Salento / Valle Cocora

Leaving Bogotá direction Ecuador we decided to spend a day in the cute village of Salento. Colombia is world famous for it's quality coffee and the Salento region is one of the most famous for it. Apart from the delicious coffee we could enjoy the nice atmosphere of the village and visit the near by Cocora Valley and see the gigante wax palms that can reach a height of over 60m. They are the tallest palmtrees in the world and are located at 3000m about sea level!
We also discovered "Tejo" a national game of Colombia together with our camping neighbours Estefi y Martin from Argentina. For sure this game wouldn't be allowed in Switzerland. As you have to try to hit small triangles filled with gun powder with a disc made of plum and make them explode 😂 We had to put toilet paper in our ears to protect them and don't get deaf 😅🙈
Fun days in Salento for sure and our favourite landscape in Colombia so far!Read more