START&quot;:&quot;Start slideshow&quot;,&quot;PLAY_STOP&quot;:&quot;Pause slideshow&quot;,&quot;FULL_SCREEN&quot;:&quot;Full screen&quot;,&quot;THUMBS&quot;:&quot;Thumbnails&quot;,&quot;DOWNLOAD&quot;:&quot;Download&quot;,&quot;SHARE&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;ZOOM&quot;:&quot;Zoom&quot;,&quot;EMAIL&quot;:&quot;Here is the link to the image : %%image_link%% and this is the link to the gallery : %%gallery_link%%&quot;,&quot;MODAL&quot;:&quot;You can close this modal content with the ESC key&quot;,&quot;ERROR&quot;:&quot;Something Went Wrong, Please Try Again Later&quot;,&quot;IMAGE_ERROR&quot;:&quot;Image Not Found&quot;,&quot;ELEMENT_NOT_FOUND&quot;:&quot;HTML Element Not Found&quot;,&quot;AJAX_NOT_FOUND&quot;:&quot;Error Loading AJAX : Not Found&quot;,&quot;AJAX_FORBIDDEN&quot;:&quot;Error Loading AJAX : Forbidden&quot;,&quot;IFRAME_ERROR&quot;:&quot;Error Loading Page&quot;,&quot;TOGGLE_ZOOM&quot;:&quot;Toggle zoom level&quot;,&quot;TOGGLE_THUMBS&quot;:&quot;Toggle thumbnails&quot;,&quot;TOGGLE_SLIDESHOW&quot;:&quot;Toggle slideshow&quot;,&quot;TOGGLE_FULLSCREEN&quot;:&quot;Toggle full-screen mode&quot;},&quot;Images&quot;:{&quot;Panzoom&quot;:{&quot;maxScale&quot;:2}},&quot;mainClass&quot;:&quot;modula-fancybox-container modula-lightbox-jtg-61729&quot;,&quot;Html&quot;:{&quot;videoAutoplay&quot;:0,&quot;videoTpl&quot;:&quot;&lt;video class=\\&quot;fancybox__html5video\\&quot; controls muted playsinline controlsList controlsList=\\&quot;nodownload\\&quot; poster=\\&quot;{{poster}}\\&quot; src=\\&quot;{{src}}\\&quot; type=\\&quot;{{format}}\\&quot; &gt;  Sorry, your browser doesn&#039;t support embedded videos, &lt;a href=\\&quot;{{src}}\\&quot;&gt; download &lt;\\\/a&gt; and watch with your favorite video player! &lt;\\\/video&gt;&quot;}},&quot;inView&quot;:false,&quot;email_subject&quot;:&quot;Check out this awesome image !!&quot;,&quot;email_message&quot;:&quot;Here is the link to the image : %%image_link%% and this is the link to the gallery : %%gallery_link%%&quot;,&quot;grid_type&quot;:&quot;automatic&quot;,&quot;rowHeight&quot;:250,&quot;lastRow&quot;:&quot;justify&quot;,&quot;lightbox&quot;:&quot;fancybox&quot;,&quot;lightbox_devices&quot;:&quot;both&quot;}\">\n\n\t\n\t<div  class=\"modula-items grid-gallery\">\n\t\t<div class=\"modula-item effect-pufrobo\" >\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-overlay\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-content\">\n\n\t\t<a data-image-id=\"61594\" role=\"button\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"jtg-61729\" data-caption=\"\" aria-label=\"Open image in lightbox\" class=\"tile-inner modula-item-link\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pic wp-image-61594\"  data-valign=\"middle\" data-halign=\"center\" alt=\"Cheval au mirador de la vall\u00e9e de la Samaria (Caldas), Colombie\" data-full=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-14-portrait-de-cheval.jpg\" title=\"valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-14-portrait-de-cheval\" crop=\"\" width=\"1149\" height=\"1531\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-14-portrait-de-cheval.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-14-portrait-de-cheval.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-14-portrait-de-cheval.jpg 1149w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-14-portrait-de-cheval-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-14-portrait-de-cheval-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-14-portrait-de-cheval-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-14-portrait-de-cheval-768x1023.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1149px) 100vw, 1149px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"figc no-description\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"figc-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div class=\"modula-item effect-pufrobo\" >\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-overlay\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-content\">\n\n\t\t<a data-image-id=\"61708\" role=\"button\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"jtg-61729\" data-caption=\"\" aria-label=\"Open image in lightbox\" class=\"tile-inner modula-item-link\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pic wp-image-61708\"  data-valign=\"middle\" data-halign=\"center\" alt=\"Vall\u00e9e de la Samaria (Caldas), Colombie\" data-full=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-33-vallee.jpg\" title=\"valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-33-vallee\" crop=\"\" width=\"1680\" height=\"945\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-33-vallee.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-33-vallee.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-33-vallee.jpg 1680w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-33-vallee-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-33-vallee-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-33-vallee-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-33-vallee-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-33-vallee-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1680px) 100vw, 1680px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"figc no-description\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"figc-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div class=\"modula-item effect-pufrobo\" >\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-overlay\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-content\">\n\n\t\t<a data-image-id=\"61702\" role=\"button\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"jtg-61729\" data-caption=\"\" aria-label=\"Open image in lightbox\" class=\"tile-inner modula-item-link\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pic wp-image-61702\"  data-valign=\"middle\" data-halign=\"center\" alt=\"Montagnes, vall\u00e9e de la Samaria (Caldas), Colombie\" data-full=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-32-montagnes.jpg\" title=\"valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-32-montagnes\" crop=\"\" width=\"1680\" height=\"945\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-32-montagnes.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-32-montagnes.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-32-montagnes.jpg 1680w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-32-montagnes-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-32-montagnes-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-32-montagnes-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-32-montagnes-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-32-montagnes-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1680px) 100vw, 1680px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"figc no-description\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"figc-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div class=\"modula-item effect-pufrobo\" >\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-overlay\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-content\">\n\n\t\t<a data-image-id=\"61540\" role=\"button\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"jtg-61729\" data-caption=\"\" aria-label=\"Open image in lightbox\" class=\"tile-inner modula-item-link\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pic wp-image-61540\"  data-valign=\"middle\" data-halign=\"center\" alt=\"Champignons sur un tronc, vall\u00e9e de la Samaria (Caldas), Colombie\" data-full=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-5-champignons-sur-un-arbre.jpg\" title=\"valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-5-champignons-sur-un-arbre\" crop=\"\" width=\"1149\" height=\"1531\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-5-champignons-sur-un-arbre.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-5-champignons-sur-un-arbre.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-5-champignons-sur-un-arbre.jpg 1149w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-5-champignons-sur-un-arbre-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-5-champignons-sur-un-arbre-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-5-champignons-sur-un-arbre-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-5-champignons-sur-un-arbre-768x1023.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1149px) 100vw, 1149px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"figc no-description\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"figc-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div class=\"modula-item effect-pufrobo\" >\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-overlay\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-content\">\n\n\t\t<a data-image-id=\"61546\" role=\"button\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"jtg-61729\" data-caption=\"\" aria-label=\"Open image in lightbox\" class=\"tile-inner modula-item-link\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pic wp-image-61546\"  data-valign=\"middle\" data-halign=\"center\" alt=\"Palmiers, vall\u00e9e de la Samaria (Caldas), Colombie\" data-full=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-6-ceroxylon-alpinum.jpg\" title=\"valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-6-ceroxylon-alpinum\" crop=\"\" width=\"1149\" height=\"1531\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-6-ceroxylon-alpinum.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-6-ceroxylon-alpinum.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-6-ceroxylon-alpinum.jpg 1149w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-6-ceroxylon-alpinum-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-6-ceroxylon-alpinum-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-6-ceroxylon-alpinum-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-6-ceroxylon-alpinum-768x1023.