About 15 minutes from Ipiales is the majestic Las Lajas Sanctuary (Santuario de Las Lajas). If you don’t mind Disneyland style crowds with hordes of people (maybe because we went on Good Friday!), it’s worth the trip.
Supía is a small town with a pleasant plaza, just a half hour from Riosucio. It’s part of the UNESCO World Heritage listed Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia.
Riosucio is a town that is part of the UNESCO World Heritage listed Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia. It is better known for its biennial carnival, the Carnival of the Devil (Carnaval del Diablo). It’s one of the most popular and important carnivals in all of Colombia and takes place every January of odd-numbered years.
Covering 519 km² of area of Colombia’s western Andes Mountains is Tatamá National Park (Parque Nacional Natural Tatamá). This lesser-known park is spread out over the departments of Risaralda, Chocó, and Valle del Cauca and is one of the more inaccessible national parks in the country.
The small town of Pueblo Rico, located about three hours from Pereira, has almost nothing to offer. I visited on a short trip with my girlfriend Marisol and spent about an hour there.
Several Colombian friends had suggested I visit the town of Quimbaya, about 40 minutes from Armenia. I decided to take their advice and visit this town that’s part of the UNESCO World Heritage listed Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia one afternoon.
If you find yourself in Pereira with extra time to kill, head across the bridge to the suburb of Dosquebradas. This city is part of the UNESCO World Heritage listed Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia.
