NEPTUNO ON TOUR - Day 6: The Cocora valley and flying over coffee plantations

 

For the next couple of days, we (Stephan and Torsten) are on the road, visiting different spots in Colombia to gather first hand information about the current travel situation in times of the Corona pandemia.

We will share our experiences and findings with you via videos, photos and brief explanations on this blog and on our social media.

Stay tuned!

DAY 6, November 23nd: COFFEE REGION (COCORA VALLEY - SALENTO - FILANDIA)

Is there any better way to start the day than with a tasty breakfast out in the open on the terrace, overlooking the "coffee mountains"? 

At about 08.15 we left and passed various small villages on our ride through the mountainous coffee landscape into the Cocora valley, where the National Park Los Nevados with its over 5000m high volcanic peaks, starts. We "only" stayed in the Cocora Valley and enjoyed the breathtaking landscape, though. The Cocora Valley is home to the typical wax palm, the highest palm tree in the world.

On our ride back, we stopped in the villages Salento and Filandia, which are always worth a visit. In the early afternoon we arrived at our coffee finca Bosques del Saman, just in time to fly over the coffee fields on one of the most spectacular canopies. 

Today we will go to bed a early, because we have two long driving days ahead of us: Tomorrow we want to cross the central Andes via the La Linea Pass and make it to Barrancabermeja, located on the shores of the Magdalena River, which will probably take us about 9 hours. And the day after we will drive almost as long again, al the way up to the Caribbean coast.

Please keep your fingers crossed so we don´t exceed these 9 hours...

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