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1149px) 100vw, 1149px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"figc no-description\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"figc-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div class=\"modula-item effect-pufrobo\" >\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-overlay\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-content\">\n\n\t\t<a data-image-id=\"61660\" role=\"button\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"jtg-61729\" data-caption=\"\" aria-label=\"Open image in lightbox\" class=\"tile-inner modula-item-link\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pic wp-image-61660\"  data-valign=\"middle\" data-halign=\"center\" alt=\"Petit magasin local \u00e0 San Felix, vall\u00e9e de la Samaria (Caldas), Colombie\" data-full=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-25-commerce-village-san-felix.jpg\" title=\"valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-25-commerce-village-san-felix\" crop=\"\" width=\"1680\" height=\"945\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-25-commerce-village-san-felix.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-25-commerce-village-san-felix.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-25-commerce-village-san-felix.jpg 1680w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-25-commerce-village-san-felix-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-25-commerce-village-san-felix-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-25-commerce-village-san-felix-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-25-commerce-village-san-felix-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-25-commerce-village-san-felix-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1680px) 100vw, 1680px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"figc no-description\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"figc-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\n\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n\t{\n\t\t\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n\t\t\"@type\"   : \"ImageGallery\",\n\t\t\"id\"      : \"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/en\/samaria-valley-complete-guide-to-the-authentic-alternative-to-cocora\/#modula-gallery-61729\",\n\t\t\"url\"     : \"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/en\/samaria-valley-complete-guide-to-the-authentic-alternative-to-cocora\/\"\n\t}\n\n\t<\/script>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:3em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\" wp-block-spacer eplus-wrapper\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group eplus-wrapper is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><hr class=\"is-style-dots wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-a3cde3\" style=\"background-color:#da906b;color:#da906b\">\n\n<h2 class=\" wp-block-heading eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-2511c5\"><strong>Agencies and Guides<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<hr class=\"is-style-dots wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-9a0b83\" style=\"background-color:#da906b;color:#da906b\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\" wp-block-spacer eplus-wrapper\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">For those on a tighter budget, it&#8217;s perfectly possible to discover the Samaria Valley without taking an all-inclusive tour from Salamina &#8211; see <em>&#8220;How to get to the Samaria Valley&#8221;<\/em> below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">On the other hand, if you prefer to keep things simple and learn more about the valley and the region, a <strong>guided tour<\/strong> is an excellent option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\" wp-block-heading eplus-wrapper\">From Salamina<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Qmanday<\/strong> agency, run by Alejandro and his two associates, all natives of the region, offers three types of tours:  <br>&#8211; Excursion to the Samaria Valley<br>&#8211; Guided tour of the village<br>&#8211; Visit to a coffee finca.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">We tested the first two and came away fully satisfied. Prices depend on the number of participants and the excursions chosen &#8211; in fact, we took advantage of a small discount by combining two tours. The easiest way is to <strong>contact<\/strong> them <strong>directly for a personalized quote<\/strong>. Tours can also be organized in <strong>English or French<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Contact<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\" wp-block-list eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-c2bd30\">\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\">Official website: https: <a href=\"https:\/\/turismoqmanday.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\/\/turismoqmanday.com<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\">Emails: <a href=\"mailto:agenciaqmanday@gmail.com\">agenciaqmanday@gmail.com<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"mailto:info@turismoqmanday.com\">info@turismoqmanday.com<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\">Whatsapp: <a href=\"https:\/\/wa.link\/jvkapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">320 821 8164<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:1em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\" wp-block-spacer eplus-wrapper\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Our Samaria Valley tour experience, private tours in Spanish with Alejandro as guide:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\" wp-block-list eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-2e07b9\">\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\">Duration: approx. 7 hours  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\">Price: 520,000 COP total (for 2 people)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\">Includes: transport, drinks on arrival in San Felix and lunch at the Mirador de la Valle, visit to San Felix and hike in the Samaria Valley.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<ul class=\" wp-block-list eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-0d30b2\">\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\">\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:3em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\" wp-block-spacer eplus-wrapper\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\" wp-block-heading eplus-wrapper\">From Manizales: opt for a day trip<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">If you&#8217;re short of time, it&#8217;s quite possible to discover Salamina and the famous Samaria Valley in a single day, leaving Manizales in the morning and returning in the evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\" wp-block-spacer eplus-wrapper\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\" eplus-styles-uid-9462ad\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/tpscr.com\/content?promo_id=4039&amp;campaign_id=108&amp;powered_by=true&amp;locale=en-US&amp;items=1&amp;tour=1123510&amp;shmarker=681321&amp;trs=470048\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:3em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\" wp-block-spacer eplus-wrapper\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div  id=\"jtg-61731\" class=\"modula modula-gallery modula-columns\" data-config=\"{&quot;tabletHeight&quot;:800,&quot;mobileHeight&quot;:800,&quot;desktopHeight&quot;:800,&quot;enableTwitter&quot;:false,&quot;enableWhatsapp&quot;:false,&quot;enableFacebook&quot;:false,&quot;enablePinterest&quot;:false,&quot;enableLinkedin&quot;:false,&quot;enableEmail&quot;:false,&quot;randomFactor&quot;:0,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;grid&quot;,&quot;columns&quot;:12,&quot;gutter&quot;:10,&quot;mobileGutter&quot;:10,&quot;tabletGutter&quot;:10,&quot;desktopGutter&quot;:10,&quot;enableResponsive&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;tabletColumns&quot;:2,&quot;mobileColumns&quot;:1,&quot;lazyLoad&quot;:0,&quot;lightboxOpts&quot;:{&quot;animated&quot;:true,&quot;Thumbs&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;modern&quot;,&quot;showOnStart&quot;:false},&quot;Toolbar&quot;:{&quot;display&quot;:{&quot;right&quot;:[&quot;close&quot;]},&quot;enabled&quot;:true},&quot;Carousel&quot;:{&quot;Panzoom&quot;:{&quot;touch&quot;:true},&quot;infinite&quot;:false},&quot;keyboard&quot;:{&quot;Escape&quot;:&quot;close&quot;,&quot;Delete&quot;:&quot;close&quot;,&quot;Backspace&quot;:&quot;close&quot;,&quot;PageUp&quot;:&quot;next&quot;,&quot;PageDown&quot;:&quot;prev&quot;,&quot;ArrowUp&quot;:&quot;prev&quot;,&quot;ArrowDown&quot;:&quot;next&quot;,&quot;ArrowRight&quot;:&quot;next&quot;,&quot;ArrowLeft&quot;:&quot;prev&quot;},&quot;wheel&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;touch&quot;:true,&quot;backdropClick&quot;:&quot;close&quot;,&quot;l10n&quot;:{&quot;CLOSE&quot;:&quot;Close&quot;,&quot;NEXT&quot;:&quot;Next&quot;,&quot;PREV&quot;:&quot;Previous&quot;,&quot;Error&quot;:&quot;The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.&quot;,&quot;PLAY_START&quot;:&quot;Start slideshow&quot;,&quot;PLAY_STOP&quot;:&quot;Pause slideshow&quot;,&quot;FULL_SCREEN&quot;:&quot;Full screen&quot;,&quot;THUMBS&quot;:&quot;Thumbnails&quot;,&quot;DOWNLOAD&quot;:&quot;Download&quot;,&quot;SHARE&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;ZOOM&quot;:&quot;Zoom&quot;,&quot;EMAIL&quot;:&quot;Here is the link to the image : %%image_link%% and this is the link to the gallery : %%gallery_link%%&quot;,&quot;MODAL&quot;:&quot;You can close this modal content with the ESC key&quot;,&quot;ERROR&quot;:&quot;Something Went Wrong, Please Try Again Later&quot;,&quot;IMAGE_ERROR&quot;:&quot;Image Not Found&quot;,&quot;ELEMENT_NOT_FOUND&quot;:&quot;HTML Element Not Found&quot;,&quot;AJAX_NOT_FOUND&quot;:&quot;Error Loading AJAX : Not Found&quot;,&quot;AJAX_FORBIDDEN&quot;:&quot;Error Loading AJAX : Forbidden&quot;,&quot;IFRAME_ERROR&quot;:&quot;Error Loading Page&quot;,&quot;TOGGLE_ZOOM&quot;:&quot;Toggle zoom level&quot;,&quot;TOGGLE_THUMBS&quot;:&quot;Toggle thumbnails&quot;,&quot;TOGGLE_SLIDESHOW&quot;:&quot;Toggle slideshow&quot;,&quot;TOGGLE_FULLSCREEN&quot;:&quot;Toggle full-screen mode&quot;},&quot;Images&quot;:{&quot;Panzoom&quot;:{&quot;maxScale&quot;:2}},&quot;mainClass&quot;:&quot;modula-fancybox-container modula-lightbox-jtg-61731&quot;,&quot;Html&quot;:{&quot;videoAutoplay&quot;:0,&quot;videoTpl&quot;:&quot;&lt;video class=\\&quot;fancybox__html5video\\&quot; controls muted playsinline controlsList controlsList=\\&quot;nodownload\\&quot; poster=\\&quot;{{poster}}\\&quot; src=\\&quot;{{src}}\\&quot; type=\\&quot;{{format}}\\&quot; &gt;  Sorry, your browser doesn&#039;t support embedded videos, &lt;a href=\\&quot;{{src}}\\&quot;&gt; download &lt;\\\/a&gt; and watch with your favorite video player! &lt;\\\/video&gt;&quot;}},&quot;inView&quot;:false,&quot;email_subject&quot;:&quot;Check out this awesome image !!&quot;,&quot;email_message&quot;:&quot;Here is the link to the image : %%image_link%% and this is the link to the gallery : %%gallery_link%%&quot;,&quot;grid_type&quot;:&quot;automatic&quot;,&quot;rowHeight&quot;:250,&quot;lastRow&quot;:&quot;justify&quot;,&quot;lightbox&quot;:&quot;fancybox&quot;,&quot;lightbox_devices&quot;:&quot;both&quot;}\">\n\n\t\n\t<div  class=\"modula-items grid-gallery\">\n\t\t<div class=\"modula-item effect-pufrobo\" >\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-overlay\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-content\">\n\n\t\t<a data-image-id=\"61600\" role=\"button\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"jtg-61731\" data-caption=\"\" aria-label=\"Open image in lightbox\" class=\"tile-inner modula-item-link\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pic wp-image-61600\"  data-valign=\"middle\" data-halign=\"center\" alt=\"Veau au mirador de la vall\u00e9e de la Samaria (Caldas), Colombie\" data-full=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-15-portrait-de-vache.jpg\" title=\"valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-15-portrait-de-vache\" crop=\"\" width=\"1149\" height=\"1531\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-15-portrait-de-vache.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-15-portrait-de-vache.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-15-portrait-de-vache.jpg 1149w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-15-portrait-de-vache-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-15-portrait-de-vache-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-15-portrait-de-vache-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-15-portrait-de-vache-768x1023.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1149px) 100vw, 1149px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"figc no-description\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"figc-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div class=\"modula-item effect-pufrobo\" >\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-overlay\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-content\">\n\n\t\t<a data-image-id=\"61684\" role=\"button\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"jtg-61731\" data-caption=\"\" aria-label=\"Open image in lightbox\" class=\"tile-inner modula-item-link\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pic wp-image-61684\"  data-valign=\"middle\" data-halign=\"center\" alt=\"Vall\u00e9e andine sur la route vers la vall\u00e9e de la Samaria (Caldas), Colombie\" data-full=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-29-montagnes-des-andes-caldas.jpg\" title=\"valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-29-montagnes-des-andes-caldas\" crop=\"\" width=\"1680\" height=\"945\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-29-montagnes-des-andes-caldas.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-29-montagnes-des-andes-caldas.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-29-montagnes-des-andes-caldas.jpg 1680w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-29-montagnes-des-andes-caldas-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-29-montagnes-des-andes-caldas-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-29-montagnes-des-andes-caldas-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-29-montagnes-des-andes-caldas-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-29-montagnes-des-andes-caldas-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1680px) 100vw, 1680px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"figc no-description\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"figc-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div class=\"modula-item effect-pufrobo\" >\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-overlay\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-content\">\n\n\t\t<a data-image-id=\"61678\" role=\"button\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"jtg-61731\" data-caption=\"\" aria-label=\"Open image in lightbox\" class=\"tile-inner modula-item-link\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pic wp-image-61678\"  data-valign=\"middle\" data-halign=\"center\" alt=\"Jeep Willys sur la route sinueuse vers le village de San Felix, vall\u00e9e de la Samaria (Caldas), Colombie\" data-full=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-28-jeep-willys-route-vers-san-felix.jpg\" title=\"valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-28-jeep-willys-route-vers-san-felix\" crop=\"\" width=\"1680\" height=\"945\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-28-jeep-willys-route-vers-san-felix.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-28-jeep-willys-route-vers-san-felix.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-28-jeep-willys-route-vers-san-felix.jpg 1680w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-28-jeep-willys-route-vers-san-felix-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-28-jeep-willys-route-vers-san-felix-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-28-jeep-willys-route-vers-san-felix-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-28-jeep-willys-route-vers-san-felix-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-28-jeep-willys-route-vers-san-felix-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1680px) 100vw, 1680px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"figc no-description\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"figc-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div class=\"modula-item effect-pufrobo\" >\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-overlay\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-content\">\n\n\t\t<a data-image-id=\"61552\" role=\"button\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"jtg-61731\" data-caption=\"\" aria-label=\"Open image in lightbox\" class=\"tile-inner modula-item-link\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pic wp-image-61552\"  data-valign=\"middle\" data-halign=\"center\" alt=\"Palmiers, vall\u00e9e de la Samaria (Caldas), Colombie\" data-full=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-7-palmiers-de-cire.jpg\" title=\"valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-7-palmiers-de-cire\" crop=\"\" width=\"1149\" height=\"1531\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-7-palmiers-de-cire.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-7-palmiers-de-cire.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-7-palmiers-de-cire.jpg 1149w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-7-palmiers-de-cire-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-7-palmiers-de-cire-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-7-palmiers-de-cire-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-7-palmiers-de-cire-768x1023.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1149px) 100vw, 1149px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"figc no-description\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"figc-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div class=\"modula-item effect-pufrobo\" >\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-overlay\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-content\">\n\n\t\t<a data-image-id=\"61558\" role=\"button\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"jtg-61731\" data-caption=\"\" aria-label=\"Open image in lightbox\" class=\"tile-inner modula-item-link\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pic wp-image-61558\"  data-valign=\"middle\" data-halign=\"center\" alt=\"Palmiers de montagne, vall\u00e9e de la Samaria (Caldas), Colombie\" data-full=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-8-palmiers-dans-les-andes.jpg\" title=\"valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-8-palmiers-dans-les-andes\" crop=\"\" width=\"1149\" height=\"1531\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-8-palmiers-dans-les-andes.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-8-palmiers-dans-les-andes.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-8-palmiers-dans-les-andes.jpg 1149w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-8-palmiers-dans-les-andes-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-8-palmiers-dans-les-andes-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-8-palmiers-dans-les-andes-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-8-palmiers-dans-les-andes-768x1023.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1149px) 100vw, 1149px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"figc no-description\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"figc-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div class=\"modula-item effect-pufrobo\" >\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-overlay\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-content\">\n\n\t\t<a data-image-id=\"61648\" role=\"button\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"jtg-61731\" data-caption=\"\" aria-label=\"Open image in lightbox\" class=\"tile-inner modula-item-link\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pic wp-image-61648\"  data-valign=\"middle\" data-halign=\"center\" alt=\"Peinture murale au mirador de la vall\u00e9e de la Samaria (Caldas), Colombie\" data-full=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-23-peinture-mur-maison.jpg\" title=\"valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-23-peinture-mur-maison\" crop=\"\" width=\"1680\" height=\"945\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-23-peinture-mur-maison.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-23-peinture-mur-maison.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-23-peinture-mur-maison.jpg 1680w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-23-peinture-mur-maison-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-23-peinture-mur-maison-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-23-peinture-mur-maison-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-23-peinture-mur-maison-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-23-peinture-mur-maison-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1680px) 100vw, 1680px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"figc no-description\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"figc-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\n\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n\t{\n\t\t\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n\t\t\"@type\"   : \"ImageGallery\",\n\t\t\"id\"      : \"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/en\/samaria-valley-complete-guide-to-the-authentic-alternative-to-cocora\/#modula-gallery-61731\",\n\t\t\"url\"     : \"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/en\/samaria-valley-complete-guide-to-the-authentic-alternative-to-cocora\/\"\n\t}\n\n\t<\/script>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:3em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\" wp-block-spacer eplus-wrapper\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group eplus-wrapper is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained eplus-styles-uid-87c690\"><hr class=\"is-style-dots wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-a3cde3\" style=\"background-color:#da906b;color:#da906b\">\n\n<h2 class=\" wp-block-heading eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-2511c5\"><strong>How do I get to the Samaria Valley?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<hr class=\"is-style-dots wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-9a0b83\" style=\"background-color:#da906b;color:#da906b\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">Situated in the verdant heights of the Caldas department, the Samaria Valley is accessible from Salamina by various means, depending on your budget, your level of autonomy and the time you have available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">Regardless of the mode of transport chosen, the journey can be broken down as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\" wp-block-list eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-1c3020\">\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\"><strong>Salamina \u2192 San F\u00e9lix<\/strong>: approx. 25 km, or 1 h drive<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\"><strong>San Felix \u2192 Samaria Valley viewpoint<\/strong>: approx. 6 km, 20 minutes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">If you opt for an <strong>organized tour<\/strong>, everything is taken care of by the guide. On the other hand, if you prefer the <strong>Willys<\/strong> <strong>bus<\/strong> or <strong>jeep<\/strong>, you&#8217;ll need to bear in mind that there are <strong>two separate journeys<\/strong> to manage, and to plan your time and budget accordingly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\" wp-block-heading eplus-wrapper\">Getting there on an organized tour<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Price: approx. 500,000 COP<\/em> for 2 people<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">The simplest solution is to use an <strong>organized tour<\/strong>, as described in the previous section. These excursions generally include round-trip transportation from Salamina, the accompaniment of a local guide and sometimes a hike or a visit to a finca. It&#8217;s a great option if you want to explore the valley without worrying about logistics, while benefiting from local knowledge about wax palms and the ecosystem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\" wp-block-heading eplus-wrapper\">Getting there by private transport (Willys jeep)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Price: approx. 200,000 COP<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">You can also reach the Samaria Valley by <strong>Willys jeep<\/strong>, the region&#8217;s emblematic means of transport. You can book one directly from your accommodation in Salamina. Depending on the arrangement, the jeep can drop you off in San Felix or directly at a finca or mirador in the valley. This option offers greater flexibility and lets you take full advantage of the scenery along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\" wp-block-heading eplus-wrapper\">Getting there by bus<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Price: approx. 12,000 COP per person per trip<\/em><br><em>Times: departure at 06:00 from the Mercado P\u00fablico (calle 10 area) in Salamina &#8211; return at 14:00 from the Plaza de San F\u00e9lix<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">For travelers on a budget, the bus remains the most economical option &#8211; provided you don&#8217;t miss it, as there is <strong>only one departure per day<\/strong>. It leaves the Mercado P\u00fablico de Salamina early in the morning, heading for San F\u00e9lix. Once there, continue on foot or find local transport (jeep or motorcycle) to reach the Samaria valley. This option requires a little more forethought, but offers an authentic immersion in local rural life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\" wp-block-spacer eplus-wrapper\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div  id=\"jtg-61736\" class=\"modula modula-gallery modula-columns\" data-config=\"{&quot;tabletHeight&quot;:800,&quot;mobileHeight&quot;:800,&quot;desktopHeight&quot;:800,&quot;enableTwitter&quot;:false,&quot;enableWhatsapp&quot;:false,&quot;enableFacebook&quot;:false,&quot;enablePinterest&quot;:false,&quot;enableLinkedin&quot;:false,&quot;enableEmail&quot;:false,&quot;randomFactor&quot;:0,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;grid&quot;,&quot;columns&quot;:12,&quot;gutter&quot;:10,&quot;mobileGutter&quot;:10,&quot;tabletGutter&quot;:10,&quot;desktopGutter&quot;:10,&quot;enableResponsive&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;tabletColumns&quot;:2,&quot;mobileColumns&quot;:1,&quot;lazyLoad&quot;:0,&quot;lightboxOpts&quot;:{&quot;animated&quot;:true,&quot;Thumbs&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;modern&quot;,&quot;showOnStart&quot;:false},&quot;Toolbar&quot;:{&quot;display&quot;:{&quot;right&quot;:[&quot;close&quot;]},&quot;enabled&quot;:true},&quot;Carousel&quot;:{&quot;Panzoom&quot;:{&quot;touch&quot;:true},&quot;infinite&quot;:false},&quot;keyboard&quot;:{&quot;Escape&quot;:&quot;close&quot;,&quot;Delete&quot;:&quot;close&quot;,&quot;Backspace&quot;:&quot;close&quot;,&quot;PageUp&quot;:&quot;next&quot;,&quot;PageDown&quot;:&quot;prev&quot;,&quot;ArrowUp&quot;:&quot;prev&quot;,&quot;ArrowDown&quot;:&quot;next&quot;,&quot;ArrowRight&quot;:&quot;next&quot;,&quot;ArrowLeft&quot;:&quot;prev&quot;},&quot;wheel&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;touch&quot;:true,&quot;backdropClick&quot;:&quot;close&quot;,&quot;l10n&quot;:{&quot;CLOSE&quot;:&quot;Close&quot;,&quot;NEXT&quot;:&quot;Next&quot;,&quot;PREV&quot;:&quot;Previous&quot;,&quot;Error&quot;:&quot;The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.&quot;,&quot;PLAY_START&quot;:&quot;Start slideshow&quot;,&quot;PLAY_STOP&quot;:&quot;Pause slideshow&quot;,&quot;FULL_SCREEN&quot;:&quot;Full screen&quot;,&quot;THUMBS&quot;:&quot;Thumbnails&quot;,&quot;DOWNLOAD&quot;:&quot;Download&quot;,&quot;SHARE&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;ZOOM&quot;:&quot;Zoom&quot;,&quot;EMAIL&quot;:&quot;Here is the link to the image : %%image_link%% and this is the link to the gallery : %%gallery_link%%&quot;,&quot;MODAL&quot;:&quot;You can close this modal content with the ESC key&quot;,&quot;ERROR&quot;:&quot;Something Went Wrong, Please Try Again Later&quot;,&quot;IMAGE_ERROR&quot;:&quot;Image Not Found&quot;,&quot;ELEMENT_NOT_FOUND&quot;:&quot;HTML Element Not Found&quot;,&quot;AJAX_NOT_FOUND&quot;:&quot;Error Loading AJAX : Not Found&quot;,&quot;AJAX_FORBIDDEN&quot;:&quot;Error Loading AJAX : Forbidden&quot;,&quot;IFRAME_ERROR&quot;:&quot;Error Loading Page&quot;,&quot;TOGGLE_ZOOM&quot;:&quot;Toggle zoom level&quot;,&quot;TOGGLE_THUMBS&quot;:&quot;Toggle thumbnails&quot;,&quot;TOGGLE_SLIDESHOW&quot;:&quot;Toggle slideshow&quot;,&quot;TOGGLE_FULLSCREEN&quot;:&quot;Toggle full-screen mode&quot;},&quot;Images&quot;:{&quot;Panzoom&quot;:{&quot;maxScale&quot;:2}},&quot;mainClass&quot;:&quot;modula-fancybox-container modula-lightbox-jtg-61736&quot;,&quot;Html&quot;:{&quot;videoAutoplay&quot;:0,&quot;videoTpl&quot;:&quot;&lt;video class=\\&quot;fancybox__html5video\\&quot; controls muted playsinline controlsList controlsList=\\&quot;nodownload\\&quot; poster=\\&quot;{{poster}}\\&quot; src=\\&quot;{{src}}\\&quot; type=\\&quot;{{format}}\\&quot; &gt;  Sorry, your browser doesn&#039;t support embedded videos, &lt;a href=\\&quot;{{src}}\\&quot;&gt; download &lt;\\\/a&gt; and watch with your favorite video player! &lt;\\\/video&gt;&quot;}},&quot;inView&quot;:false,&quot;email_subject&quot;:&quot;Check out this awesome image !!&quot;,&quot;email_message&quot;:&quot;Here is the link to the image : %%image_link%% and this is the link to the gallery : %%gallery_link%%&quot;,&quot;grid_type&quot;:&quot;automatic&quot;,&quot;rowHeight&quot;:250,&quot;lastRow&quot;:&quot;justify&quot;,&quot;lightbox&quot;:&quot;fancybox&quot;,&quot;lightbox_devices&quot;:&quot;both&quot;}\">\n\n\t\n\t<div  class=\"modula-items grid-gallery\">\n\t\t<div class=\"modula-item effect-pufrobo\" >\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-overlay\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-content\">\n\n\t\t<a data-image-id=\"61618\" role=\"button\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"jtg-61736\" data-caption=\"\" aria-label=\"Open image in lightbox\" class=\"tile-inner modula-item-link\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pic wp-image-61618\"  data-valign=\"middle\" data-halign=\"center\" alt=\"Montagnes du Caldas\" data-full=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-18-andes-caldas.jpg\" title=\"valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-18-andes-caldas\" crop=\"\" width=\"1149\" height=\"1531\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-18-andes-caldas.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-18-andes-caldas.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-18-andes-caldas.jpg 1149w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-18-andes-caldas-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-18-andes-caldas-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-18-andes-caldas-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-18-andes-caldas-768x1023.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1149px) 100vw, 1149px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"figc no-description\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"figc-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div class=\"modula-item effect-pufrobo\" >\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-overlay\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-content\">\n\n\t\t<a data-image-id=\"61636\" role=\"button\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"jtg-61736\" data-caption=\"\" aria-label=\"Open image in lightbox\" class=\"tile-inner modula-item-link\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pic wp-image-61636\"  data-valign=\"middle\" data-halign=\"center\" alt=\"Lichen dans un for\u00eat de la vall\u00e9e de la Samaria (Caldas), Colombie\" data-full=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-21-lichen.jpg\" title=\"valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-21-lichen\" crop=\"\" width=\"1680\" height=\"945\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-21-lichen.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-21-lichen.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-21-lichen.jpg 1680w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-21-lichen-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-21-lichen-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-21-lichen-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-21-lichen-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-21-lichen-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1680px) 100vw, 1680px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"figc no-description\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"figc-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div class=\"modula-item effect-pufrobo\" >\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-overlay\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-content\">\n\n\t\t<a data-image-id=\"61642\" role=\"button\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"jtg-61736\" data-caption=\"\" aria-label=\"Open image in lightbox\" class=\"tile-inner modula-item-link\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pic wp-image-61642\"  data-valign=\"middle\" data-halign=\"center\" alt=\"Palmiers de cire Ceroxylon alpinum, vall\u00e9e de la Samaria (Caldas), Colombie\" data-full=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-22-palmiers.jpg\" title=\"valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-22-palmiers\" crop=\"\" width=\"1680\" height=\"945\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-22-palmiers.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-22-palmiers.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-22-palmiers.jpg 1680w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-22-palmiers-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-22-palmiers-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-22-palmiers-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-22-palmiers-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-22-palmiers-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1680px) 100vw, 1680px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"figc no-description\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"figc-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div class=\"modula-item effect-pufrobo\" >\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-overlay\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-content\">\n\n\t\t<a data-image-id=\"61534\" role=\"button\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"jtg-61736\" data-caption=\"\" aria-label=\"Open image in lightbox\" class=\"tile-inner modula-item-link\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pic wp-image-61534\"  data-valign=\"middle\" data-halign=\"center\" alt=\"Chemin de randonn\u00e9e entre les foug\u00e8res, vall\u00e9e de la Samaria (Caldas), Colombie\" data-full=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-4-randonnee-andes.jpg\" title=\"valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-4-randonnee-andes\" crop=\"\" width=\"1149\" height=\"1531\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-4-randonnee-andes.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-4-randonnee-andes.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-4-randonnee-andes.jpg 1149w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-4-randonnee-andes-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-4-randonnee-andes-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-4-randonnee-andes-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-4-randonnee-andes-768x1023.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1149px) 100vw, 1149px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"figc no-description\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"figc-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div class=\"modula-item effect-pufrobo\" >\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-overlay\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-content\">\n\n\t\t<a data-image-id=\"61576\" role=\"button\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"jtg-61736\" data-caption=\"\" aria-label=\"Open image in lightbox\" class=\"tile-inner modula-item-link\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pic wp-image-61576\"  data-valign=\"middle\" data-halign=\"center\" alt=\"Palmiers de cire, vall\u00e9e de la Samaria (Caldas), Colombie\" data-full=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-11-palmiers-montagnes.jpg\" title=\"valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-11-palmiers-montagnes\" crop=\"\" width=\"1149\" height=\"1531\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-11-palmiers-montagnes.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-11-palmiers-montagnes.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-11-palmiers-montagnes.jpg 1149w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-11-palmiers-montagnes-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-11-palmiers-montagnes-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-11-palmiers-montagnes-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-11-palmiers-montagnes-768x1023.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1149px) 100vw, 1149px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"figc no-description\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"figc-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div class=\"modula-item effect-pufrobo\" >\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-overlay\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-content\">\n\n\t\t<a data-image-id=\"61666\" role=\"button\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"jtg-61736\" data-caption=\"\" aria-label=\"Open image in lightbox\" class=\"tile-inner modula-item-link\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pic wp-image-61666\"  data-valign=\"middle\" data-halign=\"center\" alt=\"Jeep Willys \u00e0 la place principale de San Felix, vall\u00e9e de la Samaria (Caldas), Colombie\" data-full=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-26-place-principale-san-felix.jpg\" title=\"valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-26-place-principale-san-felix\" crop=\"\" width=\"1680\" height=\"945\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-26-place-principale-san-felix.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-26-place-principale-san-felix.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-26-place-principale-san-felix.jpg 1680w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-26-place-principale-san-felix-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-26-place-principale-san-felix-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-26-place-principale-san-felix-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-26-place-principale-san-felix-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-colombie-26-place-principale-san-felix-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1680px) 100vw, 1680px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"figc no-description\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"figc-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\n\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n\t{\n\t\t\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n\t\t\"@type\"   : \"ImageGallery\",\n\t\t\"id\"      : \"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/en\/samaria-valley-complete-guide-to-the-authentic-alternative-to-cocora\/#modula-gallery-61736\",\n\t\t\"url\"     : \"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/en\/samaria-valley-complete-guide-to-the-authentic-alternative-to-cocora\/\"\n\t}\n\n\t<\/script>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\" wp-block-spacer eplus-wrapper\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group eplus-wrapper is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><hr class=\"is-style-dots wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-a3cde3\" style=\"background-color:#da906b;color:#da906b\">\n\n<h2 class=\" wp-block-heading eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-2511c5\"><strong>Where to stay in Salamina?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<hr class=\"is-style-dots wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-9a0b83\" style=\"background-color:#da906b;color:#da906b\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">Although San Felix is the closest village to the Samaria Valley, we recommend you put your suitcases (or backpack!) down in Salamina. This superb colonial village is an excellent base from which to explore the surrounding area. Salamina offers more accommodation and catering options, as well as better transport links, including direct connections to Manizales and <a href=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/en\/visit-medellin-the-city-of-all-possibilities\/\">Medell\u00edn<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">Here&#8217;s a selection of carefully chosen accommodation to suit all budgets in Salamina &#8211; even if price differences are generally less marked than in other destinations.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns eplus-wrapper is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex eplus-styles-uid-ca0a07\"><div class=\"wp-block-column eplus-wrapper is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow eplus-styles-uid-8e42ae\"><figure class=\" wp-block-image size-full eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-c39bfb\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hotel-bonsai-salamina-colombie.jpg\" alt=\"Bonsai Casa Hotel, Salamina, Colombia\" class=\"wp-image-61130\" style=\"aspect-ratio:16\/9;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hotel-bonsai-salamina-colombie.jpg 800w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hotel-bonsai-salamina-colombie-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hotel-bonsai-salamina-colombie-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hotel-bonsai-salamina-colombie-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile eplus-wrapper is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex eplus-styles-uid-5d864d\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column eplus-wrapper is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><p class=\"has-text-color has-small-font-size eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-062bbd wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#da906b\">$ &#8211; Economical budgeting<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column eplus-wrapper is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><p class=\"has-text-align-right has-text-color has-small-font-size eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-feebc8 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#da906b\">Hotel<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h4 class=\" wp-block-heading has-text-align-center eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-ce9610\">Bonsai Casa Hotel<\/h4>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-9699d7 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\">Bonsai Casa Hotel is a charming, well-located establishment, just a stone&#8217;s throw from Salamina&#8217;s main square. Travelers particularly appreciate the warm welcome, cleanliness and peaceful atmosphere of this colonial-style home. The rooms are comfortable but simple; some facilities are still basic. Great value for money for exploring the village.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#da906b;font-size:16px\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booking.com\/hotel\/co\/casa-tipo-colonial.fr.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LEARN MORE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column eplus-wrapper is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow eplus-styles-uid-8e42ae\"><figure class=\" wp-block-image size-full eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-c39bfb\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hotel-boutique-la-leyenda-1860-salamina-colombie.jpg\" alt=\"Hotel Boutique La Leyenda 1860, Salamina, Colombia\" class=\"wp-image-61136\" style=\"aspect-ratio:16\/9;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hotel-boutique-la-leyenda-1860-salamina-colombie.jpg 800w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hotel-boutique-la-leyenda-1860-salamina-colombie-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hotel-boutique-la-leyenda-1860-salamina-colombie-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hotel-boutique-la-leyenda-1860-salamina-colombie-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile eplus-wrapper is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex eplus-styles-uid-bb1bae\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column eplus-wrapper is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><p class=\"has-text-color has-small-font-size eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-062bbd wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#da906b\">$ &#8211; Economical budgeting<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column eplus-wrapper is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><p class=\"has-text-align-right has-text-color has-small-font-size eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-feebc8 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#da906b\">Hotel<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h4 class=\" wp-block-heading has-text-align-center eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-ce9610\">Hotel Boutique La Leyenda 1860<\/h4>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-9699d7 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\">Hotel Boutique La Leyenda 1860 is conveniently located in Salamina&#8217;s main square and appreciated for its restored historic building, excellent breakfast and friendly staff. Rooms are clean and comfortable, with occasional city views. However, the noise of the square or the bells at night can be a nuisance for light sleepers.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#da906b;font-size:16px\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booking.com\/hotel\/co\/boutique-la-leyenda-1860-salamina.fr.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LEARN MORE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column eplus-wrapper is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow eplus-styles-uid-8e42ae\"><figure class=\" wp-block-image size-full eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-c39bfb\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hotel-casa-real-salamina-colombie.jpg\" alt=\"Hotel Casa Real, Salamina, Colombia\" class=\"wp-image-61142\" style=\"aspect-ratio:16\/9;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hotel-casa-real-salamina-colombie.jpg 800w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hotel-casa-real-salamina-colombie-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hotel-casa-real-salamina-colombie-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hotel-casa-real-salamina-colombie-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile eplus-wrapper is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex eplus-styles-uid-3ccc2a\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column eplus-wrapper is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><p class=\"has-text-color has-small-font-size eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-062bbd wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#da906b\">$$ &#8211; Average budget<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column eplus-wrapper is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><p class=\"has-text-align-right has-text-color has-small-font-size eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-feebc8 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#da906b\">Hotel<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h4 class=\" wp-block-heading has-text-align-center eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-ce9610\">Hotel Casa Real<\/h4>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-9699d7 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\">Hotel Casa Real is a comfortable place to stay, just a stone&#8217;s throw from the central park, appreciated for its excellent location, the cleanliness of its rooms and the warm welcome of its staff. Travelers mention a good breakfast included and a quiet atmosphere, ideal for exploring the village. Some of the rooms are simple, but overall they offer very good value for money.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#da906b;font-size:16px\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booking.com\/hotel\/co\/hospedaje-casa-real.fr.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LEARN MORE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\" wp-block-spacer eplus-wrapper\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns eplus-wrapper is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex eplus-styles-uid-420b63\"><div class=\"wp-block-column eplus-wrapper is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow eplus-styles-uid-8e42ae\"><figure class=\" wp-block-image size-full eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-c39bfb\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hotel-la-estancia-salamina-colombie.jpg\" alt=\"La Estancia Boutique Hotel, Salamina, Colombia\" class=\"wp-image-61148\" style=\"aspect-ratio:16\/9;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hotel-la-estancia-salamina-colombie.jpg 800w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hotel-la-estancia-salamina-colombie-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hotel-la-estancia-salamina-colombie-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hotel-la-estancia-salamina-colombie-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile eplus-wrapper is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex eplus-styles-uid-680c00\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-text-color eplus-wrapper is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"color:#da906b;flex-basis:66.66%\"><p class=\"has-small-font-size eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-062bbd wp-block-paragraph\">$$ &#8211; Average budget<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column eplus-wrapper is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><p class=\"has-text-align-right has-text-color has-small-font-size eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-feebc8 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#da906b\">Hotel<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h4 class=\" wp-block-heading has-text-align-center eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-ce9610\">La Estancia Boutique Hotel<\/h4>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-9699d7 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\">La Estancia Boutique Hotel in Salamina is often praised for its ideal location near the main square, its attentive service and its restored colonial charm. Rooms are clean, comfortable and tastefully decorated, and breakfast is regularly enjoyed. A few visitors note a possible noise from the street or compact bathrooms, but the overall welcome remains exceptional.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#da906b;font-size:16px\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booking.com\/hotel\/co\/la-estancia-boutique.fr.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LEARN MORE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column eplus-wrapper is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow eplus-styles-uid-8e42ae\"><figure class=\" wp-block-image size-full eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-c39bfb\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hotel-casa-lola-salamina-colombie.jpg\" alt=\"Casa Lola Hotel Boutique, Salamina, Colombia\" class=\"wp-image-61154\" style=\"aspect-ratio:16\/9;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hotel-casa-lola-salamina-colombie.jpg 800w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hotel-casa-lola-salamina-colombie-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hotel-casa-lola-salamina-colombie-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hotel-casa-lola-salamina-colombie-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile eplus-wrapper is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex eplus-styles-uid-f38ad1\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column eplus-wrapper is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><p class=\"has-text-color has-small-font-size eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-062bbd wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#da906b\">$$$ &#8211; High budget<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column eplus-wrapper is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><p class=\"has-text-align-right has-text-color has-small-font-size eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-feebc8 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#da906b\">Hotel<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h4 class=\" wp-block-heading has-text-align-center eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-ce9610\">Casa Lola Hotel Boutique<\/h4>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-9699d7 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\">The colonial-style Casa Lola Hotel Boutique is conveniently located just a stone&#8217;s throw from the main square. Travelers praise the cleanliness, comfortable rooms and attentive staff. Breakfast is often considered copious and tasty. A few details, such as the lighting in the rooms and the insulation, could be improved upon, but overall, this is a highly recommended address.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#da906b;font-size:16px\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booking.com\/hotel\/co\/la-casa-de-lola-garcia-boutique.fr.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\">LEARN MORE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column eplus-wrapper is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow eplus-styles-uid-8e42ae\"><figure class=\" wp-block-image size-full eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-c39bfb\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hotel-las-marias-family-home-salamina-colombie.jpg\" alt=\"Las Mar\u00edas Family Home, Salamina, Colombia\" class=\"wp-image-61160\" style=\"aspect-ratio:16\/9;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hotel-las-marias-family-home-salamina-colombie.jpg 800w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hotel-las-marias-family-home-salamina-colombie-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hotel-las-marias-family-home-salamina-colombie-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hotel-las-marias-family-home-salamina-colombie-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile eplus-wrapper is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex eplus-styles-uid-43ad05\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column eplus-wrapper is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><p class=\"has-text-color has-small-font-size eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-062bbd wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#da906b\">$$$ &#8211; High budget<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column eplus-wrapper is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><p class=\"has-text-align-right has-text-color has-small-font-size eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-feebc8 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#da906b\">Hotel<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h4 class=\" wp-block-heading has-text-align-center eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-ce9610\">Las Mar\u00edas Family Home<\/h4>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-9699d7 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\">Las Mar\u00edas Family Home is a very well-located accommodation, just a few steps from Salamina&#8217;s main square, appreciated for its impeccable cleanliness, meticulous comfort and warm welcome from the staff. Guests regularly comment on the excellent location and decent breakfast. A few stays have noted a little noise from the street, but overall it&#8217;s a reliable address.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#da906b;font-size:16px\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booking.com\/hotel\/co\/pablo-sarasa.fr.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LEARN MORE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:3em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\" wp-block-spacer eplus-wrapper\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"stay22-widget\" width=\"100%\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stay22.com\/embed\/6914dc7545d4eed8721612d2\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In brief Nestled in the verdant heights of the Caldas department, the Samaria valley is one of the best preserved natural wonders of Colombia&#8217;s coffee region. Less well known than the famous Cocora Valley, it offers an equally spectacular experience, with its giant wax palms, winding trails and breathtaking panoramas. Far from the tourist crowds, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61471,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[253,256,245],"tags":[489,484,483],"class_list":["post-61762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-andes-en","category-caldas-en","category-regions-en","tag-flora","tag-landscapes","tag-nature-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>[2026] Samaria Valley: complete guide to the authentic alternative to Cocora | Caldas | Visit my Colombia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Explore the Samaria Valley near the colonial village of Salamina: giant wax palms, few tourists and an alternative to Cocora.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/en\/samaria-valley-complete-guide-to-the-authentic-alternative-to-cocora\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"[2026] Samaria Valley: complete guide to the authentic alternative to Cocora | Caldas | Visit my Colombia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Explore the Samaria Valley near the colonial village of Salamina: giant wax palms, few tourists and an alternative to Cocora.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/en\/samaria-valley-complete-guide-to-the-authentic-alternative-to-cocora\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Visit my Colombia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-22T08:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-caldas-colombie-1024x606.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"606\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Caro &amp; Romain\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Caro &amp; Romain\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"18 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitmycolombia.com\\\/en\\\/samaria-valley-complete-guide-to-the-authentic-alternative-to-cocora\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitmycolombia.com\\\/en\\\/samaria-valley-complete-guide-to-the-authentic-alternative-to-cocora\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Caro &amp; Romain\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitmycolombia.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8f1d0d7caec28262b4294a64a39648e9\"},\"headline\":\"Samaria Valley: complete guide to the authentic alternative to Cocora\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-22T08:00:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitmycolombia.com\\\/en\\\/samaria-valley-complete-guide-to-the-authentic-alternative-to-cocora\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":3151,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitmycolombia.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8f1d0d7caec28262b4294a64a39648e9\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitmycolombia.com\\\/en\\\/samaria-valley-complete-guide-to-the-authentic-alternative-to-cocora\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitmycolombia.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/valle-de-la-samaria-caldas-colombie.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Flora\",\"Landscapes\",\"Nature\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Andes\",\"Caldas\",\"Regions\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/visitmycolombia.com\\\/en\\\/samaria-valley-complete-guide-to-the-authentic-alternative-to-cocora\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitmycolombia.com\\\/en\\\/samaria-valley-complete-guide-to-the-authentic-alternative-to-cocora\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitmycolombia.com\\\/en\\\/samaria-valley-complete-guide-to-the-authentic-alternative-to-cocora\\\/\",\"name\":\"[2026] Samaria Valley: complete guide to the authentic alternative to Cocora | Caldas | Visit my Colombia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitmycolombia.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitmycolombia.com\\\/en\\\/samaria-valley-complete-guide-to-the-authentic-alternative-to-cocora\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitmycolombia.com\\\/en\\\/samaria-valley-complete-guide-to-the-authentic-alternative-to-cocora\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitmycolombia.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/valle-de-la-samaria-caldas-colombie.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-22T08:00:00+00:00\",\"description\":\"Explore the Samaria Valley near the colonial village of Salamina: giant wax palms, few tourists and an alternative to Cocora.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/visitmycolombia.com\\\/en\\\/samaria-valley-complete-guide-to-the-authentic-alternative-to-cocora\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitmycolombia.com\\\/en\\\/samaria-valley-complete-guide-to-the-authentic-alternative-to-cocora\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitmycolombia.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/valle-de-la-samaria-caldas-colombie.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitmycolombia.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/valle-de-la-samaria-caldas-colombie.jpg\",\"width\":3648,\"height\":2160,\"caption\":\"Valle de la Samaria, pr\u00e8s de Salamina (Caldas), Colombie\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitmycolombia.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitmycolombia.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Visit my Colombia\",\"description\":\"Blog voyage Colombie : itin\u00e9raires, conseils, culture et plus encore ! | Visit my Colombia\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitmycolombia.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8f1d0d7caec28262b4294a64a39648e9\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitmycolombia.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitmycolombia.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8f1d0d7caec28262b4294a64a39648e9\",\"name\":\"Caro &amp; Romain\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitmycolombia.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/logo-visit-my-colombia.png\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitmycolombia.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/logo-visit-my-colombia.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitmycolombia.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/logo-visit-my-colombia.png\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":313,\"caption\":\"Caro &amp; Romain\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitmycolombia.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/logo-visit-my-colombia.png\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/visitmycolombia.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitmycolombia.com\\\/en\\\/author\\\/swylean\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"[2026] Samaria Valley: complete guide to the authentic alternative to Cocora | Caldas | Visit my Colombia","description":"Explore the Samaria Valley near the colonial village of Salamina: giant wax palms, few tourists and an alternative to Cocora.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/en\/samaria-valley-complete-guide-to-the-authentic-alternative-to-cocora\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"[2026] Samaria Valley: complete guide to the authentic alternative to Cocora | Caldas | Visit my Colombia","og_description":"Explore the Samaria Valley near the colonial village of Salamina: giant wax palms, few tourists and an alternative to Cocora.","og_url":"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/en\/samaria-valley-complete-guide-to-the-authentic-alternative-to-cocora\/","og_site_name":"Visit my Colombia","article_published_time":"2026-02-22T08:00:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":606,"url":"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-caldas-colombie-1024x606.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Caro &amp; Romain","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Caro &amp; Romain","Est. reading time":"18 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/en\/samaria-valley-complete-guide-to-the-authentic-alternative-to-cocora\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/en\/samaria-valley-complete-guide-to-the-authentic-alternative-to-cocora\/"},"author":{"name":"Caro &amp; Romain","@id":"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/8f1d0d7caec28262b4294a64a39648e9"},"headline":"Samaria Valley: complete guide to the authentic alternative to Cocora","datePublished":"2026-02-22T08:00:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/en\/samaria-valley-complete-guide-to-the-authentic-alternative-to-cocora\/"},"wordCount":3151,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/8f1d0d7caec28262b4294a64a39648e9"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/en\/samaria-valley-complete-guide-to-the-authentic-alternative-to-cocora\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-caldas-colombie.jpg","keywords":["Flora","Landscapes","Nature"],"articleSection":["Andes","Caldas","Regions"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/en\/samaria-valley-complete-guide-to-the-authentic-alternative-to-cocora\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/en\/samaria-valley-complete-guide-to-the-authentic-alternative-to-cocora\/","url":"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/en\/samaria-valley-complete-guide-to-the-authentic-alternative-to-cocora\/","name":"[2026] Samaria Valley: complete guide to the authentic alternative to Cocora | Caldas | Visit my Colombia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/en\/samaria-valley-complete-guide-to-the-authentic-alternative-to-cocora\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/en\/samaria-valley-complete-guide-to-the-authentic-alternative-to-cocora\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-caldas-colombie.jpg","datePublished":"2026-02-22T08:00:00+00:00","description":"Explore the Samaria Valley near the colonial village of Salamina: giant wax palms, few tourists and an alternative to Cocora.","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/en\/samaria-valley-complete-guide-to-the-authentic-alternative-to-cocora\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/en\/samaria-valley-complete-guide-to-the-authentic-alternative-to-cocora\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-caldas-colombie.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valle-de-la-samaria-caldas-colombie.jpg","width":3648,"height":2160,"caption":"Valle de la Samaria, pr\u00e8s de Salamina (Caldas), Colombie"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/en\/","name":"Visit my Colombia","description":"Blog voyage Colombie : itin\u00e9raires, conseils, culture et plus encore ! | Visit my Colombia","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/8f1d0d7caec28262b4294a64a39648e9"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/8f1d0d7caec28262b4294a64a39648e9","name":"Caro &amp; Romain","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/logo-visit-my-colombia.png","url":"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/logo-visit-my-colombia.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/logo-visit-my-colombia.png","width":1200,"height":313,"caption":"Caro &amp; Romain"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/logo-visit-my-colombia.png"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com"],"url":"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/en\/author\/swylean\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitmycolombia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}